Ainsley's Good Mood Food

Ainsley brings us some delicious dishes made with a dash, or more, of coffee or chocolate, including a caponata served with fennel and cacao rubbed pork.

Ainsley Harriott focuses on recipes involving nuts and seeds, including trofie pasta with a pistachio and mint pesto, and chocolate and ginger florentines. Joseph Denison Carey finds out the secrets behind the award-winning Bakewell tart at Croots Farm in Derbyshire, while Ainsley decides not to compete with their tasty slice and makes a very special savoury version.

A veggie packed diet is a great way to feel good so Ainsley shows us his delicious carrot and cardamom fritters and a comforting vegetable and lentil lasagne.

Ainsley Harriott shows how herbs and spices can elevate any dish and take it from good to great, beginning with a lamb rogan josh packed with flavour.

Ainsley pays tribute to grains and pulses, and cooks pan-seared sardines with thyme-roasted tomato and bread salad, and zingy tikka kebabs with a chickpea salad.

Ainsley Harriott prepares dishes with a dash of sweetness, including Vietnamese caramel chilli chicken, and mustard and honey glazed beef and potato kebabs with horseradish dip. He also heads to Hampshire to take a stroll through the lavender fields and finds out how versatile the fragrant flowers are, then bakes a lemon drizzle and lavender traybake perfect for afternoon tea.

Ainsley Harriott prepares dishes involving dairy products, including a Greek lamb burger topped with feta and mint, and a sweet pizza topped with apricots and blueberries, served with a delicious amaretto cream. Joseph Denison Carey gets a lesson in cheese-making.

Ainsley celebrates all things green and cooks up a comforting chicken and spring vegetable casserole, and a coconut panna cotta, served with refreshing kiwi salad.

Ainsley Harriott celebrates everything the sea and the seaside has to offer, making harissa-crusted cod with a quick chickpea, spinach and tomato stew, a spicy crab salad, and chargrilled chilli-lime pineapple. Meanwhile, Joseph Denison Carey learns about the fascinating world of seaweed and goes on a surprising picnic.