Recipes

Pasta and bean soup (Pasta e fagioli) Serves 4 By: Economy Gastronomy Details

Tom's fried chicken in a basket Serves 4 By: Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food Details

Instant banana ice cream Serves 4 By: Sweet Baby James Details

Mango smoothie Serves 2 By: Indian Food Made Easy Details

Thai chicken pie Serves 6 By: Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds Details

Indian fish pie Serves 6 By: Something for the Weekend Details

Irish fish chowder with soda bread Serves 4 By: MasterChef Details

Rick Stein's tiramisu Serves 4 By: Series 1 Details

Turkey salad with Chinese cabbage, beansprouts and Vietnamese mint Serves 4 By: Rick Stein's Christmas Odyssey Details

Gingerbread house Makes 1 gingerbread house By: The Great British Bake Off Details

Butternut and sweet potato lasagne Serves 6 By: Lorraine's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food Details

Classic lemon tart Serves 6 By: Sweet Baby James Details

Bean and rice burrito Serves 4 By: Great British Budget Menu Details

Steak, sweet potato fries and baked onion rings Serves 2 By: Food: Truth or Scare Details

Spiced mackerel with horseradish potatoes Serves 4 By: The Hairy Bikers' Cook Off Details

Deep-fried chicken wings al ajillo with braised peas and serrano ham with eggs Serves 4 By: Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Details

Thai spiced fish pie Serves 6 By: Something for the Weekend Details

Ras-el-hanout baked chicken Serves 4 By: Food: Truth or Scare Details

Pumpkin, chilli and coconut soup Serves 4-6 By: The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best Details

Christmas trifle Serves 10 By: The Great British Bake Off Details

Corn on the cob with burnt-onion ketchup Serves 4 By: Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes Details

Lamb and fenugreek dumpling stew Serves 6-8 By: Indian Food Made Easy Details

Mulligatawny soup Serves 4-5 By: The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best Details

Pot roast pheasant with sweetcorn mash Serves 3-4 By: Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Details

Chilli-spiced salmon Serves 4 By: Food & Drink Details

Mint choc chip whoopie pies Makes 18 whoopie pies By: Something for the Weekend Details

Chocolate cake Makes 1 By: The Hairy Bakers Details

Bulgur wheat balls Serves 4 By: Saturday Kitchen Details

Stir-fried corn and chilli Serves 4 By: Saturday Kitchen Details

Sweet potato and chickpea curry Serves 4 By: Great British Budget Menu Details

Pear and apricot frangipane tart Serves 8 By: Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds Details

Sunny vegetable patties Makes 6-8 By: Caribbean Food Made Easy Details

Triple-crown roast of lamb with a jewelled fruit stuffing and minted red wine sauce Serves 4 By: Hairy Bikers' Best of British Details

Blood orange tart Serves 8 By: Something for the Weekend Details

Roast squash and sweet potato soup with buttermilk blue cheese sauce 8 By: Nigella's Christmas Kitchen Details

Sichuan pepper beef stir-fry Serves 2 By: Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Details

Gin and IT Serves 1 By: Something for the Weekend Details

A warming bowl of this hearty, healthy soup recipe is filling enough for dinner.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Fried chicken with spicy smoky kick - serve it in a basket with coleslaw for a touch of nostalgia.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

This easy banana ice cream makes a great healthy dessert for children.

No Cooking Required

A refreshing smoothie that is super simple to make. The perfect way to cool down after a hot curry.

No Cooking Required

I love a good Thai chicken curry, fragrant with spices, chilli and ginger, and creamy with coconut milk. This is my pastry-topped tribute to that dish. Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a 1.2 litre/2 pint pie dish and a lattice cutter.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Try this family-friendly recipe for fish pie with an Indian twist.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Loaded with different types of fish, this simple chowder recipe stands or falls on the freshness of the ingredients. Serve with traditional soda bread.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Why, you may ask, do we need another recipe for tiramisu? It is now as common as apple crumble. But I was particularly taken by this one in Venice, which had elevated the pudding to a fine-dining level simply by putting it in a cocktail glass and using a whisked fatless sponge.

10 To 30 Mins

This is an easy way to use up leftover Christmas turkey, plus it makes a delicious light meal to help make up for the excesses of Christmas.

Less Than 10 Mins

10 To 30 Mins

30 Mins To 1 Hour

This classic lemon tart recipe is a light, quick and easy dessert - perfect for any occasion.

1 To 2 Hours

10 To 30 Mins

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Try this lovely dish of fresh, inexpensive mackerel with a creamy potato salad, perfect for a simple supper or lunch.

10 To 30 Mins

Chicken wings spiced up with sweet paprika, chilli and garlic served alongside savoury braised peas.

10 To 30 Mins

Try serving with stir-fried Asian greens with a little chilli and lime.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Replace potatoes with root vegetables to reduce the carbohydrates in a chicken traybake and add plenty of spice to turn up the flavour. Each serving provides 361 kcal, 44g protein, 30g carbohydrate (of which 14g sugars), 5.5g fat (of which 1g saturates), 7g fibre and 0.5g salt.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

10 To 30 Mins

Mary's easy Christmas trifle can be made up to 2 days ahead and decorated with whipped cream just before serving.

Over 2 Hours

Making your own ketchup is not as difficult or time-consuming as it sounds - and it makes any barbecue go with a bang.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

This slow-cooked lamb stew is impressive enough for a dinner party and you can make it the day before.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

A richly flavoured soup, spiced with curry powder. Perfect for a cold day, serve with a dollop of tangy sour cream. This meal, if served as five portions, provides 245kcal, 5g protein, 36g carbohydrate (of which 12g sugars), 8g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 5g fibre and 0.4g salt per portion.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Pot-roasting pheasant keeps it deliciously moist. Potato and sweetcorn mash makes the perfect accompaniment.

1 To 2 Hours

10 To 30 Mins

Fun chocolate biscuits sandwiched with homemade ice cream - a mint choc twist on the usual whoopie pie.

10 To 30 Mins

Covered in chocolate icing and decorated with sweets, this cake is perfect for a children's birthday party.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

These easy patties have a Persian feel with the gentle spices and fresh herbs. Sabrina serves hers on sticks for a fun party snack, but you could put them in wraps, or a mezze-style platter.

10 To 30 Mins

Use the kernels from fresh sweetcorn - or else frozen corn to save time - for this simple side dish. You could replace the red chillies with chopped bell pepper to make this more suitable for young kids.

Less Than 10 Mins

You can whip up this easy chickpea curry with just a few store cupboard staples - perfect for a laid-back supper. This is designed to be a low cost recipe Each serving provides 551kcal, 15.5g protein, 97g carbohydrate (of which 14.5g sugars), 8g fat (of which 1g saturates), 13g fibre and 0.2g salt.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

This recipe uses tinned pears and apricot jam - making it perfect for winter when there's little fresh fruit in season.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Beautiful vegetables are encased in savoury pastry - this is a snack for a picnic in the sunshine.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Put on your Sunday best and make rack of lamb the crowning glory for a special lunch.

1 To 2 Hours

How beautiful is this tart? The season for blood oranges is short, so don't miss the chance to try this.

Over 2 Hours

I have to have a regular supply of this squash and sweet potato soup at Christmas - it really is one of my freezer favourites.

30 Mins To 1 Hour

Fragrant spices, savoury soy and crunchy veg make this easy beef stir-fry recipe out of this world.

Less Than 10 Mins

Roll back to the 1940s and make a proper martini with this gin cocktail recipe.

No Cooking Required