Swede gnocchi with crispy sage

Using much overlooked swede, you can create a budget-friendly, restaurant worthy gnocchi main course. Top with butter-fried herbs for a simple veggie dish

Soft polenta with roast squash, kale & hazelnuts

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

This dish makes a wonderful accompaniment to a roast chicken or some lovely crackling-covered pork. It works well as a vegetarian main course too

Green pesto minestrone

A generous grating of parmesan balances the citrus in this fresh, healthy pesto soup. A simple veggie supper you can serve with fluffy garlic flatbreads

Whole baked ricotta with lentils & roasted cherry tomatoes

This easy vegetarian one-pan dish is quick to prepare and will help you to get your 5-a-day. Treat yourself to whole ricotta cheeses and seasonal veg

Sesame noodles with leeks & sprouts

This all-in-one vegetarian supper is a combo of wheat and carrot noodles with a gingery mix of nuts and seeds. Easy and filling, it's a midweek quick fix

Mexican bean soup with guacamole

This warming, spiced vegetarian soup packs in goodness and is filling too. The quick-to-assemble guacamole topping tastes as good as it looks

Feta-stuffed mushrooms with mustard slaw

This healthy vegetarian supper has it all: meaty mushrooms, crumbly feta, a simple slaw and it's 3 of your 5-a-day. It's packed with wholegrain goodness too

Mexican bean soup with shredded chicken & lime

Use leftover chicken breast in this substantial healthy soup. Alternatively, make the recipe vegetarian by topping with chunky, fresh guacamole

Charred Brussels, beetroot & bulgur salad

Love your leftovers – use a surplus of festive Brussels and blue cheese in this throw-together, vegetarian seasonal salad that's 2 of your 5 a day

Double bean & roasted pepper chilli

This warming vegetarian chilli is a low-fat, healthy option that packs in the veggies and flavour. Serve with Tabasco sauce, soured cream or yogurt

Salad-stuffed blackened peppers

A great vegetarian barbecue option, blackening the skins of these stuffed peppers gives them a delicious smoky flavour. Make the buckwheat salad the day before if you want to get ahead

Parsnip, mushroom & barley wreath

The perfect vegetarian Christmas or Sunday lunch centrepiece – a low-calorie nut loaf packed with grains, root vegetables, mixed mushrooms, herbs and spice