Salted maple-roasted parsnips

Roast root vegetables with maple syrup and thyme leaves until soft and sticky, then serve as a side dish to your traditional festive feast

Creamed sprouts with chestnuts

Double cream, nutmeg and chestnuts make a luscious addition to traditional Brussels sprouts – just watch this extra-ingulgent side dish disappear on Christmas Day

Vegan stuffing

Make these red onion, lentil and sage stuffing balls for a welcome addition to any festive feast. Linseeds, pecans, hazelnuts and pistachios pack in a classic crunch

Festive red cabbage

Serve this spiced and sticky side dish alongside all the classic Christmas trimmings – it’s richly flavoured with red wine, cinnamon, star anise and apples

Ginger & orange-glazed baby carrots

Pan-fry baby carrots with a zesty orange, ginger and honey sauce until golden and sticky for a festive and flavourful root vegetable side

Stuffing baubles

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
These bacon and onion-wrapped balls of sausagemeat and cranberry stuffing make a sensational side for Christmas dinner with all the traditional trimmings

Giant cookie cake

Studded with white and milk chocolate chips, Lisa Lipman’s moreish cake is delicious served either warm with a dollop of ice cream or cold, with its chewy cookie texture

Fish mappas

A coconut fish curry, popular in the southern Indian state of Kerala – use pollock or any other sustainably sourced white fish fillets

Baked green eggs

This five-ingredient breakfast or brunch with spinach, pesto and bubbling melted cheese can be on the table in 15 minutes

Allotment cake

Carrot meets courgette cake in this ultimate vegetable bake from Good Food reader Katie Ready – smother in cream cheese icing and finish with chopped nuts