Honey

The contrast between creamy honey ice-cream and juicy, sweet fruit is stunning in this lovely summer dessert.

Layers of fluffy spiced tea cake and lashes of indulgent honey frosting create an utterly decadent dessert.

Serve these honey mustard cutlets with spare sauce from the pan drizzled over them to help season the green beans.

Dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon, these wholesome muffins make a delightful treat with tea or coffee. You'll need about two overripe bananas.

With a crunchy gingernut base, this creamy slice will satisfy your sweet tooth.

A small salad of garden greens is the perfect side dish for this yummy chicken marinade.

Filled with sweet, spiced nuts and drizzled in a warm honey syrup, these Greek pastries are heavenly served with a cup of coffee.

Make this delicious, colourful and fun big rig petrol tanker cake for you child's birthday.

Crunchy and decadent, this chocolate macadamia slice is perfect with a cup of hot coffee or tea.

Sweet and tangy pork cutlets - a great barbecued dish for the summer season.

Sticky, spicy and delicious chilli and honey-glazed loin with mee goreng.

Figs with sheep milk yogurt and honey

Packed with fruit and seeds, these gluten-free cranberry and honey muesli bars bars are perfect for a morning or afternoon pick-me-up. They're also nut-free, so feel free to add them to the kids' lunch boxes.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this indulgent combination of honey, chocolate and crunchy almond.

A slice is a great and versatile snack. This pink icing also adds a little fun to the mix!

These muesli bars are the perfect after-school snack for kids on the go. They are packed full of the protein of peanut butter and energy-boosting honey.

This refreshing tea will rejuvenate the senses and boost the immune system.

We used a sauternes-style dessert wine for this recipe. We used a 5cm (2-inch) fluted round cutter. You could also use a 5cm (2-inch) fluted square cutter or a fluted pastry cutter wheel to cut squares from pastry. Note

Make your own roasted honey and soy nuts and add them to your selection of nibbles at your next gathering and watch them disappear.

This is a rich and sophisticated dessert that makes an elegant end to a special dinner.

When a recipe says “cut” the liquid through the dry ingredients, it means don’t stir, just use a knife quickly and lightly to draw the knife through the flour, so moistening the dry ingredients as lightly as possible. This is done to stop you overworking the flour — which causes tough scones. Note

Use a naturally brewed soy sauce or tamari, such as Kikkoman (there are low-salt versions available) rather than cheaper brands which are often made with caramel. I use Bean Supreme tofu, which is widely available.

Finger-lickin' delicious when eaten straight off the grill.

There's more yummy goodness packed into this tropical toasted muesli than one jar should be able to hold. Crunchy, nutty and sweet in all the right proportions.

Tamarind honey chicken with asian wombok salad from Australian Women's Weekly.

These flapjacks make a great snack for lunchboxes or to serve as morning tea. We used dried pineapple, papaya and mango in this recipe. You could also try chopped dates or figs.

This cake is sublime served warm with thick, fresh cream.

Honeycup mustard is available from some supermarkets, delicatessens and butchers. If you prefer, you can simply combine dijon mustard with honey in the proportion of 1 tablespoon dijon to 2 tablespoons honey. Note

A delicious slow-roasted honey and soy pork neck with complex Asian spices and flavours.

These delicious Asian spiced pork spare ribs are wonderfully tender and packed full of flavour that your whole family will love.

All this layered honey cake needed to take it from tasty to ridiculously delicious was just a touch of mixed spice and lashings of honeyed cream. You'll love it.

Dripping with honey and spice syrup, this rich, dense ginger cake makes an elegant end to a special meal. Serve with a drizzle of double cream.

Embossed cookie cutters come with assorted messages and are available from cake decorating and kitchen shops, and most larger department stores. Or, you can stamp a message with individual letters into the cookie dough. You need a 7.5cm (3-inch) round fluted cutter, a 7.5cm (3-inch) embossed cookie cutter and a piping bag fitted with a […]

A spicy rhubarb salsa teams beautifully with tender lamb chops in this mouth-watering dish.

