Very berry trifle

Layers of mascarpone, custard, cherry conserve, mixed berries, Madeira cake and sherry – who doesn’t love a trifle?

Chocolate brownie chunks with chocolate dip

Pop these
tiny temptations into a low oven to warm
through quickly before serving

Mini chocolate & ginger brownies

A squidgy dark chocolate traybake dotted with spicy crystallised ginger then cut into bitesize squares for the perfect sweet canapé

Garlicky lamb with peppers & couscous

Quick, impressive and bursting with Mediterranean flavour

Herby fondant potatoes

Trim your spuds, fry whole, then simmer with stock, rosemary, thyme and lemon to create a perfectly tender side dish

Mulled red cabbage with clementines

Skip the red wine and mull your veg with mixed spice, brown sugar and an orange studded with cloves

Spiced carrot & lentil soup

A delicious, spicy blend, packed full of iron and low fat to boot. It's ready in under half an hour or can be made in a slow cooker

Speedy meatball stew

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Serve beef meatballs in a tomato casserole with garlic and rosemary and eat with pasta or crusty bread

Volcano cake

Make our spectacular exploding volcano cake complete with eruption effect for a showstopping children's treat. Decorate with chocolate and sweets

Spiced roast beef

Matt Tebbutt's roast beef combines spices and meltingly tender meat. It'll be just as good cold, too