Nuts

A pre-roasted chicken and a jar of peanut butter are the building blocks of this simple and delicious chicken salad with satay flavours.

A classic French chèvre chaud is goat’s cheese grilled on slices of baguette and served with a simply dressed green salad.

Bake this simple cake for someone you love (or as a gift to yourself). All you need is a bowl and whisk, nothing fancy.

Two key elements of this impressive dinner party dessert can be made in advance − just add espresso.

This sweet, savoury, spicy, rich and crunchy nut mix is a perfect party snack or homemade gift.

Based on a Palestinian Christian dessert, this pav-with-a-difference is decorated with fresh fruits, nuts and seeds.

These caramelised sweet potato wedges are lovely alongside baked ham or fish.

I make various versions of this salad, with different fruits, but always with the best and ripest tomatoes I can find.

This simple granola mirrors the flavours of an Anzac biscuit to produce an alternative “gunfire breakfast” to mark Remembrance Day.

A simple but rich cake, fine-textured and full of bright citrus flavours.