If, like me, you’ve overindulged a bit over Christmas but are still entertaining friends and family, how about this recipe I found on the internet for something a little lighter but still worthy of gracing your lunch or supper table!!

The recipe is enough to feed 6 people and if, again, like me you don’t eat much meat this is a perfect dish for pescetarians. The dish comes in three separate parts; the cured fresh salmon, a tortilia - “potato pancake”, and a creamy dill sauce.

A hot sausage roast which has an unusual sweet and sour onion gravy. Can easily be adapted for vegetarians!

This is a simple dish, quick to prepare and there’s plenty to warm up a family of four on a cold, windy, autumn day!

I dread having to chop onions as my eyes sting like crazy. I normally start chopping an hour before I need to cook them as I have to keep taking regular short breaks away from the kitchen to allow the tears to dissipate.

Unfortunately so many savoury dishes require them; they form a major part of most main meals it seems.