Dates

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A bowl of porridge topped with fresh fruit

Energising breakfast bowl

Chocolate bark broke into shards

Baking and desserts

Chocolate bark with dates, pistachios and almonds

A platter of cooked poussins topped with sage

Provençal poussins with Épices Rabelais, shallots and dates

Christmas stuffing in a roasting tray

Chestnut stuffing with dates and molasses

A colourful fruit smoothie bowl topped with a variety of berries, nuts and seeds

Smoothie bowl

A bowl of sticky pudding topped with a dollop of cream, plus a jug of toffee sauce and a baking tray of sticky toffee pudding

Sticky toffee pudding

Bowl of bircher muesli with blueberries, banana and chia seeds

Bircher muesli (Swiss oatmeal)

Ginger and date loaf cakentopped with icing and chopped ginger

Baking and desserts

Date and ginger loaf cake

A white circular plate topped with fried potato cakes topped with yogurt, green herbs and pomegranate seeds

Aloo tikki chaat

A chocolate cake on a glass cake stand with a slice taken out of it

Healthy chocolate cake

A dish filled with cooked celeriac in a turmeric coconut milk sauce

15 November recipes

A green background with four cocktails in glasses

Non-alcoholic eggnog

A dark brown fruit cake with a slice taken out of it

Baking and desserts

Rum and raisin cake

A blue table topped with a glass filled with vegan eggnog, with a cinnamon stick on the side

Vegan eggnog

A roasting dish filled with a golden sponge pudding, topped with two sliced bananas

Banana sticky toffee pudding