Eat well - travel often
The mother of all blenders is here! The Froothie Evolve Blender System is the new kid on the block but it is also one every kitchen will love to have. I am a true gadget addict and anything that will make my life in the kitchen […]
Are you the one in charge of Christmas Day? The food, the presents, the Christmas movies? Well you need all your energy to get through the day so here is a smoothie recipe guaranteed to keep you going all morning, so that you don’t flag […]
When Schwartz spices asked me to work with them to create a recipe using their Paprika I immediately decided to make Mushroom Stroganoff. The three imperative ingredient are: mushrooms, sour cream and paprika. I remember using paprika just because the recipe called for it, not […]
What is your ‘must have’ ingredient in your kitchen cupboards each Christmas? Often it is essential spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, cranberries or even a favourite bottle of gin! For many people Pickled Walnuts from Opies are an absolute must! I have been challenged by […]
Scroll down for my recipe for Allotment Green Tomato Chutney. We have an allotment and ideally you pick consistently throughout the summer and early autumn. The reality is that suddenly you have a glut and have to preserve them for the cold winters coming. If […]
Scroll down for my recipe for Greek Courgette Pie or Kolokuthopita At this time of year the courgettes/are in full flow at our allotment. Each day we pop up to pick some we are blown away by the abundance of fresh, organic, courgettes that are […]
My review of Chakra London Kingston Restaurant:- With my blogger friends Nayna and Manjiri I reviewed Chakra Restaurant in High Street Kensington some time ago so I was really excited to visit Chakra London Kingston restaurant. You can read that review here – London: Chakra – […]
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is reputed to be the oldest inhabited pub in England and we are really lucky that it is right on our doorstep! As part of St Albans Food and Drink Festival held at the beginning of October each year, Ye Olde Fighting […]
My first visit to Greece and more importantly the island of Crete. I was introduced to Hand Picked Greece – a day spent in the hills near Chania on a practically self-sufficient smallholding. As a food and travel blogger I get to have some amazing […]
Recipe: scroll down for my recipe for Broccoli soup. We love broccoli and we love soup and with this recipe I will give you a simple and yet delicious recipe for broccoli soup – perfect for supper on these autumn evenings. When I cook broccoli […]
Book Review and Giveaway – The Seven Culinary Wonders of the World by Jenny Linford I have joined with White Lion Publishing to offer you this fabulous giveaway. This book is a history of the the seven culinary items that seem to crop up […]
Easy-peasy guide to making preserved lemons at home. Scroll down for the recipe to make these easy preserved lemons at home. For the longest time I have wanted to make preserved lemons. Somehow I thought it would be messy and time consuming. It was actually […]
Scroll down for my recipe for High Protein Pea Noodles for a healthy start to the year. To celebrate January aka ‘Veganuary’ M&S invited myself and other bloggers to a sumptuous vegetarian banquet to showcase their vegetarian, vegan and ‘freefrom’ ranges. I especially liked the […]
Veganuary – Rosa’s Thai Cafe in Soho, Central London – a Thai Veggie Pop-Up Restaurant A cold, crisp Veganuary evening my friend Nayna and I attended the media review of Rosa’s Veggie in Dean Street, Central London . Veganuary by the way is the new […]
I was recently invited to try out the Pizza Express in London’s Leadenhall Market in the East End. The event was a pizza making evening with a group of bloggers and we made great tasting individually personalised pizzas. I was really happy with the final […]
My Christmas Cranberry Relish It’s nearly Christmas and one of my favourite things to do that signals the festive season for me is to make my Cranberry Relish! The colours of the cranberries, that vibrant red through to reddish black of those tiny little berries […]