Pear, Almond & Kale Smoothie

Autumn, Breakfast, Drinks, Winter

This meal in a glass pear almond kale smoothie is a great way of using up any leftover greens and ticks off a portion of veggies before 9am!  Yes, yes, I know it’s December and I’m meant to be blogging Christmas recipes, but ya know this is my 7th year of...

Celeriac Butter Bean Puree with Wild Mushrooms & Pan-Fried Hake

Autumn, Winter

This winter warmer dish starts with a base of comforting celeriac butter bean puree, before being topped with some garlicky wild mushrooms and a fillet of pan-fried Cornish hake. Paired with a chilled and refreshing glass of Appletiser* it makes for a delicious...

Chocolate and Pear Almond Tart with Chocolate Soil and Crème Fraîche

Autumn, Baking, Winter

I served this chocolate and pear almond tart with chocolate soil and crème fraîche at my recent autumn supper club  ‘The Seasonal Suppers’, and I’m sharing the recipe due to popular request of guests at the event, enjoy! In blogging, and in real life...

Spelt, Rhubarb and Smoked Mackerel

Main Course, Salad, Winter

Making the most of the short forced rhubarb season, this warm salad bowl combines spelt grain with maple roasted rhubarb and smoked mackerel.  I find dishes like this tricky to name. Do you go down the long winded descriptive route – ‘warm spelt with maple...

Leek and Caerphilly Welsh Rarebit

Light Bites / Soup, Winter

Leek and Caerphilly Welsh Rarebit; a traditional Welsh dish with an extra touch of Welshness via the addition of pan-fried leeks and Welsh Caerphilly cheese. Welsh Rarebit is posh cheese on toast. The bizarre rarebit title comes from an old Welsh folkore reference to...

Radicchio Cups with Chioggia Beetroot & Orange

Light Bites / Soup, Salad, Winter

Pull together February’s finest seasonal produce to create this elegant starter for valentines day or any day. Radicchio cups filled with shards of marinated candy stripped beetroot, orange segments and finished off with pink amaranth micro leaves.  This week...