Healthy comfort food

Beef bourguignon is one of Julia Child's most famous dishes from her cookbook 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking'

Romy Gill's recipe for aubergine and potato curry – or baingan & aloo sabzi – just happens to be vegan

This comforting chicken pho, from Quick & Easy Vietnamese by Uyen Luu, is so simple it feels like cheating

A vegetarian lasagne recipe by House & Garden’s food editor Blanche Vaughan that is easier to make than its meat alternative

This well-known sauce is so simple and tastes so much better homemade

Translated as ‘rancher’s eggs’, this is a simple breakfast traditionally eaten by farmers in the Mexican countryside

Sophie Godwin shares a colourful Dal recipe from her cookbook 'Sundays'

A wonderfully refreshing, juicy and crunchy dish that works brilliantly for a summer lunch

A tuna pasta salad recipe from Jamie Oliver's Super Food Family Classics. Tuna gives us a hit of vitamin D, which in turn helps our bodies to absorb calcium from the feta cheese and natural yoghurt, and they’re what makes this salad creamy and delicious.

This healthier take on French toast is a perfect way to start the day, and it's incredibly easy to whip up in an air fryer

Every French fisherman, Italian grandmother or coastal restaurant has its own recipe for fish stew or soup, and I love to try them all. When it comes to cooking it at home, I adapt the dish to make it suit the fish available. The main thing is to achieve a balance of firm, sweet-fleshed and shelled fish for maximum flavour.

A store-cupboard supper that is much more interesting than the norm...

Our food editor Blanche Vaughan relishes the challenge of leftovers. Here she tackles leftover roast chicken with this comforting broth. Serves 6

A delightfully oozy sandwich that's perfect for lunches at home. From Georgia Levy's book Let's Do Lunch. 

A brilliant recipe for the winter months when rich dishes packed with greens are just what you need. From Georgia Levy's book Let's Do Lunch. 

A veggie-packed take on the ultimate comfort food, from Jamie Oliver's cookbook of vegetarian recipes

Monkfish is the perfect fish for a curry, with its meaty flesh able to absorb all the flavours of the spice

A recipe to make a tin of lentils far more exciting, from a cookbook that makes tinned goods so much tastier

Jerk is the quintessential flavour of Jamaican food: spicy, hot and slightly sweet

Sweet-sour dishes pique the appetite, as this moreish chilli beef dish proves. It makes a lovely light lunch served with steamed rice, but you can also serve it as an appetiser, albeit in smaller lettuce cups.