Recipes

This whole meal on a tray can be prepared ahead of time and popped into the oven when you are ready to eat. If you line the tray there will be very little washing up and the food is a real treat – sub

If you keep diced chorizo in the freezer, as well as frozen squid, this recipe will only take minutes to make, yet the combination of colours, textures and flavours puts it in the gourmet class.

This is a favourite recipe of mine – chicken in a mild and delicately flavoured creamy sauce. It’s one I often turn to when friends are coming to supper and I want a dish that I know they will love.

These moist, almondy muffins work well with blackcurrants or halved raspberries instead of blueberries. You can also use freeze-dried fruit instead of the fresh fruit, but you will need less as the fl

I usually use frozen raspberries from the supermarket in this
ice cream for a quick and easy but delicious dessert.

As carob tortes go, this is a pretty foolproof version and one that produces a really moist and yummy feast. Why not double the quantity and make extra? It keeps well in the fridge for 2–3 days but al

This soup is full of robust flavours. I love to make it in the autumn, when pumpkins first come into the shops, as it seems to help compensate for the passing of summer. Butternut squash or sweet pota

The flavours of the Mediterranean dominate this delicious dish. While it cooks in the oven, why not add some baking potatoes so that you can have an hour off as the meal cooks?