Root veg lentil bowl with herb pistou

Give your leftover veg a healthy makeover with this meal in a bowl. Packed with lentils, spinach and herbs, it’s filling and flavourful. Try it with carrots or parsnips

Creamy sprout, hazelnut & leek pasta

Use up your leftover Christmas Brussels sprouts in this comforting pasta recipe. The dish is healthy and low in calories, making it ideal after those festive indulgences

Red cabbage, cauliflower & coconut dhal

Use up your leftover red cabbage and cauliflower at Christmas to make this easy dhal with coconut. It's satisfying, healthy and full of nutrients 

Scottish stovies

Adapt this traditional Scottish stew to your liking. Try it with a leftover roast, sausage, minced beef or corned beef. Serve with oatcakes or crusty bread

White forest Christmas tree traybake

Get ahead at Christmas with this showstopping cake boasting white chocolate, cherries and festive spice. You can bake the sponges, meringues and biscuits the day before assembling

Festive ginger biscuits

Bake these ginger biscuits to decorate our Christmas tree traybake, or make pinholes in them to decorate a real Christmas tree. Of course, you could just enjoy them with a cuppa

Creamy curried chicken & rice soup

Use leftover chicken to make this Asian-inspired soup with rice. Simple to make, it's a filling bowl for colder evenings 

Mincemeat & cheese toasties

Try a festive twist on the classic cheese toastie by piling in leftover mincemeat. It makes a quick lunch over Christmas 

Roasted hispi cabbage with a garlic & chilli crumb

Enjoy Tom's roasted cabbage with his festive porchetta or a roast ham. It works beautifully as a vegetable side dish

Smoked salmon fillets with dill-pickled vegetables, crème fraîche & salmon roe

Pickle vegetables and serve with smoked salmon for a fabulous festive starter. Keep the leftover veg in the fridge to have with cold cuts over Christmas

Christmas rocky road

Adapt this festive rocky road however you like. It’s great for using up leftover Christmas sweets and biscuits, and you can get kids involved in making them, too

Next level chocolate fondant

Wow dinner guests with our ultimate chocolate fondant. Its molten middle is the stuff of dessert dreams – and we’ve added in caramel and coffee flavours too