General Recipes

Pork & Fennel with Red Wine & Borlotti Beans for Canned Food Week (5:2 Diet)

A Vegetarian Light Lunch: Three Cheese and Swiss Chard Pasta Bake Cake

St Patrick’s Day Feast: Soda Bread, Ulster Fry & Salt Beef with Champ

Giving up Sugar for a Week with #SweetSmart: Oat, Berry & Orange Rock Cakes

Whole Roasted Cauliflower in a Spicy Mexican Sauce

Making an Easy Enchilada Sauce in under a Minute! (Easy Enchilada Sauce Recipe)

East Coast USA Revisited: Shaker Lemon Pie Recipe

Ski Chalet Supper: Tartiflette Savoyarde with Reblochon Cheese

Home away from Home: Betty’s Fat Rascals Recipe

5:2 Diet Spiced Moroccan Cauliflower Couscous – Tabbouleh with Halloumi (56 calories)

A Northumberland Cottage Kitchen Recipe: Stotty Cake (Stottie Cake)

“Not Your Usual Potted Cheese” (with Chilli Mayonnaise) for Grown-Ups ONLY!

A Secret Breakfast Recipe: Baked Ham and Swiss Cheese Sliders

Spice Up your New Year 5:2 Diet Weight Loss! Spinach, Lentil & Sweet Potato Curry (244 Calories)

Popping the Weight Loss with Smoky Low Calorie Cheese & Pimento Dip and Chips!

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…