Butternut squash salad

Get a whopping 4 of your 5-a-day with this superhealthy salad, why not make extra for your lunchbox too

Ricotta & spring onion dip

Have some leftover cream cheese? Whip it into a light dip with lemon and serve with cucumber or toast

Pumpkin & ginger teabread

A moist cake bread to serve thickly sliced and buttered- it’s good for lunchboxes and with a cup of tea

Ricotta, fig & prosciutto crostini

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Little Italian toasts topped with creamy cheese, sweet fruit and salty ham – a killer combination to be served as a nibble

Lentil rice salad with beetroot & feta dressing

Get a healthy dose of folate and fibre in this good for you dish, which uses time saving ready-cooked rice

Curried pasta salad

Take the blueprint of Coronation chicken, omit the meat and add pasta and you have a fresh fusion side dish

Spring veg mix

A colourful mix of asparagus, carrots, green beans, broad beans, peas and cabbage – bursting with goodness

Curried squash, lentil & coconut soup

Flavour up butternut squash with Indian spices for this warming and healthy vegetarian soup

Smoked salmon, dill & lemon paté

Five minutes is all you need to whip up this creamy fish dish, great served as a dip or starter

Indian spice box chicken

Serve this exquisitely flavoured chicken dish with mounds of fluffy rice