Naomi Sherman

There are two sure-fire ways to make vegetables better. You can bake them, or you can coat them with cheese. Here, I’ve combined the two to make a dish where the sweetly softened leeks are bathed in a creamy cheese sauce until you have a tray of pure joy. You may want to keep the whole pan for yourself.

The ultimate in comfort food, this dish combines golden-brown chicken with luscious leeks and deeply delicious mushrooms in a rich and creamy sauce. Serve with silky mashed potato and eat curled up in front of a good movie.

Risotto … it’s so time-consuming! Nope, not when you do it this way. Perfect for a dinner party where you want it to look like you fussed but you were actually reading a book. I won’t tell if you don’t.

The bright and herbal flavour of celeriac is the perfect foil for the sweet, spiced wild rice stuffing. This dish is a centrepiece that is deceptively simple to put together and will please and surprise every eater at the table.

Incredibly lush and decadent stacks of crisp meringue layered with salted caramel, whipped cream and lashings of melted chocolate. Make each element yourself or use my time-saving tip below.