Mandarin recipes

Celebrate carrots with this fab salad that combines them with chicory, mandarin, burrata and walnuts to give lots of different colours, textures and flavours

A fresh and zingy salad with Chinese cabbage, sesame-crusted salmon and the unsung hero of British veg, the turnip

Impress your guests with this traditional, steamed pudding with a difference - cut to reveal a tender fruit centre and oozing citrus syrup

These meringues, with fresh, subtle Indian flavours, can be made in advance and frozen for up to a month - ideal for a New Year buffet

Skip the red wine and mull your veg with mixed spice, brown sugar and an orange studded with cloves

This golden, citrus-packed pud will bring a little ray of sunshine to your table this Christmas

Reader Sue McGann devised this delicious low-fat cake recipe