RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Roasted butternut squash and char-grilled salmon salad

  Caprice Bourret’s colourful salad combines sweet squash with creamy avocado and mozzarella for a delicious light meal

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  Mussels on grilled sourdough with smoked bacon

  Steven Terry takes a classic moules mariniere recipe and turns it into a stylish dinner party starter

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  Carrot salad

  Thai flavours give Caroline Hire's vibrant salad a spicy kick that marries well with barbecued meats

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  Aubergine and mozzarella stacks

  This rich dish from James Martin, combining chargrilled aubergine with buffalo mozzarella, makes a great vegetarian meal

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  Roast partridge with meatloaf

  Tom Lewis makes the perfect accompaniments for roast partridge - fennel and pork meatloaf, creamy black pudding puree and crisp radishes soaked in Glengoyne whisky

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  Green banana curry

  Sophie Grigson cooks Vanessa Hewitt’s recipe for savoury bananas in a spiced coconut sauce

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  Chocolate mousse

  Light and fluffy, yet deeply chocolaty - a perfect fuss-free pudding from Eleanor Smallwood

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  Squid, mussel and white bean salad

  Paul Rankin’s seafood salad is both deliciously satisfying and good for you as well

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  Wild mushroom risotto

  This risotto from Rick Stein is good made with mixed wild mushrooms or even chestnut mushrooms, sometimes known as portobello mushrooms

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  Sri Lankan pork curry with pandanus

  Sophie Grigson uses a roasted spice blend to give her black Sri Lankan curry its characteristic flavour