The English mustard combined with our Cheese Sauce gives this weeknite favourite substance with only a gentle heat.

A real treat for a special dinner. The filling is a traditional recipe from my grandmother. We have dressed the pie with crumpled and rolled up sheets of phyllo pastry to resemble overblown roses. Remember, roasting the chicken in the oven before you make the filling gives wonderful depth of flavour!

A beautiful and impressive festive meringue dessert with a soft and smooth cheesecake centre.

Our whole team raved about this simple family meal. Also delicious done with chicken drumsticks or thighs, in that case oven bake for 30 – 35 minutes.

On a recent trip to London we spotted this salad in the Harrods salad bar. Try it, it is delicious. A fuss free salad. The olives are optional.

One cannot have Christmas Dinner without potatoes! Serve this dish hot out of the oven. It makes for a lovely contrast to the turkey served warm or at room temperature.

This traditional oldie with a bit of a twist is the ideal accompaniment to braaied chicken. It can be made in advance and refrigerated, dress just before serving.

Beef Steak and Mushrooms is an established family favourite. Give it a flavour twist with the addition of some Char-grilled Shallots and serve it on a bed of Deluxe Polenta.

Ensure supreme succulence for these rump steaks by injecting them with garlic flavoured olive oil beforehand.

A delicious low carb friendly recipe. I just love it, very good the next day too.

We have used beef fillet for this recipe and it illustrates perfectly how a small amount of meat gives great flavour if combined with lots of fresh vegetables, a good sauce and the right seasonings. I have tested this stir-fry method many times, do follow the prescribed method to the letter.

A quick and easy South African variation on the traditional Christmas pudding, rave reviews from all our tasters.

Unsalted cabbage leaches moisture, which makes coleslaw watery after standing. Salted cabbage has already shed its moisture and makes for coleslaw that is tender but not watery.

If you are catering for a smaller group a whole turkey appears to go on forever after Christmas. We could not get turkey breasts when we did our photographs so we substituted with bone in, skin-on chicken breasts. The result was outstanding. So the choice is yours, chicken or turkey. Do not be tempted to skip the brining stage – that is the secret to succulence.

One of my mother's traditional vegetable side dishes. The ginger flavour is excellent with pumpkin.

This is an excellent way to get the kids to eat fish! The pots can be frozen and will travel well in a lunchbox, without spilling or breaking up.