RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Gingerbread house and people

  Put some time aside to indulge in Rachel Allen's impressive, sweet gingerbread house. Click here for the template.

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  Homely fish pie

  Jun Tanaka’s comforting fish pie is chock full of salmon, cod and haddock and topped with creamy mash

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  Sweet and sour fish for children

  Annabel Karmel's tasty fish dish and is good served on a bed of fluffy white rice - flake the fish and mix with the rice for small children

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  Seville orange and chicken salad

  Seville oranges have an intense flavour that works perfectly with chicken.

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  Maple-poached pears with bourbon cream

  If you want to satisfy your sweet tooth, try Diana Henry's syrupy pears with caramalised pecans

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  Poached eggs in red wine

  This classic French recipe of poaching eggs in wine is what inspired Merrilees Parker to become a chef, with its bold flavours and colours

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  Spaghetti with tomatoes and mussels

  Tinned tomatoes, fresh mussels and a splash of white wine combine to great effect in Paul Young’s speedy supper

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  Artichoke salad with bagna cauda

  Green or ‘wet’ garlic has a mild flavour and looks like leek - Jane Baxter and Guy Watson add it to braised artichoke in this magnificent salad

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  Chocolate marshmallow spiders

  Give children a real treat this Halloween with Tana Ramsay's chocolate-dipped marshmallows complete with creepy black liquorice legs

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  Shortbread

  For a light buttery flavour try James Martin's grandmother's mouth-in-the-mouth shortbread