Mixed summer veg stew

It's a sauce, made from cranberries.

A tasty vegetarian nut roast, especially good for winter

Hot cross buns - from a Waitrose recipe card, adapted for the breadmaker.

A really basic, adaptable cake which works with almost any additional flavouring in place of the lemon.

Easier than you might think.

A faintly Indonesian style beef curry, a great alternative to a stew for using up stewing steak.

Merguez are originally North African, but very popular in France. They need fierce grilling - ideally over charcoal. Spicy and moreish as well as being Moorish! Absolutely ideal for the barbecue. And you could easily make feisty mini burgers from this mix if you don't want to stuff sausages.

The recipe has its origins in one printed in "Casa Moro", Sam & Sam Clark's 'home cooking' book - but I have considerably adjusted the balance of the spicing (and deliberately left out the dried Rose petals!).

The definitive pickled onion recipe. Perfectly crunchy, and with a bit of a kick.

Another of Bagpuss's delicious biscuit recipes. This produces very nice biscuits akin to shortbread which are also very pretty with the spiral effect.

Barefoot Andrew posted this "...from an aged page in the RadioTimes"

A good recipe for muffins - the orange rind really makes a difference.

A gorgeous buttery biscuit recipe from Bagpuss

Maxwell recommended this recipe from Larry Lonik's book "Basically Morels"

Mrs Fiddlesticks noticed - Some risotto anxiety has come to light. I thought I'd put the recipe I use ( a rough variant on one courtesy of Gary Rhodes)