Autumn

This hearty veggie soup will warm you up on a chilly day

These loaded skins are packed with the cheesy, savoury flavours of a Welsh rarebit. Serve with a sharply dressed salad for a deliciously comforting dinner

With a sweet, buttery cobbler topping concealing a chunky apple and blackberry filling, this pudding is a crowd- pleaser that’s deceptively easy to throw together in a flash

Each bite of this spiced traybake cake – which is effortless to throw together on a whim – is the warming hug we all need at this time of year

A crème fraîche spider web adds a striking yet easy-to-achieve effect to this autumnal soup. Serve to your guests to warm them up on a cold and frosty evening

Roasted butternut squash makes a moreishly velvety soup. Try toasting the squash seeds and scattering them over the soup with the bacon for extra crunch

Make celeriac the star of the show by roasting it whole and drizzling liberally with an autumnal pesto. Serve as a vegetarian centrepiece, or as a side to a more traditional roast dinner

Creamy with coconut and zesty with lime, this gratin pairs sweet potato with the more humble turnip for a flavoursome main course or side dish

In-season plums add a burst of sweetness to this honey mustard-glazed chicken traybake. As the plums bake, they intensify in flavour