Chicken skewers with cucumber & shallot dip

These low fat, mildly flavoured skewers are excellent served with Thai fragrant rice

Hummus with veg sticks

Kids won't eat garlic? Try this hummus recipe – it's ready in 15 minutes

The ultimate makeover: Sticky toffee pudding

Angela Nilsen transforms the classically indulgent sticky toffee pudding into a good-for-you favourite

Chocolate îles flottantes

Melt in the mouth chocolate îles flottantes from Provence

Squash & barley salad with balsamic vinaigrette

A flavour-packed, unusual salad that’s delicious warm or cold – works really well as part of a buffet

Rice & peas with mango chicken

Affordable, tasty and filling, this Lesley Waters dish will become a family favourite

Dressed allotment salad

This late-summer salad makes use of veg you can easily grow yourself

Mild chilli & bean pasta bake

Whip up a healthy chilli and bean pasta meal that's full of fibre and vitamin B

Seriously good spiced fruit compote

Serve as it is, or with a dollop of mind-that-waistline mascarpone

Peppered duck with vanilla mash, pea & wild mushroom ragout

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A bistro-style dish of rare duck with Marsala jus, creamy mashed potatoes and sweet peas

Cappuccino cake

Coffee mornings were made for this moreish cappuccino cake, and it’s ready in under an hour

Bombay potato & spinach pies

These spicy filo pies are ideal for a lunch with salad or as part of a buffet