Chocolate and Pear Almond Tart with Chocolate Soil and Crème Fraîche
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...
Butternut Squash Dip
This rich and creamy butternut squash dip is a wonderful way of making the most of autumn’s squash. It’s a bit like hummus, but without the chickpeas. Autumn is a wonderful time for squash, and there are so many ways to make the most of its creamy texture....
My Top Ten Autumn Recipes
Autumn is an abundant time for produce so there if I listed every recipe here that I have on my blog that fitted the brief, this post would be as long as war and peace, so I’ve just focused on narrowing them down to a top ten. These autumn recipes that I return...
Pan-fried Mackerel with Warm Lentil, Beetroot and Figs
This is a thirty minute dinner dish, from simple home cooked ingredients. Warm lentils with roasted beetroot and fresh figs provide the base of the dish and crispy pan-fried mackerel brings one of your portions of oily fish to the menu. Paired with a chilled and...
Sweetcorn and Yellow Pea Flour Fritters, with Sweet Potato Wedges & Radish, Tomato and Lime Salsa
A tasty late summer supper dish, these sweetcorn and yellow pea flour fritters are delicious served with sweet potato wedges spiked with cayenne pepper and a zingy radish, tomato and lime salsa. Summer to autumn, sandals to boots, vest tops to t-shirts to light...
Griddled Courgette, Butter Bean Puree and Broad Beans
Griddled courgette, butter bean puree and broad beans is a delicious topping for toast. It also works as a beautiful starter, and can be adapted throughout the year to suit the seasons. I was meant to be taking the rest of August away from the blog to work out exactly...
Quinoa Stuffed courgettes with Pesto, Parmesan and Pine Nuts
These quinoa stuffed courgettes with pesto, parmesan and pine nuts, accompanied by a fresh tomato and rocket salad, crispy potatoes and paired with a chilled and refreshing glass of *Appletiser make a delightful meal for a summer evening. *This post is commissioned by...
Cherry, Herb and Pearl Barley Salad with Halloumi & Cherry Balsamic Glaze
A fresh summer pearl barley salad recipe, filled with the sweet flavour of Jerte Picota Cherries* a tonne of herbs, then topped with salty halloumi and a homemade sweet cherry balsamic glaze. *This post has been commissioned by Jerte Picota Cherries. As is often the...
Salmon and Courgette Skewers with Broad Bean Dip & Grilled Flatbread
As we head into summer, it’s time to grab your BBQ or grill and make these salmon and courgette skewers. For super seasonality accompany the skewers with a broad bean dip, fresh leafy salad and mop it all up with some grilled wholemeal flatbread. This summery dish is...
Lemon Cashew Cheesecake with Ginger Roasted Rhubarb
Cheesecake in the loosest sense of course as there is no cheese in this cake. Soaked cashews do wonderful job along with tonnes of lemon juice to create a fresh take on a classic dish. I served this vegan lemon cashew cheesecake with ginger roasted rhubarb at my first...
Wild Garlic, Rocket and Goat’s Cheese Gözleme
Wild Garlic, Rocket and Goat’s Cheese Gözleme is a delicious recipe from Henrietta Inman’s second cookbook, The Natural Baker. I am delighted to be sharing a recipe from Henrietta’s new book The Natural Baker on my blog today. With a background and...
Chicken, Purple Sprouting Broccoli & Pomegranate Molasses Traybake
This traybake combines chicken marinated in pomegranate molasses with an early spring mix of vegetables; purple sprouting broccoli, Jerusalem artichoke, blood orange and a cheeky sprinkle of pomegranate arils. The perfect flavour complement to a glass of *Appletiser...
Spelt, Rhubarb and Smoked Mackerel
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
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
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...
Oat Breakfast Bake with Blood Orange
This hearty oat breakfast bake with blood orange bakes in just 20 minutes while you’re in the shower getting ready for your day, and can easily scale up to feed a family. I shared a very simple version of this oat breakfast bake dish on Instagram over a year...
Chestnut Kale Lentil Stew
Chestnuts are perfect winter fodder and add a sweetness to this hearty lentil based stew rich with flavour from beef stock, bacon and vibrant curly kale. Oh stews, impossibly hard to photograph without looking like a bowl of brown sludge. Even when glorious curly...
Cacao Espresso No Bake Brownies
These no bake brownies are my favourite way to enjoy a hit of cacao. An old favourite recipe of mine, these have been modernised for 2018 with a drop of coffee extract and some new photos! Chocolate brownies are a contentious subject for me. Over the last few years...
Scallops with Celeriac Apple Remoulade
This light winter starter combining scallops with celeriac apple remoulade, is the perfect dish to add to any Christmas menu. Celeriac, apples and scallops are the perfect pairing for a glass of *Appletiser. *This post is commissioned by Appletiser I don’t...
Parmesan Polenta Bites with Rocket & Grape
Parmesan Polenta bites are a bite-size canapé perfect for the festive season. Baked polenta bites are loaded with Parmigiano Reggiano* topped with a slither of cheese, peppery rocket and a sweet red grape. *This post is sponsored by Parmesan UK Canapés are one of my...
Turmeric Dhal with Aubergine & Pomegranate
This simple turmeric dhal with aubergine and pomegranate is a colourful plant based dish, full of warming spices. It keeps well so is a great dish to batch cook. Sometimes I find it impossible to know where to start writing a blog post. The words don’t flow....
Okonomiyaki {Japanese cabbage pancakes}
In my quest to get excited about cabbage and cabbage recipes, I stumbled upon Japanese cabbage pancakes called Okonomiyaki. Served with edamame beans and smoked salmon they make a perfect quick supper. I hate getting cabbage in my veg bag. January king and savoy may...
Plum Almond Honey Torte
This plum almond honey torte is made from a rich combination of ground almonds, butter, egg yolks and sweet honey. It’s topped with plums for an autumnal spin, and being made without flour is naturally gluten free. When you spend 4 days cooking a shed load of...
Squash, Fennel & Sage Chicken Traybake
This squash, fennel and sage chicken traybake, is full of the flavours of autumn. Since apple is also an autumnal flavour It pairs well with a glass of apple flavoured sparkling drink, Appletiser*. This post is commissioned by *Appletiser “Autumn days when the grass...
Salted Chocolate Tahini Cookies {Vegan & Gluten Free}
These delicious salted chocolate tahini cookies, can be made in minutes, and are both vegan and gluten free My regular tahini cookies have almost reached legendary cookie status. I’ve cooked them more times than I can remember in classes and on retreats, and...
Garlicky Kale Spelt Spaghetti with Crispy Capers
This curly kale spelt spaghetti is a vegetarian simple supper dish and makes kale* the star of the show. *This post is commissioned by Discover Kale Kale, superfood, or just simply super? It’s hard to believe that just 5-6 years ago I’d never really tried...
Radish and Radish Top Pesto Quinoa Salad with Yellow Courgettes, Pine nuts & Feta
Another root to tip recipe, this time utilising radish leaves as well as the roots. This radish and radish top pesto quinoa salad, is a fresh, healthy salad perfect for a lunchbox, feeding a crowd or for a tasty side. Last month I was invited to Soho House, on...
Peach with Burrata & Pea Shoots
This elegant dish is great for sharing amongst friends. Peach with burrata and pea shoots is my way of simply saying “I’m not done with summer foods yet”. A few weeks ago I got together with professional photographer Karuna Clayton to shoot some of...