All Year Recipes

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

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

Snow, Bread and Boule! An Easy Artisan Weekly Make and Bake Rustic Bread Recipe

The Fast Diet, Meal Planning Monday and Tiger Prawn Curry with Basmati Rice (5:2 Diet) Recipe

5:2 Diet Fast Day: Pancakes for Breakfast – Blueberry & Oat Pancakes with Cinnamon Recipe

Winter Snack Recipe: Ploughman’s Rarebit – Cheese and Chutney on Toast with Pickles

5:2 Diet Meal Plan for Fast Days: Low-Calorie Haddock Goujons with Garlic Panko Crumb (Recipe)

Think Pink! Real Bread: Beetroot and Walnut Bread Rolls Recipe

Easy 5:2 Fast Day Recipe: Chinese Garlic,Ginger & Honey Chicken with Noodles (200 Calories)

5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipes: Coronation Potato Salad and Low-Fat Pan-Fried Garlic Hake Fillets

Boxing Day Brunch – Ham and Bubble and Squeak (Recipe)

Rudolph The Red Nosed Potato! Mini Potato Dauphinoise Muffins for Christmas Day (Recipe)

A Family Favourite and Winter Warmer: Traditional Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mash (Recipe)

Spanish Olives ~ Olé! A Duet of Tuneful Olive Marinades with Lemons, Oranges, Herbs & Ginger

Fish on Friday: Smoked Haddock Spread with Sourdough Toast and Mesclun Leaves

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…