My Dad’s side of the family originate from Madeira and I’m so excited because Gemma and I are heading there for a few nights at the end of the month. So, I booked a tour guide to take us around and when he asked me what I wanted to see the only answer I had…
Inspired by the popular recipe for Nordic bread which is simply a combination of nuts, seeds, oil and eggs. Me being….well, ME…had to ramp the recipe up slightly as usual! When we lived in Cape Town there was a cute little Spar supermarket around the corner from us, they made the most delicious seeded loaf…
There are some things that as hard as I try to master, I just have to admit defeat, and one of them is cooking regular rice. I like to think I’m pretty good at following a recipe and have a natural instinct in the kitchen, but it all disappears when I make rice. It ends…
I find I’m generally a one or two trick pony when it comes to making soup, its either butternut soup or cauliflower and I seldom digress from this well loved plan. This weekend after a trip into town and forage through the local veggie market, I decided to push my soup making skills to try…
Who does not love a magnum on a glorious hot day??!! This is my cherry ice-cream with rose and dark chocolate recipe only in the shape of a magnum ice-cream. A fantastic way to spend time in the kitchen with children during the summer holidays. Teaching children to cook in this day and age is…
Being part Portuguese, although I sadly never learned to speak the language, I have this innate love for Mediterranean food. Fresh veg roasted in olive oil would be my final meal if I was ever made to choose, maybe throw in some roast pork or even a good chunk of cheese and I would go…
Who wants boring mash potatoes when they can have this caulimash instead?! It is smooth, creamy and so tasty, you will never know that the boring old white potato has been ditched for the new girl in town, Miss Cauliflower! The secret to mastering the perfect texture and creaminess is to cook the cauliflower until it…
I had never really been a big fan of raw onion, until recently I have since really grown to love them, especially pickled. Eating pickled onions is incredibly good for the gut, because onion is known as a prebiotic. We all know about probiotics which are the good little bacteria that work really hard…
As I sit here typing this post with a hot cup of tea, music playing Rihanna’s rather appropriate Umbrella in the background off iTunes, Storm Doris is pounding away outside our house. The radio is pushing out warnings of train disruptions and my poor husband is going to be home from work really late as…
Bring some sunshine into your home with this beautiful salad. It honestly makes me so happy just looking at it because I feel like it’s smiling at me! Just a short post today, because there really is not much to say about a salad but please do try it as experimenting and playing around…
