DELIA ONLINE WHAT SHOULD YOU BE COOKING THIS MONTH? THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY

Spanish Chicken with Butter Beans, Chorizo and Tomatoes

A one-pot recipe that will definitely become one of your favourites! Packed with flavour, this Spanish casserole is simply wonderful and needs nothing else with it. How easy is that?

Rhubarb and Ginger Brûlée

Rhubarb and ginger has to be a marriage made in heaven. Combine them with a wonderful cream and Greek yoghurt brûlée topped with loads of brown sugar and it really is the food of the gods.

Toad in the Hole with Roasted-onion Gravy

When we analyse the site to see which recipes you have been cooking, this one appears in the top 10 again and again. Easy to see why: easy, cheap and nutritious it has to be one of the nation's favourite suppers.

Grilled Venison Steaks with Red Onion, Grape and Raisin Confit

Venison is a lovely meat and, because it's low in fat, it's ideal for those on a diet. The red onion and grape confit is a superb accompaniment and would also work well with pork, gammon or sausages.

Oven-roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli with Garlic and Coriander

Cauliflower and broccoli are both fantastic on the health front but can be a tad dull if just boiled or steamed. This lovely gratin is full of flavour and a great way of serving wintry veg.

Pot-roasted Venison with Shrewsbury Sauce

Pot-roasting venison is a lovely way of preparing this wonderful low-fat meat. This makes a great supper dish for a winter day, served with plenty of mashed potato and green veg.

Shaun Hill’s Sauteed Scallops with Lentil Sauce

As Delia says, this recipe is unanimously agreed within food circles, to be the best lentil recipe in existence. Why not give it a try and see what you think?

Soupe Flamande with Creme Fraiche and Frizzled Sprouts

The winter months aren't the most exciting on the vegetable front, but when you can make wonderful soups like this one - from potatoes, leeks and Brussels sprouts - who cares?

Spiced Lamb and Cashew Kebabs

Following a holiday in Hong Kong, Delia was delighted to discover that, on her return home, it was easy enough to recreate these gorgeous spicy lamb kebabs.

Venison Sausages Braised in Red Wine

Venison sausages are special enough to serve at a dinner party especially when braised with herbs, mushrooms and red wine, then served with plenty of creamy mash.

Fried Herring Fillets with a Lime Pepper Crust

For me the humble herring, once the food of the poor, is a great delicacy with all the gutsy flavours of fresh sardines but lots more juicy flesh. Now they can be bought boned and filleted and are cooked in moments. The lime and pepper crust is frag

Blueberry and Cinnamon Muffin Cake with Streusel Topping

Having got totally hooked on making muffins, I realised that the muffin mixture could be baked in an ordinary cake tin and served cut into thick slices – either as a dessert, warm from the oven, and topped with Greek yoghurt, or as a cake for tea.

Savoury Mini Muffins with Two Flavourings

For a fresh approach to party nibbles, I offer you these magic little savouries that can be served warm from the oven or, if made in advance, frozen, defrosted and re-heated. First some simple muffin mathematics: the basic muffin recipe makes 24

Rhubarb and Almond Crumble

Although my own rhubarb crop is only about 3 inches high at present, there is plenty of the early forced rhubarb in the shops and it's never better than in this most English of puddings. On Sundays we serve it with proper custard, an extra luxurious

Smoked Bacon and Lentil Soup

A lovely, thick, hearty soup for the winter months when you need comfort food! It's cheap and easy too so a good way to feed a hungry crowd at lunchtime.

Leek, Onion and Potato Soup

One of Delia's absolute favourite soups - and the good thing is that it's really cheap to make, especially in the winter months when leeks and potatoes are packed with flavour.

Scallop Cream Soup

This really is one of the most luxurious and delicate soups imaginable. It is very easy to prepare and cook, but perfect for a special occasion. Crisp, golden croutons are lovely sprinkled over the top of a bowl of hot or chilled soup. You can make c

Chicken and Leek Pot Pie

This is what I call comfort food - the kind of thing to make on a cold, grey winter's day. You can vary the vegetables if you like (I quite like it with mushrooms replacing half the leeks).

Braised Lamb with Flageolet Beans

Neck fillet of lamb provides very sweet meat that responds perfectly to long, slow cooking and if you add pre-soaked dried green flageolets to cook alongside it these, too, absorb the sweet flavours of the lamb.

Deep-fried Sprats with Mustard Sauce

In the good old days, when herrings were cheap and humble, their smaller cousins sprats were even humbler and it’s only now that they’re coming into their own again – which is a good thing, because they are delicious.