Pasta with smoked salmon and dill sauce [p26]  Easy as and v yummy.   Don't be tempted not to use fresh dill. 
A tip for guys:  a great dish to cook for a new mum who has sworn off smoked salmon for 9 months.

Spinach salad with warm garlic dressing [p44].  Simple to do and prepare ahead, and fabulous complex flavours.

Salmon baked in salsa verde [p100].  The salsa is a complex taste sensation with the salmon.  Blend up a stash of the salsa verde and freeze it for a future salmon feast.

Lamb with Quince glaze [p26].  You won't find a better use for your Maggie B Quince Paste.  And yes, make sure you get lamb backstraps for this.

Warm Walnut dressing over rocket [p134].  Baby spinach will do if the rocket at the supermarket or fruit and veg looks limp.

Chicken poached in coconut curry [p67].  A jar of good red curry paste, some coconut milk, some red sweet potato and some chook.  Yum.

Beans and pine nut butter [p134].  This was a very simple but impressive accompaniment.  Fresh beasn please.

New Potatoes with Salt and rosemary [ p134]  Pile on the sea salt - yum yum

White Chocolate Tiramisu [p48].  A dinner party killer recipe that really does take ten minutes, while looking and tasting a million dollars.  We are now adding dark chocolate and some bought custard to this recipe.