Cucumber salad

A cooling raita-style yogurt dip with refreshing cucumber, mint, lemon and fennel seeds

Vanilla fudge

Homemade fudge makes a fabulous gift wrapped up for Christmas or any special occasion. Our recipe for these buttery sweets is well worth the effort

Roasted squash salad with creamy homemade labneh

Labneh is a mascarpone-like strained yogurt – serve with sweet roasted pumpkin, pomegranate and leaf salad

Potted Stilton

Crack the buttery crust to reveal delicious blue cheese flavoured with Sherry and green peppercorns – great on toast

Get up and go breakfast muffins

With apple, blueberry, banana and seeds, this breakfast-on-the-go tastes great, is low in calories and uses honey instead of sugar

Meatball & mozzarella bake

All-in-one traybake suppers couldn’t be easier – throw this Italian-style beef, tomato and focaccia dish together in no time

Rye bread

This rye bread recipe is lower in gluten than your average white loaf – this recipe uses white or wholemeal flour to give a light texture but you can experiment with ratios

Quick fish stew

A no-fuss pot of comfort food – pack with shellfish, white fish or salmon and serve with homemade garlic bread

Bacon & ricotta oven-baked frittata

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A thickly baked omelette that works as a filling supper, or can be sliced into wedges and served in lunchboxes or at picnics

Pea & new potato curry

A low-fat and low-calorie vegetable curry that's made with Madras spice and yogurt