This is a wonderful recipe which can be served as part of a mezze platter or makes a delicious vegetarian lunch or…
Garden
Celtuce salad with lemon and walnuts
I’d never seen or cooked with celtuce before my local farm shop https://www.secretts.co.uk/ gave me some celtuce to experiment with. This wonderfully…
Beetroot fettuccine
I know that fresh and dried pasta is readily available in the shops but if I am making ravioli or tortellini ,…
A few years ago I was staying with a girlfriend in Palma and she produced a pot of sweet chilli jam to…
Nettle gnocchi with wild garlic pesto
The hedgerows are abundantly verdant right now so it’s one of the best times to go foraging for tasty young leaves. Dandelions,…
Summer berries with white chocolate and yogurt
This is one of my families favourite desserts. Delicious summer berries piled on top of creamy white chocolate and yogurt, it really…
Homemade sweet chilli sauce
My lovely friend Gina gave me this wonderful recipe a few years ago which I have made every autumn after the chilli…
Tuna summer salad with fresh herbs and beans
I’ve eaten many different types of salad Nicoise over the years. Some with freshly seared tuna fresh off the grill others with…
Fennel and blood orange salad
I love it when blood oranges come into season. They’re beautiful blushing red colour, bursting with juicy orange flavour that has slight…
Ribollita with butter beans and walnut and parsley pesto (gluten free)
I have been rather remiss lately in posting having been preoccupied with builders and relatives but I’m back now and aim to…