Cucumber salad

A cooling raita-style yogurt dip with refreshing cucumber, mint, lemon and fennel seeds

Vanilla fudge

Homemade fudge makes a fabulous gift wrapped up for Christmas or any special occasion. Our recipe for these buttery sweets is well worth the effort

Roasted squash salad with creamy homemade labneh

Labneh is a mascarpone-like strained yogurt – serve with sweet roasted pumpkin, pomegranate and leaf salad

Potted Stilton

Crack the buttery crust to reveal delicious blue cheese flavoured with Sherry and green peppercorns – great on toast

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

Quick fish stew

A no-fuss pot of comfort food – pack with shellfish, white fish or salmon and serve with homemade garlic bread

Bacon & ricotta oven-baked frittata

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
A thickly baked omelette that works as a filling supper, or can be sliced into wedges and served in lunchboxes or at picnics

Pea & new potato curry

A low-fat and low-calorie vegetable curry that's made with Madras spice and yogurt

Rosemary roast chicken thighs, new potatoes, asparagus & garlic

An all-in-one lighter roast with Jersey Royals and a whole bulb of garlic – the potatoes catch the lemony cooking juices

Crab, spring onion & pancetta slice

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
This spin on surf-and-turf will go down a treat as a starter or nibble – the lemon crème fraîche base is flavoured with mint and parsley