Radicchio and Walnut Spaghetti

Main Course, Spring

Sautéed radicchio and crumbled walnuts tossed through al dente spaghetti make a make a simple healthy vegetarian supper for two. I think I’m discovering that you guys prefer the simplest of my recipes; the overnight oats, the things that take very little effort...

Warm Japanese Black Noodle Salad

Salad, Spring, Summer

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...

Buckwheat & Chickpea salad with Rocket & Brazil Nut Pesto

Salad, Spring

Buckwheat & Chickpea Salad with Rocket & Brazil Nut Pesto. A versatile vegetarian, vegan buckwheat salad recipe from which to build hundreds of variations. Over the last year, I have found myself exploring more and more vegetarian food. In part, it’s an...

Smoked Mackerel & Sorrel Pâté

Light Bites / Soup, Spring

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

Main Course, Spring

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}

Light Bites / Soup, Spring

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...