This Moroccan chicken with orange comes from the High Atlas. In addition to chicken, it's brimming with healthy vegetables such as onions, celery, peppers, carrots, tomatoes and butternut squash, all swathed in a sauce flavoured by smoky harissa and ras el hanout balanced with tangy orange. Though easy to cook, it's a slow-cooked oven dish.

This prawns in tomato and artichoke sauce is a simple—optionally quick—dish from the South of France near to the Italian border, and the culinary influences of both countries are evident. The flavour of sun-drenched tomatoes and red peppers shine through, both in the main seafood dish and side dish of pan roasted vegetables. A perfect lighter meal for warmer weather.

This lactovegetarian butternut squash and sweet potato tart was one of the first recipes I ever created, way back in the Dark Ages when I was still a teenager. With its creamy, slightly sweet filling balanced with herby onions, peppers and black olives, it immediately proved a crowdpleaser that I've dished up to successive generations of plant-based dinner guests.

Bucatini with butternut squash, bacon and sage is a dish that is easy to whip up with very little effort.

A season-agnostic treat; bacon and butternut squash risotto is brimming with sweet and green flavours

A low-fat pasta of roasted butternut and walnut pesto, with garlic and parsley, combined with mushrooms

Vegetarian tandoori masala butternut squash, roasted to perfection and served with a mildly spiced dish of leeks, lentils, celery

Zero-fat seared tuna with spätzle with mushrooms and butternut squash and a simple side dish of steamed tenderstem broccoli

This Keralan curry with coconut and lime is an adaptable dish—a vegan baseline, but easily adapted for chicken or seafood versions

A South African version of tikka masala—vegetarian, chicken or beef—rich in the the spices and fruits used in Indian diasporan cooking

A great pasta dish— "paccheri con zucca, asparagi e capesante"—otherwise know as paccheri with butternut squash, asparagus and scallops

A classic steak dish served with a twist; served with celeriac, potato and butternut squash rösti