An easy, rustic dish to kick back with for a relaxed weekend. Casual cooking with lots of lively flavour.

My small-batch recipe for sweet corn polenta muffins is useful for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

A simple bread pudding with a trick up its sleeve: it looks, feels, tastes and smells like doughnuts.

An easy, storecupboard way to run up a spicy dip with roasted red peppers from a jar and walnuts.

Fall-apart tender slow-cooked pork, deeply infused with flavor, crowned with caramelised onions.

This is a star-turn for summer leeks, revealing their mellow flavour and melting texture to the fullest.

A simplified version of semifreddo that you can – and must, really – make and eat on the same day.

A boldly flavoured tapas-style appetiser to open your evening’s eatings with a bang and a minimum of fuss.

One of the great staples of Korean home cooking, daeji bulgogi is easy to make and sensational to eat.

Taking a tip from Korean cooking, these savoury and sweet wings are marinaded with ginger beer.

With caramelised red onion, walnuts, goat cheese and parsley, this is packed with flavour and texture.

A simple, light cake studded through with juicy, sweet pear and the warm depth of ginger and cinnamon.

Vibrantly spiced with Thai flavours, these bite-sized patties will silence the grumbles from even the most committed meat eaters.

A fiery Moroccan classic remixed with juicy lamb and freshened up with lots of parsley and lemon juice.

A lightened up version of the classic leek and potato soup, made interesting with the addition of crab.

Let’s be honest: making mashed potatoes worth eating isn't an exercise in subtlety. Butter makes it better.

A rich fruit syrup base of figs, marsala and thyme lets this simple frozen dessert deliver big flavour.

Prawns stay tender when cooked this way, scantily cloaked in crumbs and parsley, with a hint of garlic.