Allioli: Garlic mayonnaise

Apple cake: apples, cinnamon and cakey goodness

Arròs a banda: traditional fisherman’s fare, rice and seafood with fish stock.

Arròs al forn d’estiu: vegetarian with a sausage option, baked rice with summer veg

Arròs caldos d’estiu (Summer Rice): chicken, beans and rice in a delicious broth

Beef fillet with softened green peppers and garlic: perfect with some bread and a bottle

Beer-battered aubergine slices: just as it says

Braised lamb shanks: easy to cook, yummy to eat

Bunyols: pumpkin doughnuts, traditional spring sweets

Caldereta de Rap: monkfish stew

Cauliflower paella: January is the time for cauliflower, and what better way to enjoy it than in a traditional Valencian paella

Coca Gallega: tomato-based, pizza-style pastry perfect for picnics, nibbles or dinner

Coquetes de cacau: little savoury peanut biscuits – great with cheese and a beer!

Courgette soup: creamy, low-calorie summer soup to be eaten hot or cold

Egg and chips iaia-style: gently fried spring garlic makes extra special egg and chips

Ensaladilla Rusa: Spanish potato salad modelled on a Moscow classic

Fideuà: a paella-style pasta dish with crustaceans, cephalopods and really good stock

Gazpacho andaluz: the famously cool salad soup

Gazpachos Manchegos: a warming, meaty shepherds stew from Castilla la Mancha

Lentil soup: brown lentils, onion, tomato, carrots and an optional ham bone for a flavoursome soup

Llescat: oven-roasted summer vegetables torn to shreds with garlic and olive oil

Llescat with salted cod: smoky peppers, garlic and salty dried cod to pile on bread

Oniony roast leg of lamb: the name says it all

Pastissets de moniato: traditional Christmas sweets

Pork, tomato and green peppers: perfect for dunking bread into

Potage: thick vegetable and chickpea soup for winter days

Pumpkin sponge cake: roast pumpkin adds a soft orange glow to a simple sponge

Putxero Day 1: boiled meat and veggies with rice

Putxero Day 2: oven-baked rice using the left-overs from the putxero

Putxero Day 3: the rest of the left-overs get rolled into yummy little croquettes

Sardinà: salty sardines, sweet onion and fried eggs

Spanish Omelette: quintessential potato and onion for every occasion

Stuffed artichokes: a special dish for a family lunch, the tender young artichokes are stuffed with mince and gently stewed in a vegetable-based gravy

Spinach omelette: eggs, spinach and a little bit of flavour for a quick snack or late supper

Tomato Jam: a luscious, sweet preserve for summer gluts of tomatoes

Tuna and onion: freshest of fish with gently browned onions

Winter rice: my favourite winter warmer with pork rib, swede, cardoon and spinach

Yoghurt cake: easy to bake, easy to eat.