Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts

Tarte au citron is one of my all time favourite pastries/puddings.

The weather has been glorious (never a given in the UK, even in the summer!) – perfect for picnics and barbecues.

The fruity theme continues! This recipe evolved from a total experiment – I was going to make a traditional strawberry cheesecake for pudding, but wondered how it would work if the strawberri…

I seem to always veer towards Mediterranean flavours, but particularly so when the sun is shining – must be all those holidays over the years to various regions of France with my lovel…

The current hot weather has kept my thoughts on spicy, exotic flavours – a tropical holiday at home, if you like! We enjoyed my jerk aubergine skewers so much that I was pretty keen on using …

Pan Bagnat literally means ‘wet bread’ in the Occitan Language of the area surrounding Nice.

Fritters are such a useful recipe, an easy, tasty and filling meal that can be whipped up in seconds.

Sometimes you want a crunch and sometimes you want a chew! This recipe is for those chewy days, days when you want to linger over a cookie whilst mulling over an interesting concept.

I really like spiced oatmeal and raisin cookies, but my children have an aversion to raisins.

I recently went in for a competition run by Hummingbird Bakery to win a copy of their new book and a KitchenAid (I dream of owning a KitchenAid!).

Happy 4th July! I may not be American but any chance of a celebration has to be a good thing! What could be more American than a pile of light, fluffy pancakes drenched in maple syrup and adorned w…

I’m not sure where the idea came from but I figured why not make a salad out of gnocchi.

The Great British Bake Off is back on TV – yippee! It’s such great light-hearted escapism, perfect after a long day at work.

This is such a simple, stunningly pretty tart you’ll wonder why you ever thought a tart needed anything more than fruit and pastry.

If you grow vegetables or know anyone who does, then you might well be facing a glut of certain varieties right now (well in the Northern hemisphere anyway).

3 or 4,5,6 – whatever number of bean varieties you like! In my opinion bean salads benefit from either simplicity or variety and this version wins on the variety front.

Having recently returned from a lovely holiday in the South of France, I’m brimming with summery French ideas – be prepared for a little trip to sunny Mediterranean climes in the next f…