COCONUT YOGHURT BARK

This 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.

LIME & COCONUT YOGHURT CAKE

When Onken set me the challenge to develop four easy recipes using their new coconut yogurt, I had to include a cake.

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COCONUT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

When 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’.

COCONUT, BLUEBERRY & PISTACHIO FROZEN YOGHURT

Yogurt 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.

LATE SUMMER MARKET SALAD

I've probably made this salad more than any other over the summer - plump, juicy cherries, sweet cherry tomatoes, crisp celery and creamy avocado and freshly snipped herbs - so simple yet so tasty.

CHEDDAR & SAGE SCONES

Scones. I remember my mum making them when I was a child - plain, fruit and cheese ones. They one of the first foods we learnt to make as a children.

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BUTTERMILK SPONGE CAKE

This 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.

SPRING SALAD

I love it when a new seasons produce starts to come in - spring is no exception. There are many ways to prepare and cook all the new vegetable and fruits that are now appearing in the shops, markets and, if you're lucky (and better organised than me), your allotment or garden.

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LEMON, HAZELNUT & RHUBARB CAKE

I'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.

MALTESER CHOCOLATE BIRTHDAY CAKE

Last week Lily turned eleven. She's growing up fast. She loves clothes, bath bombs, board games, colourful stationery, her new i-pod, reading books. She likes cooking, playing her violin and she has an in-depth knowledge of world flags.

CARROT CAKE

During half-term the kids and I made this cake. It was, until then, an untouched recipe in a well-used cook book.

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BLOOD ORANGE & ROSEMARY TART

We did have a party marked for this weekend just gone - and I'm not talking about one of the many kid's parties that seem to be shaping our weekends at the moment - no, this was a birthday party of a friend of ours.

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A SYJUNTA GATHERING

Happy New Year! For my first post of 2016, I am going to share a few images from the recent Syjunta gathering shoot I did for The Simple Things magazine.

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RED CABBAGE PIE

This is an old recipe cooked in a new pot. This casserole dish is the latest addition in my kitchen and from the minute it arrived it was asking to have something comforting made in it.

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APPLE, ALMOND & BUCKWHEAT MUFFINS

It has been two months since I last wrote a post - that has to be the longest post break since I started writing this blog. Life is generally getting busier and finding the time to create and write posts isn't as easy as it once was.

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BLUEBERRY, BLACKCURRENT, KIWI & BASIL SMOOTHIE

The house is unusually quiet (and tidy) this week as my two little people are enjoying a five day stretch at nanny and grandads: days of sandy beaches and having both ice creams and hot chocolate with marshmallows in the same afternoon - no questions asked.

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COURGETTE & CHOCOLATE CHIP LOAF CAKE

The school holidays started this week. I've been working hard lately to meet many of my work deadlines early, so that I can spend time with the kids without being linked to my emails 24/7.

WHITE CHOCOLATE & MASCARPONE TARTS

A few weeks ago I posted my recipe for Parmesan & Poppy Seed Shortbread that was featured in last month's issue of The Simple Things. Today I am sharing the second recipe from the feature, incase you missed it when it was in print.

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SWEET POTATO SALAD

This isn't so much a recipe, more inspiration of what can be pulled together when you think you have nothing in for supper.

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BREAKFAST MUFFINS

When I'm being really organised I like to prep a little something for a few tasty and healthy mid week breakfasts. I can't skip breakfast: I wake ready for food.

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