Spaghetti with lemon & olives

A quick and simple summer pasta dish

Spicy Indian rice

Sara Buenfeld’s delicious spicy rice is perfect served with your favourite curry

Spiced red cabbage with prunes

Braised red cabbage with Christmassy flavours – a lovely addition to the festive table

Really simple cranberry sauce

Making your own sauce is really easy, and you can do it a few days ahead. Plus, this one uses only three ingredients

Easy red wine gravy

Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without a full and flavoursome gravy on the table

Bread in four easy steps

Kids can help with this super-simple bread recipe. Use whichever flour you like, granary, wholemeal or white

Smoothie cubes

A great idea for a quick, cooling and healthy drink, especially for breakfast

Indian-spiced fish cakes

Spice up leftover cooked salmon in these simple, freezable fishcakes with cooling raita

Macadamia & cranberry American cookies

These freezable biscuits are completely irresistible and make a great gift for kids to give to teachers or grandparents

Mashed carrots with Pernod

This recipe from chef John Tovey sounds like an odd combination, but Sara wouldn’t be without it for her Christmas lunch