Leafy greens soup with chilli-honey halloumi croutons

Make this vibrant green soup with any leafy greens or herbs you spot discounted at the supermarket for a budget-friendly and nutritious lunch

Toasted coconut rice pudding with cardamom poached rhubarb

Make the most of pretty pink forced rhubarb while it’s in season by roasting to intensify its colour and flavour. Enjoy in this coconut rice pudding

Gateau basque

Get ahead for a dinner party by preparing this dessert up to two days ahead – a classic French dessert, it’s filled with pastry cream and optional cherry jam

Aubergine fattah

Make this Middle Eastern classic for sharing – layer meat or veg with crisp flatbreads and a yogurt sauce before garnishing with pomegranate seeds

Quick & spicy chicken noodles

Make two meals in one: rustle up our creamy garlic chicken and polenta dinner then reinvent the leftovers to make these spicy chicken noodles

Halo-halo

Enjoy a traditional Filipino dessert that translates as ‘mix-mix’. It’s a colourful and refreshing medley of flavours and textures, ideal for hot days

Cheese & onion rugelach

Celebrate Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, with this easy bake. Traditionally, rugelach are sweet pastry cookies – here, they’re transformed into a savoury treat

Creamy garlic chicken & polenta

Make two meals in one: whip up this chicken dinner then reinvent the leftovers in a soup, salad or noodles

Ezme

Enjoy this salad to serve with your favourite Turkish dishes. Authentic ezme is very finely hand-chopped, or you can use a food processor, if you like

Parsnip & parmesan oven-fried latkes

Celebrate Jewish Chanukah – the Festival of Lights – with these latkes made with parsnips, onion and hard cheese. Serve with crème fraîche or apple sauce