Kale, avocado & chicken salad in ranch dressing

Enjoy curly kale with creamy avocado, breaded chicken chunks, pink pickled onions, parmesan and a homemade ranch dressing in this smart salad

Slow cooker leek & potato soup

Dig out your slow cooker to make a classic leek & potato soup. Top with crispy leeks and a grinding of black pepper and serve with crusty bread

Carbonara butter beans

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Be sure to keep the temperature steady while making these simple, creamy butter beans – if your eggs get too hot, they will scramble

Rhubarb, ricotta & pistachio cake

Put rhubarb centre stage in this bake. Ricotta provides a lovely tang to cakes and softens the crumb texture. If you don’t have it, use soured cream instead

Air fryer chicken drumsticks

Use your trusty air fryer to make these quick and easy chicken drumsticks flavoured with garlic, herbs and chilli. Enjoy with your favourite sides

Chocolate orange swiss roll

Treat guests to this choc orange swiss roll – it requires a little effort, but it’s well worth it. Enjoy with a cuppa

Buckwheat dutch baby with harissa-roasted purple sprouting broccoli, whipped feta & dill

Try this dish as an option for Pancake Day – it will mean nobody’s stuck flipping pancakes. Buckwheat flour adds nutty flavour, but you can use plain flour

Savoury mince

Make this savoury beef mince to enjoy with mashed potato, rice, or in a baked potato. It could also work as a bolognese base for pasta, or as a pie filling

Sticky hoisin sausage traybake

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

This sticky, sweet and spicy Chinese takeaway-style traybake is a midweek winner.

Rhubarb compote

Make this easy rhubarb compote with just four ingredients – ready for dolloping on scones, using as a cake filling or swirling into porridge