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. Nigella Lawson’s chicken barley recipe (pictured above) A thick, creamy pottage that’s a cross between a stew and a slightly soupy, sticky risotto Nigel Slater’s recipe for baked croissants with ham and cheese Croissants cooked in the style of pain perdu, stuffed with dark curls of speck and pools of melted fontina Trine Hahnemann’s favourite winter stew recipe – labskovs This is classic Scandinavian comfort food, a mash cooked with meat and lots of flavour, served with chives and pickled beetroot Straight-up macaroni cheese recipe by Laura Goodman For a classic macaroni cheese, you need to stand over a large pot of bechamel and personally load it with cheddar Nathan Outlaw’s toad in the hole recipe Full of childhood memories, toad in the hole is simple and warming – just don’t take it out of the oven too soon Yotam Ottolenghi’s jacket potatoes with egg and tonnato sauce This brings together two of the most simple and comforting dishes: a baked potato and a soft-boiled egg Dal – pe hin recipe by Amy Chung and Emily Chung This dal – ideal for a midweek meal – is such easy-to-make comfort food: nutritious, filling and cheap Pumpkin and cardamon soup recipe by Yasmin Khan Enriched with coconut milk and the headiness of cardamom, this soup soothes and comforts beyond measure Nigel Slater’s potato, camembert and dill recipe A cold-weather dish, heavy with starch, cream and cheese that takes its inspiration from tartiflette Rukmini Iyer’s cherry tomato, leek and artichoke bake with feta recipe Think of this as a cross between a frittata, a toad in the hole and a delicious giant savoury pancake Savoy cabbage, roasted cauliflower and cashew chilli noodles – mì xào chay recipe by Uyen Luu There is something so moreish and savoury about butter and fish sauce, which turns this midweek dinner into a real treat Cheddar on toast with sweet leeks recipe by Emily Scott There is something so good about leeks and cheese together. Nothing else is really needed Multigrain porridge with kale, hazelnuts and smoked fish recipe by Claire Ptak Start the day with a savoury porridge that’s nourishing and great for wintertime. Add an egg for extra protein Nigella Lawson’s cheesy chilli recipe Chorizo sausages combine with mince and mozzarella to make a quick Tex-Mex-inspired bowl of chilli Ravneet Gill’s recipe for blueberry pancakes Perfect for a weekend breakfast, these pancakes can be made thick or thin, depending on who you’re feeding Peanut and sweet potato stew recipe by Melissa Thompson With influences from west Africa and Jamaica, this aromatic vegetarian stew can be ready in less than half an hour Fish pie with a rosti topping recipe by Rosie Sykes There’s no need to mash potato or make a white sauce with this crunchy-topped fish pie Baked apples with ricotta and raisins recipe by Olia Hercules Bake these apples until the skins burst, the flesh is fluffy and the ricotta is caramelised on top Plantain cobbler recipe by Lopè Ariyo Like a cross between a cake and a scone, this plantain pudding is drenched in a tropical syrup School-skive semolina cake recipe by Nisha Katona A cake that’s elegant while remaining warming, nutty and completely comforting