Chickpea fritters with courgette salad

Mix up a pancake-style batter to make little griddle cakes with storecupboard ingredients, then serve with a contrasting green salad

Strawberries with lime & long pepper syrup

Citrussy and sweet with a little bit of heat, this new twist on berries with balsamic and pepper is best served with cream

Strawberry & rose sorbet

A ruby-red iced dessert with subtle floral hints – a refreshing end to spicy meals

Orange blossom Bellinis

A citrus burst in a cocktail glass. Your guests will love these delicate tipples with Prosecco or Champagne fizz

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