
Pumpkin purée
Hold it, fruitcake! Back away brussel sprouts! Tis still the season to butcher a pumpkin (or rather a deliciously sweet Coquina butternut squash) and blitz it into this beautiful purée. Continue…
Hold it, fruitcake! Back away brussel sprouts! Tis still the season to butcher a pumpkin (or rather a deliciously sweet Coquina butternut squash) and blitz it into this beautiful purée. Continue…
It’s that time of year again, where the pumpkins heyday is overtaken by the squashes’. Don’t just stick to the butternut, brothers and sisters! Be adventurous, try acorn squash in a soup, mash a hubbard, or twizzle some spaghetti squash around your forks. Continue…
If you’re woke enough, you know what kohlrabi is. If you don’t know what woke or kohlrabi is, then you should probably read on. Continue…
Every January to March, food bloggers, Instagrammers and magazines alike feverishly await the eruption of rhubarb onto supermarket shelves. The glorious Pepto Bismol pink of rhubarb compotes, jams, jellies and pies comes as a welcome antidote to the relentless greens, dirty browns, and insipid whites that define the vegetable world, the colour palette extending only as far as orange (unless you count beetroot, which is usually dirty and brown on the outside anyway). The rhubarb’s path to the glitzy world of Instafeeds, magazine shoots, and blog posts wasn’t, however, an easy one.
Incarcerated in a dark and lonely place, ostracise d by jealous peers, and finally belle of the ball, you might just mistake rhubarb’s story for Cinderella’s. Continue…
Give this dish a few hours between making it and eating it. The more time those bouncy grains of couscous have to soak up the lemony, garlicky dressing, the more delicious this salad becomes – making it the perfect picnic salad. You can choose which grains, beans and pulses you prefer, and if ever I have some leftover chicken, that’s worth shredding in too. Number 1 tip? Make sure you have some good quality sun-blushed tomatoes – they’re sweeter with a softer texture than sun-dried. Continue…
These soft, chewy, and moreish cookies give your picnic that much needed sweet treat that will fully sate all five of your taste senses. It’s amazing what you can do without having to add gluten or dairy, and this recipe, with its subtle spiced flavour, really is the perfect feel-good treat. So you can crack out your favourite vintage tin and fill it up with these goodies – enjoy! Continue…
It’s the final day of my lunchbox saga and I thought that a nice way to finish would be this simple yet scrumptious potato salad. Continue…
This recipe really is all about the ingredients. There’s not funky flavourings here, just wonderful combinations – feta, lemon and garlic; pancetta, courgette and mint. Really this is just a salad full of heaven-made matches. Plus, there are no carbs, so this lunch won’t be making you feel sluggish come your afternoon stint of work. Continue…
Lunch, whether it’s at work, in a park, or at home, is an occasion. Even if you’re in a rush, make sure to take just a few minutes – phone off, work aside – to savour all the tastes in your lunchbox or on your plate. Continue…
It’s now day two in my five-day packed lunch saga, and today it was this hugely tasty quiche. It’s easy to think that the more ingredients you add to something, the more tasty it gets. With this quiche however, that couldn’t be more wrong. Continue…