Crispy lamb cooked with store cupboard spices is a wonderful combination and is a delicious way to use up any minced lamb to create a quick and easy supper dish.

A great way of using up bananas that are past their best!

The perfect recipe for homemade gravy for your roast turkey dinner that uses up your veg peelings.

This spiced turkey curry uses up leftover turkey and vegetables. Any green vegetables like broccoli, french beans and peas can be added at the end with the turkey.

Quick and tasty snack using frozen potato wedges. Simply sprinkle with leftover cheese and bacon

A simple yet delicious pudding for using up those gluts of autumn fruit.

This recipe uses up all those half eaten jars of pesto and dressings from the fridge and cupboards. As with all these recipes they can be played with, altered and refined depending on the ingredients you have at hand.

An exotic winter warmer, this tagine is a fabulous twist for festive leftovers.

This recipe is great for using up soft fruit past its best, but not when it’s gone so far that it has reached the mouldy stage! This fruit jam is more like a compote than a normal jam and needs to be eaten within a few days. It's quick to make and is lovely served with scones, on toast, mixed into yogurt or spooned onto ice cream.

Impress your friends with this easier-than-it-looks class act dessert from top chef Tom Kitchin.