James Martin: Home Comforts

Long and lazy winter days are the perfect times to enjoy some indulgent home cooked meals and for James those are a perfect chicken and mushroom puff pastry pie and some slow cooked spare ribs

Today James has the perfect antidote to the winter chill with his ultimate Comfort Food recipes.

There’s a culinary twist on some of our favourite Mid Week Suppers today as James creates his own Toad in the Hole with Onion gravy and shows how simple it is to create a delicious blackberry and apple Millefeuille out of homemade puff pastry.

Today James proves beautiful home cooked recipes can be just as speedy as convenience food with a menu that includes a simple chicken Escalope with lemon, nuts and thyme and an Icebox Chocolate cake that needs no cooking.

A night in front of the TV calls for a tray of the best homemade treats so James is preparing squid with the ultimate dipping sauce as well as the perfect finger food – a British Tapas of chicken wings and wedges with his own tomato sauce.

In today’s programme James cooks his favourite winter warmers including jacket potato skins hot from his own patio pizza oven and a chocolate and clementine steamed pudding.

Delicious home cooked recipes don’t have to break the bank as James proves today by creating three meals from a single Ham Hock

Today James has the perfect recipes to replace those ready meals for one. On the menu is a Thai crab Risotto, and an easy cook steak and chips with homemade Béarnaise sauce.

Today James shares the recipes that remind him of his Yorkshire childhood including his Grandmother’s roast shoulder of pork and her indulgent bacon sandwiches.

Today James proves you don’t need to spend a fortune on fast food as he prepares a menu of must have, home cooked take away meals.

There’s nothing like the taste of home when you’re feeling a bit under the weather and today James serves up his own Pick me Ups with a nourishing squash and lime soup and Waffles and Ice Cream.

Today James proves that a hectic lifestyle is no bar to delicious home cooked food with a menu of meals that can be prepared in advance.

James shows how every night can be a treat night with some simple home cooked recipes that can turn a mundane meal into something special.

Today James shows how anyone can impress their dinner party guests with some simple home cooked recipes that look like restaurant dishes.