Christmas side dish Recipes

This is the perfect recipe for using leftover chicken or turkey at any time. A jicama is sometimes known as a Mexican potato, though…Read on

For someone who’s never been to Vietnam, I am piling up quite a few recipes which are Vietnamese in inspiration if not origin.…Read on

I use frozen broccoli; actually, frozen organic broccoli, if that makes you feel better. In fact, this is better when made with frozen,…Read on

I have written a recipe for panettone stuffing before: the sweet seasonal fruit bread was cubed, toasted and mixed with Italian sausage;…Read on

My not entirely orthodox way of turning out this otherwise classic dish of cream-softened potatoes has a lot going for it. Read on

I love recipes using up leftovers, and this is a particular favourite because it suddenly goes off on another tangent, so to speak.…Read on

For many of us, this Thanksgiving stalwart is beyond untraditional. To a European reader, no doubt to any non-American reader, it…Read on

I think of these Swedish roast potatoes as being rather like sauteed potatoes on the stem: each one is cut into thin slices across…Read on

Strictly speaking, I don't think of this as a casserole, but I know that this is the traditional nomenclature; and, besides, I do…Read on

This has many strings to its bow: it serves as a vegetarian alternative to the Christmas turkey; it gussies up a plate of cold leftover…Read on

In the original recipe, I used escarole lettuce and you still could but I find a mixture between laziness, ease and aesthetics leans…Read on

I’ve always roasted honeyed parsnips alongside a turkey but as a marker of the culinary special relationship celebrated at Christmas,…Read on

Ever since I overcame my prejudices about buying pre-chopped fruit and veg, my cooking life has got a lot simpler. And you should…Read on

I couldn’t help myself. I can’t have a party without some cocktail sausages and wanted to make them just a little bit…Read on

This is a new variant of an old and easy party favourite. The dough is mixed up in the processor and rolls out easily.  It may…Read on

If you want to have something hot to pass around on a tray, then cocktail sausages are what you're after. There's nothing fiddly to…Read on

Cooking potatoes for large numbers of people is not always easy. This gratin makes it so, not least because I don’t peel the…Read on

Sometimes, it makes sense to use one’s obsessions to advantage. I know that most people don’t have trivial light-bulb…Read on

When I was a child, I don’t think fresh cranberries were ever seen in England. For me, cranberry sauce came out of a jar –…Read on

There is something so magnificent about a whole pumpkin stuffed with jewelled rice, that it doesn’t really need too many side…Read on