Rhubarb Cordial & Tonic

Drinks, Spring

This simple rhubarb cordial makes a refreshing drink when mixed with tonic water, and if you like, a cheeky shot of gin. Last weekend, I was meant to make my return to the world of hosting supper clubs. I’d found a great new venue and even had my spring menu all...

Chocolate Granola with Pistachio & Quinoa Puffs

Breakfast, Dessert, Sweet Treats, Winter

Chocolate granola with pistachio & quinoa puffs makes a delicious brunch dessert or topping for yoghurt or ice-cream any time of day.  Serve with rhubarb and blood orange for a late winter dish. I don’t really get the whole chocolate for breakfast thing....

Lemon Cashew Cheesecake with Ginger Roasted Rhubarb

Dessert, Spring

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...

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...

Rhubarb Khoresh with Chickpeas & Chard

Main Course, Spring

A Persian Stew  I swear that in the 1980s rhubarb was not the height of the home grown veg trend I feel it has become.  Maybe as a child all I could perceive was that no vegetables were trendy, whereas the truth was and still is, that its something you tend to...