Asparagus and bacon tart

Asparagus and bacon tart

This recipe featured in the June edition of Hampshire Life magazine with wine matches from Berry Bros & Rudd. There’s something a bit celebratory about a pie or a tart. People get the impression that you’ve gone to a lot of trouble, but it’s so 

Strawberry and banana yoghurt lollies

Strawberry and banana yoghurt lollies

Keep your little ones entertained, preserve over-ripe fruit and fill your freezer with bribe-tastic treats!

Baby food ~ Batch cooking for babies

Baby food ~ Batch cooking for babies

Once your baby has mastered the basics of moving food around their mouth and swallowing, it’s time to progress to proper little meals that include the protein and carbohydrate they need to fuel their quickly developing bodies.

Revolutionary mashed potato

Revolutionary mashed potato

Once your baby’s mastered single fruit and vegetable purees and has progressed onto more recognisable main courses, it’s time to look at carbs.

Baby food ~ Pimp that puree

Baby food ~ Pimp that puree

You’ve spent precious hours handcrafting purees from the finest vegetables, only to find that your 6 month old hasn’t got the memo. Here’s how to recycle their leftovers.

Baby food ~ steam cuisine

Baby food ~ steam cuisine

I was pretty determined when my children started solid food that I’d cook everything for them from scratch. I never eat ready-meals myself, so why would I subject my baby to them? I’d kept my daughter alive and thriving purely on my own milk for 

Getting back to the blog

Getting back to the blog

Hello! Long time no post, I know. A baby happened!… and then another baby. Hilariously, I just found a blog plan from August 2015 which never made it any further than half a page of notes, so let’s see if I do any better with 

Mushroom buckwheat galettes

Mushroom buckwheat galettes

Make pancake day a little more Mardi Gras this year by making these French-style buckwheat galettes for your main course.

Red-braised pork belly for Chinese New Year

Red-braised pork belly for Chinese New Year

This recipe featured in the April 2018 edition of Hampshire Life magazine with wine matches from Berry Bros & Rudd. This is one of my favourite ways of cooking pork belly. The succulent meat really lends itself to gentle Chinese spicing and works well with 

Food and wine matching for Spring

Food and wine matching for Spring

I’m very much looking forward to tomorrow night’s food and wine matching evening that I’m hosting in conjunction with Winchester wine merchant, Wine Utopia. The following recipes are the full-dish versions of the canapes I’ll be serving on the night.