An easy curry accompaniment, or spruce it up with a handful of frozen prawns and fresh asparagus. If you’re trying to cook on a camp fire in a gale in the Lake District – no, the teaser Instagram photo wasn’t taken by me – then …
There’s no shortage of Banana Bread recipes available, but in her second guest post, Nellie has honed this one to perfection. Hovering just the right side of the bread/cake divide, not too sweet, but crammed full of walnuts and dark chocolate. The bread is moist …
Spring is coming when the wild garlic appears, interspersed with bluebells, daffodils and anemones. In the title picture, the wide leaves are the wild garlic; the narrow bunch are bluebells. Just saying. We all know what nettles look like, but I’m afraid the hazelnuts and …
A gently spiced soup for a cold, damp day. Not quite as nice as a hug, but it will make you feel warm inside nevertheless. The recipe – originally from MOB Kitchen – was amended by Phoebe and tweaked further by me. Roasting the vegetables …
Not as enticing a name as ‘Green Tomato Chutney’ I know, but more accurate given that many of mine were shades of orange at the point summer ended. Chutneys and pickles are a new world for me in the kitchen and I’m realising that making …
Not the most alluring title, but less clunky than “Chicken and chorizo with peppers and butter beans”. It tasted even better reheated a couple of days later, after the flavours had mingled and mellowed in the fridge. More of a curate’s egg of a dish …