To be completely honest, I have struggled with flavour inspiration this week. I think it’s because the new season of fruits is just around the corner and so there is nothing jumping out at me right now. So looking around my kitchen yesterday, I saw that I had some apples that needed using up - well that leads to cinnamon (naturally) and then onwards to muffins! I made this recipe for 6, but if you would like 12 then go ahead and double up the ingredients. These smell amazin

The allotment gave a bounty of beautiful plums on my last visit and you will also see in the greengrocers and supermarkets big punnets of the deep red and purple fruits. I wanted to make the most of them whilst they are in season and also wanted to make something that the kids can help with whilst they are on school holidays - which has been the theme of this blog this month. Please don’t be put off making your own shortcrust pastry; it is simply a matter of whizzing all the

I came across some beautiful lemons in the shop the other day and have been waiting for an idea to ping into my head on what use them in, then I realised I hadn’t made a lemon polenta cake for ages; its a great one too if you are gluten intolerant as there is no flour used; as long as you also use a gluten free baking powder too as some of them are not gluten free! The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that the heading for this blog also has says summer trifle…indeed it

Excitingly this week, , the blog turns one! For the past 52 Fridays, I have been sharing seasonally inspired recipes that I have loved making. I wanted to mark the occasion with a dessert, specifically - a summer pudding. We also saw the arrival of Summer Solstice, our longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. Along with the Summer Solstice also came the arrival of the red currants, raspberries, gooseberries and strawberries on the allotment - with all these amazing fruits it

This weekend is yet another bank holiday here in England - hooray. I am sure that whatever the weather, many people will be digging out their BBQ’s and enjoying the outdoors...well that’s my plan at least! I am going for a walk in the South Downs National Park this weekend, I am looking forward to seeing the springtime waking up all the plants, wildflowers and trees. There are a lot of hills and with this in mind I have planned this week’s blog to tie in with a long walk sn

The winds have changed direction this week with storm Angus hitting our shores and with them, a change of seasonal heart - I am feeling the onset of festive tidings. Over the next few weeks I am planning on making edible gifts to give to my wonderful friends and family and I hope you can join in. I have always been a big fan of making gifts for Christmas, usually edible! I smile when I think back to the year that I made fresh pasta, hanging it up to dry all around the kitch