Sweetcorn dippers with sugar & spice

You may need to convince people to try this unusual recipe, but once they do they’ll be converted

Apple & spice tealoaf

Perfect with a fresh pot of tea, this looks and tastes just as good as a farmers’ market buy

Hot & sour coconut soup

A really light soup with plenty of fresh vibrant flavours. Serve it as a main course, or without rice as a light starter

Indian spice box chicken

Serve this exquisitely flavoured chicken dish with mounds of fluffy rice

Curried squash, lentil & coconut soup

Flavour up butternut squash with Indian spices for this warming and healthy vegetarian soup

Thai green chicken soup

Use chicken thighs for this – they are tastier and better value than breasts

Easy pea & mint soup

This chilled, no-cook dish makes a refreshing starter

Chunky Mediterranean fish soup

Hoki has a firm white flesh which works well in this warming soup

Jellied rhubarb & vanilla soup

This is a great way to cook rhubarb so that it retains structure and bite – plus it’s a unique fruit jelly to serve up at a dinner party

Spice-crusted chicken with Asian slaw

Griddle lean chicken breasts marinated in Chinese spices and serve with shredded cabbage and onion

Moroccan tomato & chickpea soup with couscous

This filling soup is healthy and packed with the flavours of North Africa: harissa, ginger, lemon and coriander

Salsa soup

Superhealthy – counts as 2 of your 5-a-day