Vegetables

A Good Friday Pie: Wild Garlic and Blue Wensleydale Tart

Avocado Love! South African style Guacamole and Cream Cheese Tartines

Easter Eggy Bread: Raspberry & Vanilla “Pain Perdu” (French Toast)

Tortellini Pasta Bake with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella

Mothering Sunday (Mother’s Day) Recipes: Cakes, Scones, Tarts & Sandwiches

Saturday Breakfast and Brunch Memories: Smoked Salmon “Egg in a Basket” (Egg in a Hole)

Floral and Flavoured Butter: Rosemary Flower Butter with Grana Padano Cheese

Irish Eyes are Smiling! Chocolate Guinness Cake & Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse Recipes

On the Spice Trail: Moroccan Harissa and Chickpea Potage Recipe (5:2 Diet)

Spanish Saturday! A Simple & Spicy Tapas Lunch Recipe: Patatas a la Riojana

French Sunday Lunch: Guinea Fowl with Apples, Prunes and Armagnac Mustard Sauce (Pintade aux Prunes)

Exotic Chips/Fries! Chilli Roasted Sweet Potato Chips with a Marigold Petal Masala Dust

The Secret Recipe Club: Sun-Dried Tomato and Olive Tapenade with Rosemary Recipe

Meatloaf or Terrine? An Easy Recipe for Pork Sausage and Orange Terrine (Gluten Free)

British Apples and Pears Challenge: English Cheddar and Cameo Apple Melt Recipe

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…