Grated beetroot, carrot and apple salad with sunflower seeds – an easy way to get plenty of vitamins!

The ultimate jam doughnuts

Pumpkin sage soup served with crispy sage – spimple, easy and elegant

Salad of winter greens with quince poached in red wine, blue cheese and walnuts

Berawecka, festive bread from the Alsace studded with dried fruits marinated in brandy, walnuts and almonds

Mushroom and kale soup with spelt bulgur or other grains for the cold months

Red cabbage slaw with apples, sunflower seeds and a light ginger-yogurt dressing

Christmas Star Bread from enriched dough filled with a naturally sweet hazelnut-raisin filling with cinnamon and orange zest

Chocolate spice cookies with brandied currants and lemon glaze

Chocolate almond sticks filled with cardamom scented ganache

Speculoos pumpkin butter – the roasted pumpkin mixed with spices and brown sugar tastes remarkably similar to Biscoff speculoos spread!

Christmas Cookies Hall of Fame: 8 different recipes for delicious and beautiful Christmas cookies, some traditional, some new

Pepernoten – Dutch cookies with speculaas spice and aniseed traditionally made for the Sinterklaas feast.

Brussels sprouts and roasted winter squash quinoa salad with cinnamon maple dressing and roasted pumpkin seeds

Caramel apple jam seasoned with thyme and pepper – the perfect thing to eat with cheese and crackers.

Plum and hazelnut brown butter cake

Rotolo di pasta with squash and spinach, baked in a garlicky tomato sauce and topped with Parmesan and sage

Elderberry buckwheat pancakes with honey butter

Tarte tatin with fabulously easy Danish pastry

Tomatillo pizza with cilantro pesto

Chocolate brownies with ganache topping

Healthy and pretty canapés with cucumber, cottage cheese and borage flowers