Ribboned courgette salad

This salad takes just 10 minutes to create and is full of chickpeas, courgette, sweetcorn and feta. It’s substantial enough to enjoy on its own, or serve it as a summery side

Spiced chicken hotpot

Add gentle spicing and apricots to elevate this chicken casserole to a dish reminiscent of a Moroccan tagine. It’s healthy too, with four of your 5-a-day

Ajwain puri

Enjoy these flatbread as part on an Indian feast. Puri is fried dough that puffs up once submerged in hot oil. Here they’re flavoured with carom seeds

Honey & soy chicken

This crowd-pleasing honey and soy chicken is great for family meals, buffets and picnics. Serve with rice and salad or steamed greens

Sticky ginger & honey chicken skewers with noodle salad

These ginger and honey chicken skewers are perfect as a summertime dinner, served on a bed of marinated noodles

Crunchy chopped salad

Encourage kids to learn essential kitchen skills with this crunchy salad made with pomegranate seeds. The recipe is easy for children aged seven to 11 to follow

Flaounes

Enjoy these flaounes – cheese-filled pastries that are an Easter tradition for Greek-Cypriots – at any time of day alongside a cup of tea

Golden new potato & pea curry

Adapt our potato and pea curry to your liking – for example, you could add prawns or chunks of monkfish for a few minutes towards the end of the cooking time

Radishes with herby whipped feta

Serve this creamy whipped feta dip as a sharing dish. Drizzle over a little olive oil and serve with radishes for dunking along with carrots and cucumber

Spiced spinach & potato pasty pies

Make a batch of these curried veggie pies to stash in the freezer for an easy lunch with salad, or warming starter. Eat like a pasty with mango chutney

Vanilla pavlova with pineapple & passion fruit

Prep all the elements for these pavlovas and let the kids build them. Pineapple and passion fruit is a great springtime combination, or try berries in the summer

Lahori chanay ki daal

Try this version of chanay ki daal for a taste of the street-food stalls of Lahore in Pakistan – black cardamom helps mimic a coal-smoked taste