Warm Japanese Black Noodle Salad

Warm Japanese Black Noodle Salad

A quick and simple Japanese black noodle salad using gluten free black rice soba noodles for a dramatic effect. One of the joys of instagram is the way it can bring like minded people together.  I’ve had more experiences of this as blogger than I ever could have...
Smoked Mackerel & Sorrel Pâté

Smoked Mackerel & Sorrel Pâté

Sorrel seems to be the hardest word. A sorrel recipe – a no cook, blended pâté using smoked mackerel and seasonal fresh farmers market sorrel leaves. Yet another new ingredient from the farmers market to play with this week.  This time sorrel – a lemony,...
Clams & Samphire with Garlic & Chilli Courgetti

Clams & Samphire with Garlic & Chilli Courgetti

So very clamorous. Inspired by Italian Frutta di Mare, this recipe using clams – a courgetti dish topped with samphire is a 5 minute healthy supper superstar. On a beautifully blue, freezing day out with friends on the tail end of last year, I was introduced to...
Welsh Cawl {lamb and root vegetable soup}

Welsh Cawl {lamb and root vegetable soup}

A bowl full of tradition Cawl is a thrifty traditional Welsh soup dish, dating back to the 14th Century. Recipes vary from kitchen to kitchen in Wales, and are often passed down through families. It is really very simple – a soup made from a cheap cut of red...
Purple Sprouting Broccoli & Sprout Gratin

Purple Sprouting Broccoli & Sprout Gratin

Purple sprouting broccoli is in season now, so do buy it quickly – it tends to go out of season around the end of April. My pledge to cook seasonally. So how am I getting along, since returning to London? My first 2 big shopping trips were pretty good.  The...