Gingerbread haunted house

Try your hand at this Halloween themed gingerbread house – don’t worry about home-made wonkiness, it all adds to the creepy effect

Chocolate bat biscuits

Let a friendly bat perch on your glass of milk or cuppa this Halloween with these spooky biscuits – add vanilla buttercream for bourbons

Frozen banana ghosts

Bananas taste spookily like creamy ice cream when frozen in ghostly robes of white chocolate – quick and easy, with just 4 ingredients

Funny face cookies

These hipster moustache and retro lip cookies are ideal as wedding favours or as part of a children's party buffet

Caption cookies

Ideal for celebrations, birthdays or any occasion, these hand-held iced and decorated cookies are a sweet way to get your message across

Lemon & ginger shortbread

This zesty teatime shortbread from BBC Good Food reader Jo Foster has a beautiful crumbly texture, plus zingy lemon and warming ginger flavour

Chicken, broccoli & beetroot salad with avocado pesto

This superfood supper is packed with ingredients to give your body a boost, such as red onion, nigella seeds, walnuts, rapeseed oil and lemon

Spiced kale crisps

Swap out greasy potato crisps for this baked kale snack – drizzle with oil and sprinkle with ras el hanout before popping in the oven

Red cabbage with carrot & edamame beans

Serve this crunchy, colourful side dish with fish or chicken – toss with a lemon and sesame seed dressing before serving

Puy lentils with spinach & sour cherries

Sweeten up lentils, spinach and shallots with dried sour cherries in this easy and low-fat side dish – perfect with lamb kofte or a tagine