Family Meals

TV Pizza Night! Sun-Dried Tomato, Red Onion and Chorizo Pizza Recipe

My Mum’s “Teacup Apricot and Honey Porridge” Recipe for a Cold March Morning

Healthy Happy Hearts: Low-Calorie Spicy Mexican Fish Wraps Recipe

Say Cheese! Cheese, Onion and Potato Pie Recipe for British Pie Week

Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Persian Lamb, Aromatic Cauliflower & Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipes

#FishFight Haddock: Easy Cheesy Family Fish Pie Recipe for the 5:2 Diet (300 calories)

The Weekend Pudding Club: Chocolate Paradise Bread and Butter Pudding Recipe

A Vegetable Jewel in the Crown: Fenland Celery and Fenland Celery Soup Recipe

Smoked Cheese and Cherry Tomato Rarebit: On Toast Snack or Light Supper Recipe

The Lavender & Lovage Weekend Bakery: Sticky Ginger Marmalade Tea Loaf Recipe

5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Spicy Fish Creole with Coconut Lime Rice for Fish on Friday

Recipe: Pancakes for Everyday! My Marmalade Pancakes for Pancake Day +1

Meal Plan: Diet Food and Comfort Food – Farmhouse Chicken & Vegetable Stew with Dumplings Recipe

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Easy Chicken Chow Mein Recipe

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

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…