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Super Simple Puy Lentil Salad

Super Simple Puy Lentil Salad

Summer has suddenly arrived, signalling the start of the picnic and barbeque season – expect lots of food to eat in the great outdoors over the next few weeks ;-) To start with: a stunningly …

Strawberry Shortbread and Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortbread and Strawberry Shortcake

June is peak strawberry season in the UK.

Rainbow ‘Slaw

Rainbow ‘Slaw

I’m rather keen on colourful food – there’s nothing less appealing than a plate of brown! In my eyes even a little green garnish can lift the whole plate.

Vegetarian Sausage Rolls

Vegetarian Sausage Rolls

These savoury vegetarian sausage rolls are perfect picnic fodder: they are easily transportable and there’s no need for any plates or cutlery to tuck into them.

Passionfruit and Lime Drizzle Cakes

Passionfruit and Lime Drizzle Cakes

Today is Father’s Day in the UK – providing the perfect excuse for making some cakes… not that I really ever need an excuse! I’ve been eyeing up these cute little loaf cases…

Marinated Mushroom Skewers

Marinated Mushroom Skewers

I find this way of presenting mushrooms on skewers so cute.

Lightly spiced crispy pea and mint cakes

Lightly spiced crispy pea and mint cakes

This idea came to me after seeing a delicious sounding Ottolenghi recipe in this month’s Waitrose magazine for broad bean and mint cakes.

Strawberry Torte

Strawberry Torte

June is peak British strawberry season, and it’s easy to over-buy, they are so sweet, perfumed and tempting! This often results in bowlfuls of slightly tired, past their best berries unless y…

Sweetcorn Salsa

Sweetcorn Salsa

You may have noticed my fondness for Mexican cuisine – there is something so fresh and vibrant about the flavours and that kick of chilli that I find irresistible.

Doughnuts, vegan-style

Doughnuts, vegan-style

We seem to have been coming across a lot of ‘out of bounds’ doughnuts recently.

Green bean and radish salad

Green bean and radish salad

This rather lovely-looking salad was inspired by a delicious take-away lunch I had from ‘The Potato Merchant’ in Exmouth Market, handily just around the corner from work.

Strawberry Scones

Strawberry Scones

Early summer in England is all about the strawberries and what goes better with strawberries than scones? Here’s a simple variation on a scone recipe.

Spring Vegetable Tartlets

Spring Vegetable Tartlets

Tarts or quiches are such a useful summer dish – perfect for a light lunch, a centre piece to be served with an array of salads or on a picnic.

Jamaican spiced jerk Aubergine Skewers

Jamaican spiced jerk Aubergine Skewers

July has started with blazing sunshine.

Strawberry Thumbprints

Strawberry Thumbprints

So the strawberry recipes keep coming.

Chocolate and Raspberry Mille Feuille

Chocolate and Raspberry Mille Feuille

July 14th deserves a pretty French patisserie recipe, made friendly of course! Mille feuille (don’t make me try and pronounce this, I seem to be genetically unable to make it sound as it shou…

Chocolate Chip Scone Cake

Chocolate Chip Scone Cake

Summer has arrived – yippee, and coinciding with the school holidays and a break from work – what could be better! 30 degree heat isn’t the kind of weather to be baking cupcakes &…

Linguine with beetballs

Linguine with beetballs

I’ve been seeing vegetarian meatballs on Pinterest and the web for quite some time, and have become rather intrigued by the concept.

Raspberry Ripple Muffins

Raspberry Ripple Muffins

Raspberry season has now hit and we visited an amazing ‘pick your own’ farm yesterday where the bushes were dripping with ripe red fruit.

Roasted Vegetables and Couscous with Harissa

Roasted Vegetables and Couscous with Harissa

We spent the other weekend camping.

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