Jewelled wild rice with almonds

A simple rice salad makes a great side dish. Add cranberries and orange for sweetness, nuts for crunch and herbs for lots of fresh flavour

Green beans with wholegrain mustard

A versatile side dish that can be prepared at the last minute – simply mix your beans with crème fraîche, mustard, shallots and lemon

Golden crunch potatoes

We’ve used some top tricks to come up with the perfect roast potatoes with crisp coatings and fluffy middles

Chocolate chip mince pies

Get the kids involved with BBC Good Food food editor Barney’s child-friendly chocolate mince pies

Stollen wreath cake

The sweet German fruit and marzipan loaf recipe is adapted into a gorgeous wreath cake with decorative fondant holly icing and almond marzipan

Mini toad-in-the-holes

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

BBC Good Food magazine food editor Barney adapts this classic sausage recipe to cook with his daughter Maisie

Cheesy chard gratin

Double cream turns green and flavoursome chard into something super-indulgent – be sure to mop up all the gruyère sauce with some crusty bread

Chard-stuffed roast lamb

Shoulder of lamb is a juicy and flavoursome cut- stuff with robust green chard plus raisins, pine nuts and olives for Mediterranean flavour

Quick braised chard & lentils

Rainbow or Swiss chard is a nutritious and vibrant ingredient- here we team it with robust Puy lentils to create an interesting side dish

Ballotine of pheasant

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
We talk you through the technique of preparing poultry to create an impressive, easy-to-carve roast – ours is a boned and stuffed pheasant