Butternut, maple & pecan lattice pie

Spiced and glowing gold, this pie is pure autumn on a plate. Use butternut squash or your Halloween pumpkin

Summer celebration cake

This fruity cake is impressive but easy to make – perfect for birthdays or for dessert

Smoked trout & cucumber open sandwiches

This fresh and healthy lunchtime filler is ready in a flash

Crushed raspberry creams

Barney Desmazery’s tasty berry dessert is both creamy and low in fat – no cooking needed

Blackberry zabaglione

Italian zabaglione is lovely rippled with a few crushed berries for a quick, outstanding dessert

Grape jelly

This slightly tart, vibrant red jelly makes a lovely change from the usual jams

Sesame chicken with soy dip

Liven up chicken breasts with an easy crunchy coating and serve with an Oriental-style dipping sauce

Prawn & coconut curry

Delicious curry with fresh spicy flavours – ideal for part of a relaxed curry buffet

Rhubarb, ginger & apple scrunch pie

A cheat’s fruit pie for a family dessert, especially after the Sunday roast

Sweet & hot vegetable curry

This superhealthy veggie curry will appeal to the tastebuds of vegetarians and meat eaters alike

Angela’s summer pudding

Angela Nilsen discovers a stunning new way for a classic fruity British dessert

Chicken & chickpea salad with curry yogurt dressing

A gently-spiced healthy salad, that’s packed with iron and calcium and counts as two of your five-a-day