Two bean & herb salad

Rustle up this easy bean & herb salad with green beans and cannellini beans. It’s a lovely summer side dish to a barbecue or al fresco meal

Roasted red pepper & pesto dressing

Add texture to your meal by keeping this roasted red pepper & pesto dressing chunky. It works beautifully with our barbecued fish with lemon & rosemary

Fried chicken

Try Melissa Thompson’s favourite method for cooking fried chicken inspired by the cooks she met while delving into this history of this classic dish

Easy apricot tart

Impress guests with our easy apricot and marzipan tart for dessert. Make the marzipan, but you can use ready-rolled puff pasty and canned apricots for ease

Tuna, olive & spinach spaghetti

Fresh flavours of red onion, spinach, parsley and dill combine with tuna, olives and wholemeal spaghetti to make a balanced and low-calorie supper that’s a great midweek dish

Air-fryer doughnuts

Cook doughnuts without the need for too much oil. These have a slightly different texture, but are still fluffy and delicious. Top with glaze or sugar and cinnamon

Turkey sausage & pesto soup

Cook up some turkey or chicken sausages and combine with cannellini beans, kale and pesto to make this filling soup. Serve with crusty bread, if you like

Cherry bakewell tart

Make this glorious cherry bakewell tart for dessert, with homemade almond pastry, a frangipane filling, cherry jam and fresh cherries dotted throughout

Polish doughnuts

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Make a batch of fluffy glazed doughnuts, topped with crunchy chopped almonds for a special occasion. The dough includes jam for a subtle sweetness

Crispy fennel-rolled roast pork with rhubarb sauce

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Serve with rhubarb sauce for a tangy accompaniment to the crispy, salty joint of roast pork. The sharpness of the rhubarb really cuts through the richness of the meat

Garlic & nduja rice-stuffed chicken

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Do something different with roast chicken by serving it with a rice-based stuffing packed with garlic and nduja flavours. It’s great with green veg and gravy, too

Orange, chickpea & prosciutto salad

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims/non-pork eaters.

Look for a buffalo mozzarella to use in this salad, if you can. With chickpeas, prosciutto and hazelnuts, it’s a riot of colour and texture