diary

3 March ’21, 13.20pm I poured some tiny speckled green lentils from a packet into a heavy pot and covered…

Chicken with Savoury Tomato Sauce

This meal gathered my skittish mind together. I made rice pudding and plums in late afternoon, they shared a low…

I don’t love plain boiled sprouts and find them more palatable if treated like a bitter Italian brassica. Last winter…

Though relatively elaborate for a lunch, this dish took 30 minutes to make (and 5 minutes to eat!) on…

I make variations on this salad a lot because I love it – you could use lemon or orange or…

While I love whole roasted chicken, it is also satisfying to butcher a chicken and see all of the different…

This made a starchy lunchtime soup, with a method very much based on the lentil and potato soup I posted…

This is not my recipe, but I am recording here because I make it a lot, and I don’t think…

We wanted elevenses, but alas no biscuits or cakes! So I made this, which reminded us both of eating it…

For Zoe. Whole, small courgettes in tomato sauce cooked in the oven – this is how I made it. Served…