Apple Crisps.

I found myself with a surfeit of apples today. Some were nice and fresh, some going a wee bit soft but all needed eating. After a bit of Googling, I decided to  make oven-dried apples as it seemed the easiest thing to do. I had Discoveries, Cox’s and Golden Delicious to use up. Slice all …

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Quick Sunday Dinner.

The ridiculous heat this weekend (seriously, 31ºC in Essex? Really?) has sapped my creative energy for cooking. I keep looking at the lovely ingredients in the shops and my brain appears to have short circuited. Where usually it is teeming with recipe ideas, this weekend it has been sluggish to the point of comatose. All …

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Team Food Are Go!

You know when you have those throwaway conversations that happen at dinner, and people run with it? That. When Jackie Lee and I were guests at the fabulous Danny Kingston’s supper club, we had a conversation about having a team of foodies, with matching leather wrist bands (or something) who you could call on in …

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Ricotta and Feta Stuffed Peppers

You know how it is when you see a vegetable so nice and juicy looking that you simply have to buy it and take it home? Even though you know you don’t really have it worked into your meal plan? Well, that happens to me an awful lot. Going to my local farm shop is …

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