Happy New Year everyone! It’s been a pretty rocky start for me, having been struck down with flu just after Christmas I then ended up in hospital over new year! It seems diabetes + flu = medical chaos , I wouldn’t recommend it! So, having…
With Christmas less than a week away now I have been busy preparing. I don’t finish work until Christmas Eve so every spare moment I have I am either wrapping, buying, making or baking! I love how Christmas allows for so much creativity, from homemade wrapping…
There is nothing more comforting, especially at this time of year, than a slice of bread with a thick slathering of chocolate spread. It is the ultimate comfort food. I have worked hard on this recipe over the last few months, perfecting the texture and flavour…
There is nothing more comforting and delicious than a bowl of steaming porridge, especially when you know you aren’t going to end up bloated, lethargic and feeling unwell. Free from anything nasty, this is one of my favourite breakfasts, especially at Winter time as it’s…
We begrudgingly arrived back in to London from our wonderful week retreat on Friday night with a car full of vegetables. Waking up on Saturday morning with a heavy frost outside, I put some logs on the wood burner and set to the kitchen to make one of my…
This week we headed down to the beautiful Golden Valley for a relaxing week in front of a log burning fire and surrounded by stunning countryside. We have immersed ourselves in the Hay on Wye Food Festival and travelled to other weekly markets. Every where you look…
I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to make my husband a surprise advent calendar with his three favourite chocolate flavours: fruit and nut, orange and mint choc chip. As we try to steer clear of processed chocolate I have worked hard to…
There is nothing more comforting than it being the weekend, the sound of the rain outside and all the right ingredients sat in the kitchen ready to be whipped up in to something delicious. For me pancakes are the ultimate comfort food. They are light,…
I was never a huge fan of Nutella, for me it was always too sickly sweet and the added dairy has always left me feeling bloated and unwell. However, I do love the combination of hazelnuts and chocolate so I thought I would share my own…
I love nothing more than getting off the bus after a day at work, climbing over the railway footbridge and back down the other side to my haven. The rows of little cottages swathed in gold from the old black street lamps and the smell…
The word on everyone’s lips at the moment it seems is “Kale”. A member of the cabbage family, the beautiful and delicious leaves of the kale plant provide a rich earthy flavour and more nutritional value for fewer calories than almost any other food around.…
If chocolate, chilli and salt were people they would undoubtedly be best friends. To me chocolate with a small hint of salt or chilli is just perfection. Add orange and mint to that list too and you have me drooling. This recipe came to me…