A big bowl of hot pasta, each strand perfectly coated in a creamy sauce, is perhaps the perfect comfort food. If you're not so hot on dairy - or it's not so hot on you - this meal may seem sadly out of your reach. Fortunately, there is a very easy way to make a rich and luscious, pasta-coating sauce without using a single drop of cream or a single pat of butter.

Nestling egg yolks in a mixture of sugar and salt draws out their moisture, amplifies their flavour and turns them into grate-able little yellow disks perfect for garnishing all sorts of dishes. You wouldn't think they could be improved upon, but Cook's Science has upped the umami factor by adding bonito into the mix.

No football-watching spread is complete without chips and a creamy dip, but those abstaining from dairy can sometimes get left out of the fun. To make a super flavorful, addicting dip that everyone can enjoy, you just need to grab some cashews.