This Mutton Stew is slow cooked to ensure the meat is tender and flavoursome. Towards the end of the cooking time minted dumplings are added to cook in the rich, meaty gravy. This dish is a little beauty, and brings all…
Cinnamon Apple Cake
This Cinnamon Apple Cake has all the elements of a darn good fruit cake: Moist, juicy and utterly moreish. I didn’t have a great run of luck last week. Firstly I melted through the base of my laptop by putting…
Creamy Thai Butternut Squash Soup
This Creamy Thai Butternut Squash Soup is rich and nourishing, yet packs a punch of fragrant Thai flavours. I need to be upfront about this, this soup started off life as a disaster. I’d planned to make a Thai curry using…
Sticky Honey Chicken Wings
Sticky, sweet, juicy. These Sticky Honey Chicken Wings are perfect finger food for game night, film night or lazy-can’t-be-bothered-with-washing-up-night. Add a green salad if you’re feeling angelic. Beer if you’re not. The marinade on these chicken wings is…
Roast Baby Beetroot Salad
This Roast Baby Beetroot Salad is jam packed full of complementary flavours that’ll liven up your lunchtime. Sweet and earthy beets, cool and salty feta and the slightly bitter walnuts pack a real punch when combined together into this easy…
Mini Breakfast Pies
Fancy shaking up your weekend breakfast? Why not throw together these cute Mini Breakfast Pies for a relaxed brunch. Just add good friends, and a never ending pot of coffee. Firstly, gather up some small pans, dishes, bowls or…
Rabbit Rillettes
This Rabbit Rillettes is a delicious recipe that turns a wild rabbit into a traditional country-style pate or terrine that uses pork fat to preserve. What is Rillettes? Rillettes is a fancy name for what my Grandmother would likely have…
Halloween Biscuits
These Halloween biscuits bring a fun element to Halloween or Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead in Mexico). Eek, did I have fun putting these tasty little biscuits together! Unfortunately (fortunately?) Jonny wouldn’t eat them as he doesn’t…
River Cottage Blog Event
Life has been a whirlwind of lovely adventures of late, including getting an invite to the River Cottage Blog Event near Axminster in Dorset. Pioneered by Hugh Fearnley-Whittinstall, River Cottage HQ is an idyllic location and was just perfect for a…
Fig and Blackberry Galette
This Fig and Blackberry Galette couldn’t be easier to throw together, yet makes an impressive dessert using perfectly ripe autumnal fruits. Being the end of September, blackberry season is coming to an end. The season has been fabulous here in Cornwall…
Looe Music Festival 2015
Eesh, what a weekend it was! As always Looe Music Festival 2015 exceeded all expectations, and finished off our summer of fun in true Cornish style! It was a whirlwind of superb music (Mad Dog Mcrea, Jools Holland, Buzzcocks, Figurehead and…
Leek and Smoked Mackerel Quiche
This Leek and Smoked Mackerel Quiche makes such a lovely lunch alongside a fresh green salad and some fresh sliced tomatoes sprinkled with a little salt and balsamic vinegar. Smoked mackerel has to be one of the best ‘ready meals’…
My adventures with Fifteen Cornwall
Fifteen Cornwall, a stunning restaurant on the cliffs of Watergate Bay, is an offshoot of Jamie Oliver’s program to give young unemployed people a profession, thereby giving them a chance at a positive future. This year I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out…
Quick and Easy Creamy Mushroom Pasta
This Quick and Easy Creamy Mushroom Pasta is such a doddle to put together but tastes outstanding and is a family meal that can be thrown together and on the table within 20 minutes. A few years ago I went…
Green Hazelnut and Chocolate Brownies
These foraged Green Hazelnut and Chocolate Brownies make use of the fresh nuts straight from the tree. If it’s out of season, or a bad year, feel free to substitute with regular dried hazelnuts that are available all year round. 2015 is…
Caipirinha Cocktail Recipe
This soft & smooth Caipirinha Cocktail recipe will take centre stage at your next get together. Not only is it simple to make and uber tasty, you don’t need a lot of fancy cocktail paraphernalia either. The last time I…
Tomato and Goats Cheese Tart
This impressive Tomato and Goats Cheese Tart is a whizz to knock up and can be on the table within 30 minutes. You know there are some recipes in this world that are mind-blowingly tasty, yet are so stoopidly quick ‘n’…
Asian Crab Salad with a Fresh Coriander Dressing
This delightful Asian Crab Salad with a Fresh Coriander Dressing is the perfect dish to serve as a light lunch, or as a starter for a dinner party. The cool sweet meat, the slightly bitter greens and the sharp,…
Camp Bestival Review
Camp Bestival is a fun festival that takes place at the end of July in Dorset. It’s the sister festival to Bestival which is held on the Isle of Wight in September. It’s a tremendously family friendly venue that’ll keep the…
Salt and Pepper Beef Jerky Recipe
This nitrate free Salt and Pepper Beef Jerky recipe is a great snack that’s full of protein, contains zero added sugar and fits well into a low carb, keto, paleo or whole food diet. It also tastes amazing! What is…
Chicken, Orange and Watercress Salad
This Chicken, Orange and Watercress Salad is a real hit with the juicy citrus, sticky balsamic glazed chicken and fresh watercress. This is one of those salads that takes no take time to throw together but looks and tastes like…
7 Things I Learnt on my 1st Whole30
It’s over, I did it! It was a bit of a rollercoaster, but I made it. It has been partly monotonous, and partly momentous, but happily the latter far outweighs the former. To get the low down on the science, psychology and rules…
Watercress Salsa Verde with BBQ Mackerel
This Watercress Salsa Verde with BBQ Mackerel is the perfect balance of flavours and textures and will brighten any BBQ! So I’m now on day 17 of the Whole30. Nothing major to report, I haven’t struggled or cheated or even…
Turkey and Lemongrass Burger
Clean living recipes Turkey and Lemongrass Burger a tasty and flavour full treat on my first Whole 30 journey. So today is day 10 of my first Whole30 journey. It’s not been as gruesome as I was expecting and I’ve actually…
Elderflower Panna Cotta
This elderflower panna cotta is light and delicately scented with fresh elderflowers. It makes a rich and creamy foragers dessert. I dreamt this Elderflower Panna Cotta up in the cold winter months and have been itching for my…
Wild Garlic Chicken Kiev
This Wild Garlic Chicken Kiev recipe is so easy to make, and a seriously impressive dish you’ll enjoy sharing with friends. This recipe was originally published in 2015, but has been updated with shiny new photos in 2023. It has…
Five Spice Pulled Duck Bun with Plum Sauce
This Fve Spice Pulled Duck Bun with Plum sauce will make your heart, and tastebuds, sing! I’m off on a crazy exciting foodie road trip around Wales throughout May, and a few of my favourite bloggy friends have stepped in…
The Cornwall RV 2015
The Cornwall RV is an outdoors bushcraft & survival event Jonny & I go to every Easter. It’s set in 100 acres of Cornish woodland and is sooo much fun. Oooh, it was a cracker! The weather was pants on…
How to Make Fresh Coconut Milk
This How to Make Fresh Coconut Milk tutorial will have you milking coconuts like a pro in no time! Being dairy-free I use a lot of coconut milk in my kitchen. I use it a lot in curries, baking and…
Nettle and Feta Ravioli
This Nettle and Feta Ravioli is a fun meal to make from scratch and tastes out of this world. Go pluck those weeds from your back garden and put them to good use! Gardeners up and down the country are…