Melissa Hemsley served up a tasty rescue noodle soup with leftover chicken, vegetables and pumpkin seeds on Lorraine.

The ingredients are: 1 tbsp ghee or butter, 1 large leek or onion, diced, 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 1.2 litres vegetable stock or bone broth, 1 big handful a mix of fresh herbs, like parsley and dill, leaves and stems chopped, 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves or 1 tsp dried, 1 bay leaf, dried or fresh, 2 celery sticks, diced, 2 carrots, thinly sliced, 2 handfuls 2cm chunks of root veg like sweet potato, squash, pumpkin, potato or (in the summer) courgette, 400g noodles or spaghetti, any type, 1 tsp olive oil, 300g mix of cabbage, rainbow chard and/or chard, stems finely chopped and leaves shredded, 300g leftover shredded chicken, juice of ¼ lemon or 1 tsp apple cider vinegar, 2 big handfuls frozen peas or sweetcorn, sea salt and black pepper.

See recipes by Melissa in her book titled: Eat Green: Delicious flexitarian recipes for planet-friendly eating available from Amazon now.