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Gut health plays a vital role in our wellbeing – and one of the best ways to improve it is by eating the right foods. Get started with a month of nourishing suppers that will please both your gut and your tastebuds

Try a turkey crown instead of a whole bird this year – it’s quicker and easier. Roasting the garlic first mellows out its flavour and makes it soft, so it can be easily mashed into the butter. You can

Have you tried amigurumi? It’s a Japanese technique and can be used to make these fabulous characters from a new book by Laura Strutt

Losing extra pounds is easy with our exclusive plan from Slimming World

Across Transylvania’s mountains, villagers are opening up their homes to guests, cooking recipes that reach back through generations, rich in farm produce, garden herbs and handmade cheese and wine

British venison is a sustainable meat, as deer are culled in the UK to maintain a balanced ecosystem – cooking with it ensures the meat doesn’t go to waste (find out more about this on page 126). It’s