RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Maca milk

  Karen Knowler shares a recipe to make super-healthy but strong-tasting maca a lot more enjoyable

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  Cream sauce with morels

  Tristan Welch’s mushroom, Madeira and cream sauce makes a great accompaniment to meat or fish dishes - or try it with pasta

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  Carrot falafel with tomato and carrot salad

  Sophie Grigson fries crunchy balls of ground chickpeas, cumin, and fresh herbs to serve hot with fresh salad and thick, creamy yogurt

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  Honeycomb toffee

  Crunchy, munchy - and most definitely moreish, this lovely toffee from Lotte Duncan will satisfy a sweet tooth in a special way

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  Deep-fried ice cream and mincemeat parcels

  Nigel Slater's splendidly decadent mixture of hot, crisp pastry, boozy mincemeat and cold vanilla ice is an all-round winner

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  Hot buffalo southern fried chicken wings

  Charita Jones’s recipe for a North American favourite, spiced up with a special homemade Cajun seasoning, will be a sure-fire hit at any dinner party

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  Fried vegetable rice

  Use up leftover rice in this quick and tasty dish from Gary Rhodes

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  Sicilian fisherman’s stew

  Aaron Craze’s recipe for warming fish stew served with bruschetta, aioli and zingy salsa is the perfect foil for those chilly autumn nights

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  Brussels sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts

  Complete your Christmas dinner with James Martin's delicious Brussels sprouts cooked with sweet-tasting pancetta and chestnuts

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  Chicken fried steak cubes with bloody mary dipping sauce

  Charita Jones makes the Southern US classic of chicken-fried steak, so called as it is prepared in a similar way to fried chicken