A Middle Eastern inspired recipe for spicy, spatchcock roast chicken with preserved lemons, tomatoes, onions and chillies. Serve with couscous or chickpeas. for Summer Dining in the City or the Country Today’s’ recipe for Maghreb Chicken with Preserved Lemons is one of my latest “to go to” dishes this summer…tender chicken with a spice infused crispy…
Birthday Party
Marinated Goats Cheese with Stem Ginger
Marinated Goats Cheese with Stem Ginger – A delicious recipe using local Welsh goats cheese with ginger, fennel, star anise, basil, orange & garlic in olive oil. This recipe is easy to make, requires minimal cooking (just on the hob top) and is the perfect dish for an al-fresco summer gathering served with crusty bread…
Rainbow Heirloom Tomato Tart
Rainbow Heirloom Tomato Tart – This beautiful tart is easy to make and would make a stunning centrepiece for any summer buffet table or as part of an elegant picnic. There are only three main ingredients in the tart recipe, which relies on delicious British heirloom tomatoes, onion marmalade and puff pastry. If using non-butter…
Cheesy Roast New Potatoes with Wild Garlic
Cheesy Roast New Potatoes with Wild Garlic – This recipe is so easy to make and takes advantage of two seasonal stars of Spring, Jersey Royal potatoes and Wild Garlic. It’s made a little more decadent by the addition of cheese which melts over the roast potatoes – and who doesn’t love cheesy potatoes. with…
Wellness & Flowers at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Wellness & Flowers at RHS Chelsea Flower Show – A virtual tour around the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where I was just two days ago. Walk with me around this most fragrant and beautiful of British institutions, and enjoy my top three gardens, including the Viking Cruises Wellness Garden, which won a Gold Medal, as…
Roast Chicken with Grapes and Shallots
Roast Chicken with Grapes and Shallots – This is a simple recipe with very few ingredients but the end result belies how easy it is to make, and results in a rustically elegant dish that would grace any dinner party table, as well as a simple Sunday lunch for all the family. My wine pairing…
Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips
This recipe for Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips is extremely easy to prepare and cook, and makes a delicious midweek family supper dish, especially when served with fresh salad. The minced beef and pepper mixture can be cooked beforehand, making the dish even easier to assemble before you want to cook it. NB: Popchips…
Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo)
Welsh Shearing Cake (Cacen Gneifo) A traditional recipe for a Welsh seed cake, and one that would have been served to the sheep shearers during shearing season. This buttery cake would have originally used bacon fat in place of butter, although the caraway seeds and peel are authentic to older country recipes. A Traditional Welsh…
Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws
Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws – Made with excess Festive ingredients, such as puff pastry and smoked cheese from the cheese board, these are posh enough for cocktail nibbles as well as being perfect for the school lunch box, and, these tasty little smoked cheese numbers are easy to make and are loved by all…
Welsh Rarebit Cheese Spread
Welsh Rarebit Cheese Spread: A fabulous cheese spread that would make a wonderful gift for any serious food lover, made in under 2 minutes in the Vitamix Ascent, with all the traditional ingredients for a classic rarebit. Pot the cheese spread in covered jars and add a card with the serving suggestions. For Festive Gift…
Party Food: Devilled Egg Baguette Bites
Party Food: Devilled Egg Baguette Bites – Easy to make, and even easier to eat, these Retro inspired Devilled Egg Baguette Bites have only 5 ingredients in them, and are on the table in under 10 minutes once the eggs have boiled, have cooled and been shelled. with Shaws 1889 of Huddersfield Today is the…
Beer and Cheese Bread in a Crock
Beer and Cheese Bread in a Crock – Delicious “no knead” artisan style bread made in a cast iron crock, using a fabulous unfiltered rye IPA & Vintage Cheddar; the recipe is based on my ever popular “Our Daily Bread in a Crock – Weekly Make and Bake Rustic Bread” with Longhorn Unfiltered Rye IPA…
Peach Melba Sherry Trifle
Peach Melba Sherry Trifle; a delicious summery trifle that’s made with fresh raspberries, fresh peaches, Cream Sherry soaked cake, creamy custard & whipped cream, decorated with more fruit and amaretti biscuits. Memories of an Old-Fashioned British Dessert The clock ticked seductively in the background, barely heard above the animated conversation as the elderly sisters relived…
Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies
Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies – Delicious cookies, with a soft and chewy centre, just like grandma used to make! Relaxed Happy Weekend Baking It’s the weekend, and I’ve more or less caught up with lots of my commissioned work, plus the weather has taken a turn for the worse, it’s cold and rainy; so, it’s…
Guilt-Free Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)Three Ways!
Weight Watchers Friendly If truth be known, I’m more of a savoury person and I always gravitate to the sausage rolls and cheese straws on a buffet, but, I love a sweet treat now and then, and as an avid baker, cakes regularly make their way to our table! When it comes to doughnuts however,…
