Fish parcels with new potatoes, lemon and cream cheese

This meal became a favourite of mine in the summer. A whole meal packaged and baked in individual parcels. I tried the recipe with cod and s...

Spinach Pesto

I adore homemade pesto but rarely have basil in the quantity that you need to make a good batch. Last week I had a large bag of spinach in t...

Asparagus and Gruyere tarte

If you want to make something that is so incredibly easy but very impressive at the same time this is the dish for you.  It's a recipe g...

Roasted new potatoes with Brie and sundried tomatoes

Tesco recently sent me a box of free goodies for being a good customer. It included a packet of jersey royal potatoes, some Cornish Brie, so...

Mexican Bean Burgers

Well the exams have started. Stress levels have reduced a bit, because let's face it there isn't much that can be done at this stage...

Jamie Oliver's Summer Chickpea Salad

I haven't posted in a long while and its time for me to get back into the swing of things. I was searching my blog for this recipe the o...

Mustard and lemon Chicken with roasted potatoes

This is a recipe from a book called 'Falling cloudberries', by Tessa Kiros. I think I've talked about it before, it's gorgeo...

Asparagus and Prawn Risotto

Don't be afraid to try to cook a risotto, they are not difficult. As long as your'e on hand to keep ladling in the stock and make su...

Bacon, egg and new potato Caesar

I kept putting this meal off this week as I thought it might not go down very well. But as I had all the ingredients for it, I decided to go...

Hairy Dieters, Chickpea, Hot-Smoked Salmon and Pomegranate salad

Each mouthful was an explosion  of flavours, from the sweetness of the pomegranate, the freshness of the cucumber, the smokiness of the salm...

Shakshuka

No I haven't made that name up, it's a recipe I found in the January edition of Olive Magazine. It was perfect for using up lots of ...

Smoky tomato and black bean soup with loaded nachos

Yes, quite a lot of ingredients, and yes a little time needed to prepare, but a really lovely soup with gorgeous flavours.  I wasn't sur...

Spicy tomato soup

I made this on Monday which was probably the coldest day we have had in a long while. It was so delicious and warming, and what was great ab...

Broccoli and coconut soup

This recipe gives a simple broccoli soup a little extra zing, with the addition of the ginger and chilli. Today I used low fat greek yoghurt...

Courgette scarpaccia

I made this meal a month or so ago when the weather still felt summery. It's a mix between a tart and a pancake. It wasn't at all po...

Spiced black bean & chicken soup with kale

This is another great soup which uses leftover cooked chicken. Even without the leftover chicken there are enough wonderful flavours with th...

Skinny Chicken Caesar Salad

Replacing the traditional mayonnaise based dressing with low fat Greek yoghurt, lowers the calories in this delicious salad, without losing ...

Coconut chicken with cucumber salad

I would never have thought of coating chicken with dessicated coconut, but what a winning combination. This recipe from the goodfood website...

Smoked Haddock and Chive fishcakes

The fondue was nice but a bit gimmicky for an everyday meal. I made a Swiss fondue with emmental and gruyere, recipes for this are widely av...

Sumac spice crusted and green bean salad with spiced yoghurt dressing

This is just a perfect recipe for a summer salad. What was even more perfect about it last night was eating outside in the garden for the fi...