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

Mix & match mini Christmas puddings

Bespoke festive puddings mean you can customise each one to individual tastes while keeping the rich fruity base the same

Baked aubergine stuffed with roast pumpkin, feta & walnut with minted courgettes

New Zealand chef Peter Gordon showcases seasonal flavours in this impressive, healthy vegetarian meal

15-minute mix & match salad

This no-cook salad is a great way to use up leftover veg and ready quick as a flash – perfect for Boxing Day

Mustard-glazed roast chicken with Waldorf stuffing

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A few extra vegetables will turn this recipe into a Sunday lunch spread – get ahead by making the stuffing in advance

Lettuce, chicory & apple salad with poppy seed dressing

Make the dressing for this super healthy salad in a jar and keep leftovers in the fridge for during the week

Whipped brie salad with dates & candied walnuts

This sumptuous salad is perfect for a group starter and can be whipped up the night before

Louise Read’s Coffee crunch cake

This recipe pairs a nutty meringue with coffee-flavoured Victoria sponge. No wonder it made it into the top three in our 20th birthday cake competition

Ma’amoul- Shortbread cookies filled with aromatic nuts

Lebanese recipe from Bethany Kehdy, a food writer and photographer, recipe developer, restaurant consultant and author of her own food blog, Dirty kitchen secrets.

Mixed salad leaves

Easy-to-make macrobiotic salad from the kitchens of Comptoir 102.

Lentil, walnut & apple salad with blue cheese

Puy lentils are healthy pulses that keep you fuller for longer – serve with Roquefort, Granny Smith apples, nuts and parsley

Apricot & marzipan twist

Paul Hollywood’s almond and apricot ‘couronne’ is crammed with fruit and nuts and is a great alternative to stollen