Poached salmon with tarragon

Lightly poach salmon fillets and serve with creamy green beans and baby new potatoes for a light meal

Niçoise-style pizza

Use ciabatta bread mix to make this easy pizza dough, then top with red pesto, green beans, melted brie, tangy anchovies and olives

Squidgy pumpkin & ginger loaf

Use up your Halloween pumpkin leftovers in this dense, sticky loaf cake which pairs the sweet earthiness of squash with warming ginger

Frankenstein cupcakes

Make your own monsters this Halloween with our easy baking recipe – decorate with green and black icing and mini marshmallows

Freaky finger red velvet cake

Terrify and delight this Halloween with a dramatic chocolate red velvet cake, sandwiched with an easy cream cheese frosting

Gingerbread haunted house

Try your hand at this Halloween themed gingerbread house – don’t worry about home-made wonkiness, it all adds to the creepy effect

Lentil shepherd’s pie with celeriac & butter bean mash

Lighten up a family favourite with this vegetarian shepherd’s pie – mash celeriac and white beans with cream cheese for a low-GI topping

Salmon with new potato & watercress salad

A flaky salmon fillet pairs beautifully with this new potato, green bean and shallot salad dressed with a tangy wholegrain mustard dressing

Korean crusted roast lamb

The crust on this roast leg of lamb is based on a Korean barbecue marinade called bulgogi – perfect for a Sunday roast with a difference

Moroccan-spiced cottage pies

Spice up traditional cottage pie with Middle Eastern flavours and add chickpeas to the mashed topping for a more exotic beef mince recipe

Tomato & chorizo risotto

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only

A truly easy weeknight dinner, this rice dish is like a simple paella or jambalaya – add broad beans or sweetcorn for extra colour

Sicilian-style tuna lasagne

Swap mince for canned tuna in this budget lasagne recipe, made even easier with cream cheese instead of béchamel sauce