This is a beautiful autumn dish. It works best with autumn squash, although butternut can be used but it gives a slightly sweeter flavour. The goats cheese is optional for those who don’t like it. Ingredients 2 autumn squash…

This is a beautiful autumn dish. It works best with autumn squash, although butternut can be used but it gives a slightly sweeter flavour. The goats cheese is optional for those who don’t like it. Ingredients 2 autumn squash…
This is a lovely fragrant curry which is easy to make and also looks very impressive. The recipe has been adapted from one I found in Red Magazine. Goan Fish Curry (serves 4) Ingredients: Curry paste: 30g cashew nuts 4…
This cottage pie was a bit of a medley of all the leftover vegetables in the fridge after Christmas, and was surprisingly savoury, considering its a completely vegetarian meal. Ingredients (serves 4) Rapeseed oil for frying 1 red onion, diced…
A mixed pack of wild mushrooms was the inspiration for this delicious, slightly spicy, creamy mushroom stroganoff. Served with tagliatelle it made a super comforting dinner for a chilly evening. Ingredients (serves 2) 200g mixed wild mushrooms, cut into bite…
This is a lovey posh pasta bake, perfectly at home as a midweek supper or a dinner party delight. I’ve made it with both plain salmon and lightly smoked salmon and have to say I preferred the slightly smokier flavour.…
This was a bit of a Waste Not Want Not recipe for me – a Tuesday evening and a fridge full of leftovers from the weekend. What to do with a cold baked potato, some roasted veg and half…
A superb vegetarian supper that works well served with rice, in wraps or tortillas or on top of a baked potato. Ingredients: 1 carrot, diced 2 stalks of celery, chopped 1 red onion, diced 1 red chilli, deseeded and…
Pizza is a wonderful thing but sometimes there’s just a little bit too much bread in one for me and I end up leaving half the crusts. Not so with this little beauty, as the crust is made from the…
This is mid-week dining at it’s finest: quick, easy and economical and delicious. Serves 4 Ingredients: 8 large pork sausages Finely grated rind of 1 lemon 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated (plus extra to serve) 1 tbsp fresh…
This is a quick and easy meal that takes less than 30 minutes from fridge to table. Serves 4 Ingredients: 1tbsp rapeseed oil 1 red onion, finely sliced 1 dessert spoon red Thai curry paste 1 can coconut…
I’ve been asked for this recipe quite a lot, so here goes. It’s a bit of a ‘think a number’ one, like most of my recipes are but it’s very easy to adjust for a different number of portions.…
I consider myself lucky that I have both the time and the inclination to explore the culinary world on a daily basis: I enjoy searching for or inventing new recipes and I love sourcing ingredients. But what…