Hake with Tomatoes and Potatoes for the 5:2 Diet: It’s turned very cold today and I’m keen to have a warm

5:2 Diet - Meat Free Meal I am not vegetarian.  Not even close.  But sometimes I do want a completely vegeta

Menu Planning for 5:2 Diet and Chicken Tarragon Parcels: I'm quite enjoying this 5:2 diet business. I'm not fi

Skinny Fish Stew Recipe for 5:2 Diet: I've written before about Fish Stew from Livorno or Cacciucco alla Livor

Unplanned 5:2 diet fast and a 5:2 Soup Recipe! OK, yesterday I might just have overdone things a bit - hence t

5:2 Diet Recipe - Smoked Haddock Rarebit: As I mentioned in my first post about following the 5:2 diet, this c

Meal Planning Mondays - Balsamic Glazed Salmon with Baked Peaches and Goats Cheese First of all, an admission

These are gooey brownies that would make an equally good dessert as cake for tea. If you prefer a dryer browni

This is a low fat, low carb recipe for the 5:2 diet

Two ideas for simple capricorn goats cheese tarts. The quantities here will serve two for a generous lunch or

Pear and Goats Cheese Bruschetta make a delightful and different starter, with honeyed walnuts to add a little

Guinea Fowl with Balcony Vegetables and Herbs: OK, so I didn’t grow the guinea fowl.  I bought it because i

Veal Escalope with Prosciutto and Sage The classic version of this is called Saltimbocca and is made with mars

A simple but easily varied stir-fry recipe

This dish can be served warm or allowed to cool and served cold.

This is a great combination of flavours. But, if you prefer, the bruschetta is a good lunch dish or starter in

A Scottish Breakfast – Kippers and Oatcakes: When I was a little girl my father used to take me up to visit

Wild Sorrel Sauce for Halibut and Scallops:   I spent the weekend in the country with some friends.  And

This is a very easy lunch dish that looks rather grand. You can serve the same topping on bruschetta slices, b

This is a really pretty salad that works well in early summer. Chive flowers are edible and have a mild chive

I believe this is a classic French dish. It works best with skin on, bone-in joints of chicken, but for a quic

You can make the garlic prawns with shelled or shell on prawns. Either way, remember to devein them before coo

This recipe can be adapted for a number of soft fruits. My mother loved making a version with bananas, rum and

The pastis and fennel pollen lift this dish to gastro levels.

Warm asparagus and quail egg salad. A quick and simple dish made special with a little wild fennel pollen

This Moussaka recipe comes from The Real Greek restaurant.

This is an updated version of coronation chicken with a spicier but lighter dressing and with turkey. By using

Another Fish Dish Another Day: My life is not always like this.  I really am very happy to be living off the

This dish is infinitely variable. You can make it with butter instead of oil, with stock instead of white wine

Tuscany Inspired Cookery: Tuscany was wonderful for many things.  As expected we ate exceptionally well throu

Lovely Leftovers - Fennel and Smoked Salmon Pasta: An admission, this was going to be the fennel and smoked sa

Venison Sausage Penne Pasta - How 2 sausages can feed 2! Sausages tend to come in packs of 4 or 6.  If you ar

A Somerset Cider and Pork Recipe for Easter: My mother's side of the family were farmers and I grew up visitin

Cream Cheese Brownies I can’t bake: I tried last month’s ‘We should cocoa’ challenge and it was too em

Ways with Aubergine/Eggplant When I was a teenager, growing up in places like Libya we came across vegetables

A not very British Leek Caponata Recipe: Caponata is a Sicilian dish usually made with aubergines that involve