Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

Sometimes (often?) simple things are best.

We normally think that taste and smell are the most important components of enjoying our food.

Weekend Herb Blogging is being hosted by Anna from Morsels & Musings this week.

Go directly to recipe When we lived in Ireland mon mari used to get our smoked salmon for us.

Go directly to recipe Our brief fling with spring is over and winter has returned to our little corner of the world.

I was complaining about the continuing abundance of my garden yesterday when I was talking to my mother.

The zucchini (courgette) have finally slowed down (and a lot more have gone on the compost pile) and the green beans are tapering off.

Important lesson: always wash the basil before using….

There is often a question asked of celebrity chefs "What 3 people would you like to have to dinner?" If I could conjure 2 people to come and take over my kitchen it would be the 'Two Fat Ladies'.

Julia Child once said that the world could be divided into eaters (Those who truly love food: start to think about dinner as they put the fork down for the final time at lunch; relish every morsel; embrace new flavors; search out interesting, untried.

It's Weekend Herb Blogging again! This week's host is Meeta at What's for Lunch, Honey? Her 'Fried Fish Provencal Style looks absolutely wonderful….

Weekend Herb Blogging is back home at Kalyn's Kitchen this week.

This weeks Weekend Herb Blogging is being hosted by Pookah at What's Cooking in Carolina? Check out her tapas party – looks yummy! Why does rosemary go so well with lamb? Is it a cultural thing? Long habit? Or because they graze on the wild rosemary.

As a special Weekend herb Blogging Event, Kalyn, from Kalyn's Kitchen, is hosting Holiday Cooking With Herbs.