Warm tuna & lentil Niçoise salad

The simplest of salads that's two of your 5 a day. With just 4 ingredients you can create a hearty lentil lunch to keep you going 'til dinner

Lamb with warm potato & olive salad

This restaurant-standard dish is simple to make but worthy of any dinner party. Cooking the lamb this way stops it drying out and gives it a subtle flavour

Spiced lamb pie

This stunning filo pastry pie is a twist on a lamb tagine. A hearty main meal that wouldn’t look out of place on any dinner-party table

Groucho Club crab cakes

Barney Desmazery takes these simple crab cakes, seasoned with Thai spices and served with sweet chilli sauce, from the Soho club and into your dinner-party repertoire – best of all, they won't take long in the kitchen

Rhubarb tatin

A vibrant and colourful take on the traditional French dessert, using bright pink forced rhubarb and star anise – perfect for a winter dinner party 

Crackling potato cake

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

Transform the humble potato cake into something dinner party perfect with layered potato and crispy pork skin for extra crunch – a good budget choice

Burnt butter cabbage

Try pointed cabbage for a new way to jazz up your Sunday roast or dinner party side selection. All you need is two ingredients and 12 minutes to spare!  

Yogurt panna cotta, hunza apricots & popcorn

This delicate panna cotta with a sprinkling of crunchy popcorn is the ultimate dinner party dessert. Hunza apricots lend this dish a caramel flavour

Smoked mackerel pâté with cucumber

This impressive and delicately-flavoured starter is perfect for dinner parties without splashing the cash. Make-ahead, easy-to-do and no cooking required

Oyster pomelo with crème fraîche

Milder and sweeter than grapefuit, pomelo is a citrus fruit that pairs beautifully with rock oysters in this stylish dinner party starter or canapé

Baked feta with sumac & grapes

A modern dinner party starter that’s great for a budget – salty feta, sweet grapes, tangy sumac and aniseed dill create contrasting yet complementary flavours

Butterscotch banana pie

This impressive looking salted caramel dessert is fit for a dinner party table, uses storecupboard ingredients and is ready in under half an hour