Healthy comfort food

Ripe, sweet tomatoes and a garlicky bashed aubergine purée make this a great summer’s night dish

There is a small Greek island that I go to in the summer where you can find a family-run restaurant on a beach. It serves a sharing plate of crisp-skinned chicken bathed in oil, juicy with lemons and fragrant with mountain oregano – flavours that I will always associate with hot summers on sun-drenched islands.

Carole Bamford shares a recipe for a comforting and simple dinner.

For an even easier version of this family-friendly pizza, you can use Lebanese flatbreads as a base and then it’s ready in no time

You can make this hot and sour prawn soup recipe as mild or as spicy as you like. If you cannot find any fresh kaffir lime leaves (available from Waitrose and Sainsbury’s), add 2 extra strips of finely pared lime peel. It is not worth using dried kaffir lime leaves, as they do not retain much fragrance.

Spicy tuna with a salad that packs a punch makes for an excellent light summer dinner

A perennial classic that never goes out of favour, done the right way

A delicious summer risotto recipe that uses every part of the season's courgettes

Perk up the smokey barbecue char with a shallot vinaigrette for a fresh and delicious sea bass dish

This filo, spinach and feta pie recipe by House & Garden's food editor by Blanche Vaughan makes a perfect vegetarian lunch, can be served with tomato salad.

Xanthe Clay's quick chicken casserole recipe with walnut pesto is ready in just 35 minutes. Walnut and pomegranate is a classic combination. Eat it by itself or add couscous. Delicious.

A chicken and kale soup recipe from the recipe book Cult Copenhagen Recipes. Finishing touches of horseradish, parsley and dill are the perfect complements to this classic soup

A Vietnamese chicken salad recipe that is excellent if you use your roast chicken leftovers.

A good solution if you’re short on time, are having a small simple Christmas, or wish to include turkey as part of your festive banquet menu

This salt-baked salmon with blood orange, turmeric and thyme from Meike Peters's book '365: A Year of Everyday Cooking and Baking' is the perfect winter recipe. The combination of orange, turmeric and thyme cuts perfectly through the rich, flaky salmon

Caroline Eden's recipe for the Ukrainian take on Italian meatballs, a dish that was ubiquitous on Italian street in Odessa.

This roast squash and tofu recipe can be served with a crunchy salad for contrast and rice on the side

A simple, delicious spinach soup recipe packed full of vitamins and iron, not to mention lots of flavour.

Anna Jones shares her recipe for a classic Indian street food, from her new cookbook 'One: Pot, Pan, Planet'

Pronounced ban see-ow, these pancake-style dishes can be found all over Vietnam