These little round bites of pureed dried fruits, nuts and seeds, are great with coffee or as a high-energy snack.

Vegetables in desserts? Trust us, it works! Once you try these sweet potato and dark chocolate brownies, you'll never look back.

For a satisfying lunch, try these warm panini filled with tomato, veal, sage, rocket and mozzerella.

You will go nuts for Katie Quinn Davies' clever Christmas gift idea.

Samantha Coutts uses the fibre-rich grain, spelt, to add a nutty flavour to her pumpkin bread recipe. Paired with tarragon butter you won't be keeping this loaf for long.

Add style and sophistication to party food favourites with this gourmet artichoke and olive dip.

Be transported to the streets of India thanks to Valli Little's spiced doughnuts. Dense, sugary and best of all delicious, this is the ultimate Sunday baking recipe.

This recipe is great served alongside an Indian banquet or on its own as a light and easy mid-week meal.

All the flavour of hot cross buns, without the fuss of kneading and double proving, these hot cross muffins are the ultimate Easter cheat (save for buying store-bought).

Stop thinking of seeds as scraps, says Mike McEnearney, who turns pumpkin 'offcuts' into superstar ingredients.

These muffins use brown rice and oat bran to pack a healthy punch to your mid-morning snack.

Superfoods cinnamon, star anise and nuts make this a pretty good snack option.

Author and cook Louise Fulton Keats says: "The red of the cranberries and the green of the pistachios, mixed with delicious gentle spices, make these the ultimate Christmas muffin. They are perfectly moist, just like a good muffin should be. I promise if you make them once you’ll be coming back for more time and again." This recipe appears in Louise's book Something for Everyone (Hardie Grant).

This egg and quinoa salad in a jar is fun way to serve a layered springtime salad for breakfast or brunch.

Quick, easy and...well, sort of healthy. These muffins are the perfect way to start your weekend right.