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Recipe: Smoked Mackerel Pâté

This creamy smoked mackerel pâté is bursting with the contrasting flavours of earthy smoked fish, the fresh, clean taste of chopped parsley and lemon juice, and finished off with the tang of chopped gherkin… This is one of those wonderful recipes that is pure simplicity to prepare (with just 6 ingredients, how could it be anything else?), but absolutely full […]

Simple Summer Gazpacho

Tomatoes, full of flavour, form the base of this fresh, light, chilled Gazpacho. Each sip will cool, calm and nourish you… You know those days when it’s oppressively hot and you just don’t feel like eating much? To be honest, living in the UK, I’m not that familiar with them, but if there’s a nation who totally gets […]

Raspberry & Lavender White Hot Chocolate

Soothing, warm and creamy, this liquid heaven in a cup contains the classic combo of rich white chocolate, & sweet, tangy raspberries. Add the delicate floral undertone of lavender and you’ve got something pretty special… (or is that pretty AND special??) I love food. I really love food that tastes amazing. But I really, REALLY love food that […]

BBQ Recipe: Spicy Mint Lamb Kebabs

A combination of chilli, honey, yoghurt and mint makes these lamb kebabs spicy, sweet and cool all in one mouthful. With only 10 minutes preparation time, they are the perfect dish for your next BBQ… I’m assuming that as you’ve clicked on this post, you’re at least mildly into BBQ‘s. What’s not to love, right? Chances […]

Fig & Goat’s Cheese Crostini with a Honey, Orange & Basil Dressing

Crisp toasts, topped with creamy goats cheese, sweet, soft figs and a delicate honey, orange and basil dressing… You know those meals that are are really special? The ones you spend hours preparing but it’s totally worth it because they’re such a treat? Well this isn’t one of those. Instead, do you know those dishes which can […]

Strawberry Peach Iced Tea

You know those really hot, oppressive summer days when the air feels heavy and no matter what you do, you just can’t get cool? Doing anything feels like wading through water and that’s just emphasised by the dampness of your clothing and brow… What you need is my Strawberry and Peach Iced Tea – sweet, refreshing summer […]

Recipe: Crab Linguine

…linguine, slicked in an unctuous dressing of olive oil, crushed fennel seeds, garlic, lemon, parsley and chilli with delicate flakes of sweet and salty crab stirred through… You know those days when you don’t stop, from the moment you first haul yourself out from under your duvet and put your little tippy-toes on the cold, hard floor? If the answer […]

Very British Frozen Strawberries & Cream

I meant to post this recipe over the Wimbledon fortnight – it just seems so fitting as it contains all the great British ingredients that we associate with those two weeks of guaranteed sunshine (yeah right..) and great British tennis (yeah ri…you get the idea…) Anyhoo, I didn’t get around to it, and I’m certainly […]

Summer Cocktail: Rose Peach Punch

I’ve purposefully posted this on a Saturday because I just knew that as soon as you saw it, you’d want (no, need) to sample it immediately. Obviously, I don’t want you getting into trouble at work so I thought the weekend was best (apologies for those of you who work at weekends – tough times ahead […]

Five things Bananaman can teach us about being a superhero

Ok, for those of you who have eagerly clicked through to this post hoping for the secrets to superpowers, then I must confess that I’ve played a bit of a sneaky trick on you – and for that I’m very sorry. What I’m talking about here, is how you can all feel a little bit […]

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