Winter cobb salad

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Use up leftover chicken from your Sunday roast in this satisfying salad

Broccoli soup with cheese toasties

Use up any leftover cheese – blue, cheddar, red leicester… – in these melty baked sandwiches with soup

Oeufs en meurette

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Poached eggs in a red wine sauce – you can make most of this dish ahead, then assemble before serving

Quick pancake wraps

These savoury pancake wraps are a real hit with children and make a great, speedy snack

Coq au vin with plump prunes

Comforting, tasty chicken dish with delicious prunes and a rich red wine sauce – can be made two days in advance

Pigeon bistayeea

Recipe from Greg Malouf

Mexican rice with kidney beans, corn, cilantro and jalapenos

Recipe from Andrew Fletcher, Executive Chef of Movenpick Jumeirah Lakes Towers

Fattet fool akhdar

Jordanian recipe from Dima Sharif, a cooking instructor, food artisan and author of the Dima’s Kitchen food blog.

Lentil soup

An Iraqi recipe from Lamees Attar-Bashi, a food enthusiast, home chef and creator of facebook page, Lamees’s Kitchen.

Lamb ouzi

Recipes from Chef Ludovic Garnier, chef de cuisine at One & Only Royal Mirage Dubai

Machboos simmach (spiced fried fish with saffron flavoured rice)

Recipe from Shaikha Al Ali, a Marketing major student at Zayed University Dubai, and founder of the cookery blog,
www.whenshaikhacooks.com.

Shorbat addas (mild lentil soup)

Recipe from Faisal Nasser, an environmental engineer from Abu Dhabi, who has always had an interest in food and culinary arts, and enjoys spending his weekends cooking for family and friends.