RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Fish and thick-cut chips with tartare sauce and mushy peas

  Tom Aikens from Tom’s Place shows you how to cook the quintessential fish and chips with traditional accompaniments

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  Chicken dippers with potato wedges

  Kids will adore Philippa Forrester’s delicious home-made and healthier alternative to purchased fast food

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  Chicken with apricot and sage stuffing

  Aaron Craze's dinner party chicken, stuffed with apricots and sage, is served with fresh baby vegetables and a tangy lemon sauce

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  Vietnamese crispy salmon salad

  Ben O’Donoghue blends zesty lime, savoury fish sauce and hot chillies in true Vietnamese style for a refreshing starter

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  Chorizo and potato soup

  You'll probably have potatoes and onions in the house even if the cupboard are otherwise bare, so you could make Darina Allen's simply delicious soup at a moment's notice

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  Roquefort and walnut soufflés

  Try replacing Roquefort with Gryère or any other of your favourite cheeses to vary this stunning soufflé by Ainsley Harriott

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  Lasagna

  Kenny Logan’s recipe combines the traditional Italian, by the inclusion of milk which gives a wonderful mellow rather than acidy tomato flavour, and the not so traditional Scottish with the use of a sharp cheddar

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  Baked rice pudding with poached rhubarb

  Michael Caines shares a warming, and quintessentially English, dessert from his childhood

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  Rabbit with oven-dried tomatoes

  Matt Tebbutt chooses farmed rabbit for its pale coloured flesh and chicken-like flavour in this Mediterranean-style main course dish

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  Moroccan lamb with harissa-spiced couscous and chickpea salsa

  Alan Murchison spends time developing the hot and piquant north African flavours in this delicious recipe, and the result is worth the work