Calm Your Beans

I don’t know about you, but I have been cold for most of the month of January. It might be the dark days and the shambolic weather, but it feels like a long time since I’ve felt toasty. One way I am going to try and make it a little warmer as we leave January [...]

I love food, I love making it, I love looking at pretty pictures of it and most of all I love eating it. So it may come as no surprise to hear that I was glued to the TV last night for the start of The Great British Bake Off. What better way to find [...]

It has been a long time coming, but summer has finally arrived! This warm weather always gets me in the mood for a refreshing cocktail, so I’ve been surfing Pinterest to find some decent recipes. Check out these beauts! Almost makes me want to down tools right now and head for the beach bar! Rustle [...]

If you go down in the woods today your sure of a big surprise, well, a garlicky one. It is at that time of year again when a little bit of foraging can give you amazing returns. However it is not like the garlic cloves that you would normally purchase from the super market. The [...]

Spring represents rebirth and regrowth and is the most colourful of the four seasons. Spring is also the season where some of our most beloved ingredients are at their best.

I know you people here in the UK love tapas, so as a Spaniard (although I’ve been away from Spain for a while now…) I thought it would be nice to share some basic recipes you can try at home.

In terms of your monthly expenditure food is probably where you spend the most money, but what if you want to cut down your food bill and you’re on a budget?

I got the Jamie Oliver 30 Minute Meals cookbook for my birthday this year. Apart from the fact that nothing actually takes 30 minutes (not unless you have Jamie’s incredible oven or fancy gadgets and someone cleaning up after you) it is a fantastic book with wonderful recipes in it. I’ve started doing a ‘recipe [...]

Creating a healthy meal for your family can be stressful. As well as finding the time to visit the supermarket and making sure you have all the correct ingredients, it can be hard to think of new recipe ideas which keep everyone happy. If you have been working all day it can be the last [...]