White chocolate & ginger florentines

Wish someone a happy Christmas with some lovingly presented homemade white chocolate & ginger florentines – they’re sweet, chewy and irresistible

Hot chocolate station

Create a hot chocolate station for a movie night, children’s party or family New Year’s Eve get-together. Include plenty of sweet treats for toppings

Triple-cheese croquettes with cranberry sauce

Make the most of any leftover Christmas cheese with these croquettes. Once fried, they have a crisp shell and wonderfully oozy, melty middle

Brussels sprouts grain bowl

Use up your leftover Brussels sprouts from the Christmas dinner table with this easy grain bowl, with squash, hummus and tahini flavours

How to cook Brussels sprouts

Serve the perfect side of sprouts at Christmas with our classic recipe. Plus, read our tips on buying, cooking and freezing this gorgeous green veg, plus recipe variations.

Minced lamb & lentil patties (shami kebab)

Cook popular Indian party kebabs for Diwali made with lamb mince and lentils, seasoned with spices and sharpened with fresh coriander, ginger and chillies

Grilled paneer wraps (kathi paneer rolls)

Enjoy these omelette-coated chapati rolls as a snack or treat at Diwali. They’re spread with coriander relish and stuffed with paneer seasoned with mango

Fried prawns with garlicky hot pepper sauce

Try this classic Korean-Chinese dish; a twist on sweet and sour prawns. The prawns are battered, fried and enrobed in a spicy, garlicky sauce

Potato & celeriac kugel

Lighten the carb-load by replacing half the potato with celeriac in this potato kugel. Potato kugel is a traditional Jewish Sabbath side dish

Strawberry halva hamantaschen

Enjoy these triangular cookies made with a filling of tahini, honey and strawberry jam. Hamantaschen are often enjoyed during the Jewish festival of Purim