This recipe for pasta with pumpkin, spinach and thyme sauce takes barely 30 minutes to prepare and is surprisingly delicious for something that is so easy to cook with relatively few ingredients. Ideal for when you need to pull something impressive together with little time on your hands.

This chicken leftover pie is a great way to make use of roast chicken, a perfect second act for all those households that love roast chicken, but don't have the capacity to devour an entire bird at the Sunday table.

Chicken with tahini, honey and ginger glaze and roasted peppers, served with a bulgar wheat side dish and fruity salad

A light, fresh iced celery soup with cucumber. Yes, totally a dish in its own right, but here served as a power starter

A highlight of a trip to Oban and Mull: local queen scallops with turmeric ice-cream and seaweed chutney

My recipe for a duck inspired by oranges in a Provençal mode served with ratatouille, beetroot and green salad with fresh orange