Cranberry sauce and brie stuffed chicken wrapped in bacon is a delicious centrepiece for a meal and can be cooked in the oven or air fryer.

Clapshot is a Scottish dish from Orkney and it is a wonderfully easy swede and potato (tattie) mash loaded with fresh chives and butter.

Baked halloumi cheese and brown rice stuffed peppers get a punch of flavour and a bit of chilli heat thanks to Tunisian rose harissa paste.

Oxtail and potato curry packed to the gunnels with spicy Indian influences, it is slowly cooked to deliver tender, melt-in-the-mouth beef.

Vegan mushroom “Lancashire-style” hotpot loaded with chunky mushrooms and dried porcini, cooked in a rich gravy and topped with potatoes.

Chicken pesto gnocchi is a wonderfully quick & easy meal, and it is the perfect way to make the most of some store-bought potato gnocchi.

Spaghetti all assassina also known as bruciati is a fab one-pot pasta dish that’s cooked with a tomato broth in a way reminiscent of risotto

Corned beef fritters are a proper nostalgic recipe, delicious crispy patties held together in a light batter flavoured with a little mustard

Homemade chicken and bacon pie with a creamy crème fraîche, chive & thyme sauce all wrapped in a golden brown shortcrust pastry case.

Creamy smoked haddock pasta in a béchamel based silky smooth Comte cheese sauce flavoured with Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mustard.

Crab cakes are always a favourite and these potato cakes are flavoured with fresh chives and fennel seeds, then crumbed & baked or air-fried

Adobo pork chops are a quick and easy Filipino-inspired dish cooked in a combination of vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, pepper & bay leaves

Greek lamb chops or cutlets (aka paidakia) marinated in oregano, dried mint, olive oil and lemon served with roasted potatoes and lemon.

Pork belly curry loosely based on a recipe from Sri Lanka that’s loaded with black pepper, tamarind and whole slow-cooked garlic cloves.

Baked hake fillet served with romesco sauce & sautéed sugar snap peas & capers, may sound fancy & difficult but this recipe is easy-peasy.

Chicken and chorizo sausage pasta bake loaded with buffalo mozzarella and a delicious golden breadcrumb and parmesan cheese topping.

Poached cod loin in coconut milk with Thai influences served with sautéed pak choi & sugar snap peas a simple, delicious & elegant meal.

Devilled sausages in a spicy Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, Marmite and English mustard gravy loaded with golden onions and garlic.

Lamb kabsa is a delicious one-pot rice dish popular across the Arabic world, it is heavily spiced, but not hot and features raisins and nuts

Brown sugar pork chops baked in a rich and indulgent sauce flavoured with loads of garlic and fresh thyme is the perfect midweek dinner.

Minced beef and onion pie may lack the glamour of some pies but by ‘eck they are so good, mine features a Worcestershire sauce rich gravy.

Chickpea tagine with courgettes, preserved lemons & Moroccan harissa paste is a perfect vegetarian dish that works well as a main or side.