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Christmas Mincemeat
One of the great traditional foods of a British Christmas is mince pies. You might think this involves meat of some kind, but you'd be wrong. Yes, mince pies contain mincemeat, but there's nothing minced in it, and no meat. Dried and fresh fruit are cooked up with nuts, spices, fat and booze, and the result is delicious.

Cowboy Pie
I was told this is a popular school dinners dish, but it must be a new-fangled one (like, in the last 40 years) because I'd never had it before. Cowboy pie is proper quick, easy and cheap comfort food - sausages and baked beans topped with cheesy mashed potato. Sometimes, bacon, corned beef, spam or minced beef are used alongside or instead of the sausages.

Dry-Cured Back Bacon
Making your own dry-cured back bacon is much easier than you probably think. And it's so much better than the junk you get from supermarkets, believe me.

Herb-coated Rack of Lamb
Rack of lamb is a bit of a showstopper dish, one to save for special occasions. It's very impressive-looking, very tasty and actually super easy to make. So get your butcher to find you a rack of lamb right now. A rack is 8 ribs, and that's plenty for 2 people.

Rouladen | German Beef Rolls
These traditional beef rolls are quite easy to make and very tasty. Thin slices of beef are wrapped around bacon, gherkins and strips of onion. Then they are baked and served with a super-rich gravy. Proper comfort food.

Makaronilaatikko | Finnish Pasta Casserole
Makaronilaatikko is probably the most popular meal in Finland. It features macaroni, minced meat and cheese baked in eggy milk. That's it. Astoundingly simple and surprisingly tasty. Move over mac and cheese, you have a rival.

Corned Beef Hash
Corned beef hash is pure comfort food. It's easy to make, sometimes using leftovers, and fabulously tasty. There's no fixed standard for corned beef hash, but my version is as simple as can be, using not much more than potatoes, corned beef and onion.

Minced Beef and Onion Pie
Minced beef and onion is one of the classic savoury pies. It's fantastic hot or cold, and it really isn't difficult to make. This recipe uses a rich shortcrust pastry.

Easy Lamb Bhuna
The Curry Guy, Dan Toombs, recently sent me his latest book, Bible. Dan is well-known for reproducing the techniques and methods developed in British Indian Restaurants. The dishes he produces are not really authentic Indian, but they are very tasty. I chose to make his Lamb Bhuna, and this also includes a method for pre-cooking the lamb. You will need some base curry sauce, but I'm doing that as a separate recipe.

Potatoes Parmentier
It's hard to believe, but until the 18th century, potatoes were thought to be unfit for human consumption and were fed to animals. The French agronomist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier made them popular and this tasty little dish is named after him. So when you're fed up of chips, fries, mash or roasties, or even if you're not, try this - it's lovely.

Cumberland Sausage
Cumberland sausage must be one of the UK's most popular types of sausage. Traditionally made in coils and sold by length or weight, you can also identify Cumberland sausage by its strong spicy and peppery seasoning.

Jamaican Ginger Cake
McVities make the 'definitive' version of this cake in the UK. It was a weekly treat when I was a kid. But homemade Jamaican ginger cake is seriously easy to make - it has a wonderful crumb texture, a sticky outside and a delightful flavour. Try making your own Jamaican ginger cake - you'll be surprised how easy it is.

Chicken Maryland
This is one of those dishes that was wildly popular in the 60s and 70s, but is rarely seen now. In 'The Prawn Cocktail Years', Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham describe it as 'frankly weird'. It's basically chicken fried in a spicy batter with a creamy gravy, corn fritters, fried banana and bacon. To traditionalists the banana is an abomination that started appearing in the 50s when Baltimore began importing bananas.

Leek and Potato Gratin
This delicious potato and leek gratin is perfect either as a vegetarian main course or as a side dish. If you're bored of mash, chips or roasties, have a go at this.

Rissoles
I remember Birdseye rissoles from when I was a kid. I've always though they should be made with leftorver lamb, but beef, pork, chicken, camel etc can also be used. I've also seen recipes that use fresh mince, but I don't think they really qualify as rissoles.

Tortilla de Patatas - Spanish Potato Omelette
Tortilla de Patatas is an absolute staple of every café in Spain. Made from eggs, potato and onion, nothing could be simpler or more delicious.

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