Fruit salad isn't normally my thing. It's probably a hangover from those tins of fruit salad from the 70's that were served up at school in a pool of evaporated milk.
Read MoreAs a month, January can get a lot of stick. But I don't really mind it. I like the fresh start it offers after the indulgences of Christmas.
Read MoreThis week I am taking part in the Abel & Cole X Balance Blogger Challenge to inspire people to get their recommended 10 portions of fruit and veg a day. Organic fruit and veg specialists Abel & Cole and wellbeing magazine Balance have invited five food bloggers, of which I am one, to each share 3 recipes created from an Abel & Cole seasonal fruit and veg box.
Read MoreThis week the weather is set to hit record high temperatures for June. Coming home from work and school hot and frazzled calls for a bit of cold comfort and these smoothie ice lollies certainly hit the spot.
Read MoreTwelve Days ago we celebrated Lily's 12th birthday and this is the cake I made her. Each year I try to make a cake different from the last - she remembers them all!
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, when the new season rhubarb first appeared in the shops, I bought a bright pink bunch without much of a plan as to what I was going to do with it.
Read MoreBaking these biscuits will fill your kitchen with the most Christmassy aroma. Later today Arthur and I are going to make a couple of batches as Christmas gifts for his teachers.
Read MoreThis is yoghurt bark. Have you heard of it before? I hadn’t until recently. It is really too simple to class as a ‘recipe’, it’s more just a case of throwing some ingredients together.
Read MoreWhen I was a kid I always thought that a Bounty chocolate bar was the most sophisticated choice of confectionery. After all its adverts which featured tropical beaches and coconut palms promised ‘the taste of paradise’.
Read MoreYogurt is big in our family. Sometimes it’s plain and used to add a creamy finish to our morning porridge along with some berries and toasted nuts. Sometimes it is a fruit yogurt served as a quick weekday pudding.
Read MoreThis blog is always the first casualty when life shifts up a gear or when life turns upside-down as it has during the past couple of months.
Read MoreI've been looking forward to sharing these images of my Lemon, Hazelnut & Rhubarb cake on the blog. I've had to wait as the cake was part of a shoot I did back in June for The Simple Things magazine.
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