General

Recipe: Low-Calorie Fish on Friday – Mediterranean Wild Haddock Gratin (270 calories)

Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Honey Roast Chicken, Hand Pies and Bread & Butter Pudding Recipes

February Herbs on Saturday Challenge: Win a copy of the Self-sufficiency Foraging book

British Yorkshire Pudding Day: My Grandma’s Traditional Yorkshire Pudding Recipe for Breakfast!

5:2 Diet Fasting and Feasting! Lemon Chicken with Cannellini Beans and Rosemary Recipe

The Secret Recipe Club: Brie and Pecan Canapés Recipe

Meal Planning Monday, 5:2 Diet Fast Days and Pesto Pasta with Parmesan Recipe (310 calories)

Ma Broon’s Burns Night Tribute Supper! A Guide to the Great Scottish Feast with Recipes

Down Memory Lane with my Old Fashioned Milk Loaf Recipe

Three Fruit Marmalade Recipe

Breakfast Week Meal Plan: Baked Full English Breakfast Recipe and 5:2 Diet Breakfast Ideas

Simple and in Season: December and January Round-Up

Rosy Roasted Roots, Random Recipes and Fresh Scottish Herrings in an Oatmeal Crumb

Scheherazade and Tea Time Treats: Cardamom Rose Cake with Orange Drizzle Recipe

Leaves, Cheese and Bread: A Winter Salad with Nigel Slater

Welcome! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I was born in South Africa, but I've lived all over the world, latterly calling North Yorkshire my home where I lived for many years before moving to SW France, although I'm now living in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, in an old Victorian cottage. I am a freelance food and travel writer, as well as a food stylist, and recipe developer, with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese and wine. Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…