Chickpea fritters with courgette salad

Mix up a pancake-style batter to make little griddle cakes with storecupboard ingredients, then serve with a contrasting green salad

Get up and go breakfast muffins

With apple, blueberry, banana and seeds, this breakfast-on-the-go tastes great, is low in calories and uses honey instead of sugar

Passion fruit teacup puddings

Cook these steamed sponge puddings in small, sturdy ramekins and serve in little china cups when entertaining

Christmas mess

Take the classic summer Eton mess combo of cream and meringue and give it a festive twist with frozen mixed berries, cinnamon and blackcurrant liqueur

Mini panettone

Perfect for an indulgent brunch over the Christmas holidays, these little Italian treats are rich and devilishly buttery

Cheese, rosemary & potato loaf

Making a big savoury scone loaf is a quick and tasty alternative to making bread with yeast

Snow-topped holly cakes

This square Christmas cake is cut into two loaf-shaped cakes, so you can give one to a friend

Jacket potatoes with home-baked beans

Cold nights require comfort food, and there's no better than jacket potatoes – give yours a health boost with home-baked beans

Classic scones with jam & clotted cream

You can have a batch of scones on the table in 20 minutes with Jane Hornby's storecupboard recipe, perfect for unexpected guests

Simmer-&-stir Christmas cake

An easy-to-make alternative to traditional Christmas cakes which requires no beating

Roast pheasant with wild mushroom, potato & bacon ragout

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A small pheasant makes an ideal roast for two – serve this earthy game bird with porcini sautéed potatoes

Rhubarb & custard cake

This recipe tastes even better with homegrown rhubarb