Spiced honey muffins with chocolate chunks are topped with whipped cream and toffee bar shards in this decadent recipe.

Sticky orange honey chicken wings - great for sharing with friends and family.

A sweet and sticky Asian-style honey pork stir-fry from Australian Women's Weekly.

These tarts add a tasty, elegant twist to a traditional high tea, or can be just as fun served as individual desserts.

Try this more wholesome take on a birthday cake with these gorgeous caterpillar cupcakes topped with honey cream cheese icing.

Teamed with tart cheesecake cream, these parcels of honey-baked pears make for a beautiful autumnal dessert.

There are many flavours in this exquisite chocolate winter pudding, lavender, honey, chocolate and orange, that mingle and flow together to create something rather beautiful.

Apparently awarded along with medals at the ancient Olympics, these honey puffs are certainly winners.

We used red sensation pears for this delicious pear and fennel salad with honey mustard dressing, but any firm-fleshed pear will do. The combination of astringent fennel, tartly sweet pear and mustardy dressing is sensational.

Rizogalo is a traditional Greek-style creamed rice pudding that can also be served cole. Often spiced with cinnamon and lemon peel, it is also delicious served topped with nuts and honey.

Soaked in fragrant honey and tossed in sesame seeds, these honey almond pastry fingers are sticky and nutty and impossible to resist.

Crisp and lightly spiced, these honey snap biscuits do exactly what their name suggests. Delicious served with a glass of milk, a cup of coffee or a scoop of ice-cream.

Baking the kumara and honey soy pork in the same dish helps ensure that the pork fillets stay juicy, and allows all the flavours of the dish to intermingle and intensify.

Parfait is a French frozen dessert.

A saucy, spiced Cantonese vegetable mix designed to be served on top of poached or steamed snapper, grilled white fish fillets or poached chicken breasts.

Cut yourself a big slice of this light and fluffy almond, honey and sweet spiced cake to enjoy as morning or afternoon tea with a cup of your favourite brew.

Crisp and flaky French pastries, palmiers are so-named because they are folded and shaped to resemble the leafy arc formed by palm tree branches. Honey, pistachio and rosewater add a touch of the Middle East to these quintessentially French pastries.

You will need a piece of pumpkin weighing approximately 750g for this recipe; we used butternut, but you can use whatever pumpkin variety you like. Note

Rolled rice is a gluten-free flaked cereal similar to, and a good substitute for, rolled oats. It is available in supermarkets and health-food stores. Note

Cultured butter is available alongside regular butter. Note

A light and summery spiced sponge cake with a delicious pistachio honey cream.

Shichimi togarashi (also known as seven-spice mix or seven-spice blend) is a Japanese spice blend. It is available from specialist spice shops and Asian grocery stores Note

This velvety cheesecake recipe is studded with gorgeous grapes and slivers of luxurious dark chocolate. Featuring notes of orange and vanilla, this lovely cake is sure to go down a treat

Granita made from the musky, fresh-grape muscat grape with figs and a sweet honey and fennel syrup

Make double the herb rub mixture, toss half the quantity through steamed couscous and serve with the lam Note

This mouth-watering salad is full of contrasting flavours and textures, from creamy cheese to crunchy nuts.

Oatmeal, also sold as oatmeal flour, is made from milled oat kernels; it is not the same product as rolled oats or oat bran. It is available at health food stores. Note

You can find lavender honey (produced by bees fed on lavender) at selected delicatessens. If unavailable, any variety of honey can be used. Note

You can substitute dried apricots or apple rings for the dried pears, if you like. Note

You could use frozen ready-made crepes, or freeze your own. The filling needs to be made on the day of serving. Note

Tender slow-cooked lamb shoulder with a sweet and delicious quince and honey rub.

It’s important to use regular honey in the matzo cake, not the easy-to-pour liquefied version Note

You can find both pepitas and craisins in most supermarkets. Rolled rice is available from health food stores or the health food section of your local supermarket. Note

Keeping time: 3 days. Note