This special vegetable dish could take centre stage, the combination of slightly charred vegetables (created by roasting directly on a baking dish), toasted nuts, honey and dates is incredible.

Sweet peas, salty bacon, bright lemon — if you like peas, this is the perfect side. Start by frying chopped bacon until it’s deeply golden, then set it aside so it stays perfectly crisp.

What is it about potatoes, one bite and your hooked... that is if you start with the right potato. Yukon Golds are our choice, with a deep yellow flesh, they taste richer, more buttery and almost as if they have been simmered in chicken stock.

Easy and delicious, comforting and delicious, and a nod to the end of pumpkin season.