Orange pastry mince pies

Good Food reader Helen Carmichael shares her homemade citrus pastry recipe – perfect for filling with your own mincemeat

Fish fingers & mushy peas

There's no need to resort to shop-bought when making your own is so easy – use sustainable pollock and add mint and lemon to your peas

Beef burgers – learn to make

Learn how to make succulent beef burgers with just four ingredients. An easy recipe for perfect homemade patties.

Minced beef pie & minty mushy peas

A traditional beef pie featuring carrots, celery, onion, gravy and puff pastry with a side of flavoured mushy peas

Garlic chilli prawns with sesame noodles

A speedy, Asian-influenced stir-fry of jumbo juicy seafood, crunchy beansprouts and a sweet and spicy sauce

The best salmon fish cakes

A fail-safe recipe for a speedy fish supper – flaked salmon flavoured with parsley, dill and some secret ingredients

Sunshine burgers

Teach children rolling and shaping skills with these beef patties from CBeebies’ ‘i can cook’

Almond & lemon meringue roulade

This pudding from reader Elizabeth Clark is the perfect centrepiece, complete with chewy meringue, creamy lemon filling and retro decoration

Key lime pie

This creamy, dairy-free dessert is naturally sweetened and uses entirely raw ingredients, with a date, walnut and coconut crust and a creamy avocado and cashew nut filling

Hanukkah biscuits

Good Food reader Danielle Brown shares her grandmother’s recipe for savoury Kaak biscuits, traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah

American blueberry pancakes

Light, fluffy and fruity, these pancakes are a US classic. Serve them stacked high with syrup and extra fruit

Leek, cheese & potato pasties

Mini veggie pastry parcels with oozing cheese make a great value and comforting homemade snack