Crushed Broad Bean, Feta and Mint Dip Recipe

We have a lovely local pub called the coach and horses near danehill, it has a beautiful garden and really good food. Opposite the pub car park there is a cottage that sells their excess flowers, eggs and vegetables in a little hut. I get so excited to see what they have in the past…

Easy Wholemeal Bread Recipe

I have been a bit of a wimp when it comes to making my own bread but Paulie found this artisan Wessex mill flour when he went shopping at the butchers so I thought I would give it a go as I saw on a programme there are up to 14 ingredients in some of…

Chilli, Lime and Coriander Crab Cakes Recipe

As my lemon crab cakes were a success and made it to our repeat lunch recipe book, I wanted to have a go at perfecting the flavour combinations that most suited our taste. This version we preferred as the lime really comes through and you get a lovely warmness from the dried chilli flakes. I…

Mango and Honey Frozen Yoghurt Recipe

This is the best cold treat to soothe a sore throat! Paulie and I have been poorly with sore throats and runny noses the last week. I even lost my voice for 3 days and I don’t remember Paul being upset about it. I wanted to make something that would soothe my throat and this…

Honey and Mustard Roast Chicken Breast Salad with Avocado Recipe

So we are back from our holiday and although I enjoyed the food in the Seychelles I am also looking forward to eating our own lunches and dinners again. This recipe is a combination of 2 that I found online. I have never brined chicken before cooking and the blogger who described it made me…

Baked Basil and Feta Stuffed Aubergine/Eggplant Recipe

We love feta and aubergine as a combination and a few weeks ago I made a feta and aubergine salad which was delicious. While I was searching for the salad recipe I came across another recipe similar to this one and I have been wanting to try it for ages. This was so yum in…

Salt Beef with Homepickled Fennel and Baby Salad Leaves

As it is Sunday and grey we decided to have a nice big roast tonight, so for lunch we wanted something light. We are lucky to live near the weald smokery which sell lot’s of yummy smoked meat and fish. Today we had the salt beef with our homepickled fennel (recipe) it was delicious, for…

Whole Wheat Pasta and Fresh Tomato Veal Ragu Recipe

Our diet has changed recently as Paulie has been poorly. After a CT scan we discovered our diet is too low fat and we need to eat more fibre and roughage! So we did some research and we have made a few changes, Paulie eats granola in the mornings now, we add beans to salads…

Homemade Fresh Tomato and Basil Pizza Sauce Recipe

This pizza sauce is a recipe that is a result of Paulie and I’s pizza challenge. We first made a pizza sauce using passata and once we tried it, we thought it was very sweet, salty and rather claggy. So we decided to have a go at making our own with fresh tomatoes. This recipe…