Start your day with Nigel Slater’s savoury croissants or Ravneet Gill’s brilliant blueberry pancakes. For lunch or dinner? Nigella Lawson’s easy cheesy chilli, Yotam Ottolenghi’s perfect baked potatoes, or Nathan Outlaw’s toad in the hole. Your midweek treat: Uyen Luu’s noodles or Amy and Emily Chung’s cheap and cheering family dal. Finish with Olia Hercules’s baked apples or Lopè Ariyo’s cobbler. A recipe list that almost reads like a lullaby.
A thick, creamy pottage that’s a cross between a stew and a slightly soupy, sticky risotto
Croissants cooked in the style of pain perdu, stuffed with dark curls of speck and pools of melted fontina
This is classic Scandinavian comfort food, a mash cooked with meat and lots of flavour, served with chives and pickled beetroot
For a classic macaroni cheese, you need to stand over a large pot of bechamel and personally load it with cheddar
Full of childhood memories, toad in the hole is simple and warming – just don’t take it out of the oven too soon
This brings together two of the most simple and comforting dishes: a baked potato and a soft-boiled egg
This dal – ideal for a midweek meal – is such easy-to-make comfort food: nutritious, filling and cheap
Enriched with coconut milk and the headiness of cardamom, this soup soothes and comforts beyond measure
A cold-weather dish, heavy with starch, cream and cheese that takes its inspiration from tartiflette
Think of this as a cross between a frittata, a toad in the hole and a delicious giant savoury pancake
There is something so moreish and savoury about butter and fish sauce, which turns this midweek dinner into a real treat
There is something so good about leeks and cheese together. Nothing else is really needed
Start the day with a savoury porridge that’s nourishing and great for wintertime. Add an egg for extra protein
Chorizo sausages combine with mince and mozzarella to make a quick Tex-Mex-inspired bowl of chilli
Perfect for a weekend breakfast, these pancakes can be made thick or thin, depending on who you’re feeding
With influences from west Africa and Jamaica, this aromatic vegetarian stew can be ready in less than half an hour
There’s no need to mash potato or make a white sauce with this crunchy-topped fish pie
Bake these apples until the skins burst, the flesh is fluffy and the ricotta is caramelised on top
Like a cross between a cake and a scone, this plantain pudding is drenched in a tropical syrup
A cake that’s elegant while remaining warming, nutty and completely comforting
