Honey roasted carrots and parsnips with rosemary and thyme - easy to prepare and delicious to eat. The perfect accompaniment to your roast dinner.

Thin slices of potato slow cooked in the oven with cream and garlic – the most decadent of side dishes

Lemon Herb Roasted Potato Nuggets ~ a terrific side dish... crispy flavour in every bite.

Potatoes Dauphinoise

This sweet tomato sauce is great on pizza, tossed through pasta, with meat or fish… there's so much you can use it for!

This rich sweet potato stew will leave you longing for the Caribbean!

Jamie Oliver

This is a great showstopper dish. By swapping classic roast potatoes for roasted vegetable chips, I’ve added a healthy dimension, but it still tastes just as delicious. Remember to buy higher-welfare chicken – they taste miles better than standard chickens and they’ve had a much happier life too.

Brisket’s open-grained texture and depth of flavour make it perfect for slow cooking. Don’t let the butcher trim off too much fat – a certain amount is needed in order to achieve the final, full-bodied result. It makes an easy Sunday lunch – you’ll need to put the meat into the oven first thing in the morning, but then you can more or less leave it alone until lunchtime. Use any leftovers for sandwiches during the week. This recipe originally featured in [River Cottage Every…

Got beef? Find everything from easy beef recipes to beautiful Bolognese, and even Jamie Oliver's famous roast beef.

Roast chicken like you’ve never had it before. Try serving this with rice on a Sunday for a lighter, spicier, Indonesian alternative.

a tasty recipe with large field or portobello mushrooms

Good gravy has the power to transform, or even save, a meal. This year, open your mind to a slightly radical idea: make your gravy a few days, or even weeks in advance, simply reheating it in your turkey tray on the big day. Stress, saved.

I’ve separated out the elements of this classic so you end up with a family-style, tear and share dish that makes everyone go ‘Oooh!’