Crab cakes with sweet chilli & ginger dipping sauce

An easy help-yourself starter with the zest and spice of ginger and chilli

Apple & walnut cake with treacle icing

This easy all-in-one cake is perfect if you’ve got friends coming for coffee or afternoon tea

Simple chocolate button egg

Make your own Easter eggs. It’s much easier than you’d think and you can add personal touch.

Steak & roast vegetables with sundried tomato dressing

Get your 5-a-day the easy way with this vegetable and vitamin C packed dish

Apple & bacon salad

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A perfect November salad, with seasonal cruncy apples, hazelnuts and celeriac

Poached chicken with lemon & tarragon sauce

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Poached chicken with lemon in a deliciously creamy tarragon sauce – serve simply with rice or potatoes

Insalata di fave e pecorino (Fresh broad bean & pecorino cheese salad)

The beans are so tender and sweet in this recipe that there’s no need to cook them

Miso prawn skewers with veggie rice salad

For a new way with prawns, marinade in soya, serve as kebabs and team with healthy basmati

Summer fish pie

A great freeze-ahead fish pie recipe, packed with seafood and topped with crushed new potatoes. It feeds 10 so keep one in the freezer for last-minute entertaining

Pistou soup

Make the pesto a day ahead and keep covered in the fridge, ready to top this healthy French vegetable soup from Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons

Soba noodle & edamame salad with grilled tofu

This low-fat, superhealthy supper will have you feeling virtuous all week. If you can't get edamame beans, use broad beans instead

Pea & broad bean hummus with goat’s cheese & sourdough

Any leftover hummus from this summery lunch dish will keep well covered in the fridge for up to three days and makes a great snack with toasted pittas