The brilliant red Uchi Kuri, or onion squash, from Japan with its colourful hues are a delight even before it hits the pan, and its flesh always results in highly coloured dishes.

Be creative with your mash. All sorts of hearty winter roots can be combined with squash to make brightly coloured, chunky mashes. Coarse chopping preserves the individual flavours within a scrumptious matrix, so you get a whole symphony of autumn tastes and colours from one simple dish.

A simple recipe to liven up your lamb joint, that can be cooked on the barbeque or on a griddle pan inside.

A hearty and warming dish for the Autumn and winter from Michel Roux

A great starter idea using Rooster potatoes and smoked salmon.

A tasty dish using Rooster potatoes, mackerel and horseradish

With an estimated 300 million olive trees nationwide and a history with the fruit spanning some 6,000 years, Spain is, perhaps, the world’s leading producer of table olives. Here is agreat main course recipe idea using Spanish olives.

There is nothing more comforting than bangers and mash.

The sweetness from the sweet potato and mint gives this Cornish pasty a delicious fresh flavour.

Using Country Life Spreadable Reduced Salt means this delicious desert is a little lighter on its salt content while still retaining a buttery flavour. The nutmeg and marmalade gives the dish an extra kick.