How is it October already, seriously? It’s like the whole year’s just flown by! I know the beginning of the month it felt like summer again, but now the weather’s really Autumnal so an October recipe is more than appropriate.
Fruit and vegetables that are perfectly in season at the moment are – pumpkins (obviously), [...]

September Recipes
Until Geoff decides to agree to my YouTube cookery channel I thought I’d start offering some seasonal recipes on my blog. So here goes the September one.
It’s always best to use ingredients that are in season, because that’s when they’re at their best and the nutrients will be the most beneficial for your [...]

Geoff and I thought we should like to potter around the garden a bit more this summer so we set aside this weekend to get our thumbs thoroughly green.
I’ve only got a little garden, no bigger than a postage stamp, but we decided it shouldn’t be hard to get a nice little herb patch [...]

I’ve been experimenting with lots of cupcake recipes this morning but, in honour of the romantic nature of our first book, I’ve settled on a lovely looking Red Velvet cupcake to bake for the book club upon our first meeting.
Ingredients:
* 1 2/3 cups sugar
* 5 tbsp vegetable shortening
* 1 large egg white
* 1 large [...]

Again I’ve decided to add a recipe to compliment my previous blog this time it’s organic French lentil soup. The recipe is French because I was inspired to make it following a starter I experienced while in Nice – and I brought back the lentils from an organic shop we visited while we were there. [...]

I realised in my last blog I got totally carried away talking about my feelings that I didn’t include a recipe for the delicious BBQ food I made. Well better late than never!
The salad was simply: Spinach, tossed with plum tomatoes, sugar snap peas and radishes with a citrus dressing.
To make the bean [...]

So, I’ve done a bit of a 180 on the whole travelling to Italy thing. After a few days of fantasising about a fictional Italian stallion, and creating (and consuming) copious amounts of pizza, pasta and bruschetta I hopped on the scales. Ouch! Although my belly loves Italian food my thighs do not.
This wasn’t [...]

I know I shouldn’t moan as it’s actually really good that my business is doing amazingly well but I just can’t help feeling exhausted! I feel like one of those hamsters running on a wheel, or a dog trying to bite its own tail.
Running your own business really is hard work and I literally [...]

The best thing about summer being here is definitely going out for a picnic. All you need is a nice day, you don’t even really need people – I love a good picnic in the sun with a good book and a bottle of wine!
My ideal picnic itinerary would be as follows:
(Serves 1-4 people)
Sandwiches – [...]

I had a lvely dream last night that I was back in Manchester working again. I say lovely, but what I mean is it was just so… different. I had a lovely workplace with lots of office space, loads of lovely colleagues who would chat about all sorts, and I even managed to keep my [...]