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Simple sauce ….
A VERY USEFUL TOMATO SAUCE …… It’s always good share simple ideas - and here is one that I am always keen to have in my freezer. I had busy time last week – lots of cooking and a few veggies left over along with a huge box of spare cherry tomatoes from the market....
Spicy Sweetness ….
SPICY SWEETNESS Let me introduce you to a super-easy, super-yummy and super-supper for mid week! My Tomato & Mexican Bean Soup is a great go-to recipe and helpfully uses up lots of ingredients that you may have knocking around ……? The blend of tomatoes with beans,...
All in one ….
ALL IN ONE – PERFECT EVERY TIME It’s been a busy week – feels like everyone is now in a rush to get things done before we loose our selves to Christmas! I supported a friend on Monday night at a private view of her beautiful paintings and created a ‘tasting table’ of...
Easy & Delicious…..
Easy & Delicious -Beetroot and Parsnip Gratin As you will know, these are key words to any of my recipes and ideas! In fact my sister says I’m using them far too often and need to widen my vocabulary! Simple, accessible, tasty, divine. …… all of which are...
Sausages & friends ….
Who doesn’t love a sausage?! Whether they are the award-winning Old English pork sausages that I have used or a veggie alternative, there is always a happy hum in my house when we have sausages for supper!. I think my enjoyment of these familiar friends is based...
Autumn colour & crunch
Autumn Colours & Crunch Chilly ankles are always my personal indicator that Autumn has arrived – and I usually have to be reminded a few times before I finally concede and put some socks o! With Autumn comes all the wonderful colours of outdoors – so many...
Simple pleasures ….
Simple pleasures….. …..are often the best. Sunshine on your back, bubbles in your bath and garden flowers on your table! With so much of life being rather too complicated it’s nice to find ways to relax and take the pressure off – and cooking should be included in...
Finishing touches …
Finishing touches .... ….. are something I’m always thinking about! They are the best bits of anything I’m making, wearing or wanting to do! In my case - finishing touches can be a perfect cushion for my garden bench, fab earrings to make my chosen outfit ‘pop’ and...
Beetroot – love it or loath it?
Beetroot – love it or loath it? ….. beetroot is the ‘marmite’ of the root world. The texture, colour & taste seem to spark so many views every time I serve it! Both the leaves and ‘root’ have been enjoyed since Roman times and there’s even a suggestion that...
Fresh from the sea …
Fresh from the sea....side .... …. We’ve spent a few days down by the sea in North Cornwall. It’s an annual treat that all my family enjoy – and we spend it with my mother, sisters and families. Cousins together – as well as sisters united! My husband has a little...
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".... my bouquet was so beautiful and looked that you had picked every flower from your own garden. My bridesmaids loved their posies and the button holes were perfect and you could really smell the sage - as you said we would! Thank you for all your fantastic help. "
Claire, a country-style summer wedding
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".... thank you so much for being in my kitchen last night and giving us such a fantastic dinner. You really allowed me to spend time with my guests and enjoy the night before my son’s wedding. All the family were so relaxed and we all particularly loved your puddings! "
Louise & John,
a pre-wedding supper
“Delicious food”
".... a quick note to say thank you for an excellent meal on Tuesday – delicious food, efficiently delivered and enjoyed by all of us. It was lovely to enjoy good food at home, rather than in a noisy pub or restaurant – and we couldn’t have danced to 1960s Italian pop songs outside the house either!”
Nicky, family dinner party
"So pretty"
".... OMG the birthday cake you made for me was amazing. My friends and colleagues ate it all! The raspberry and passion fruit filling was delicious and the little petals and flower heads were so pretty. Please can I order 2 more for when my family come to stay next weekend?."
Jo, a decadent birthday cake