Beetroot tart
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Beetroot, potato and ricotta tart recipe

With its beautiful deep colour and sweet flavour, beetroot is a versatile vegetable to cook with. The results are always comforting and full of flavour, as well as attractive; thanks to the pink kiss it gives to everything it touches. Having planted an entire pack of beet seeds this year (thanks to an incident on… Continue reading Beetroot, potato and ricotta tart recipe

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My Top 5 Autumnal Recipes

When October arrives, the days are shortening, a cold wind is creeping into the air and the trees are turning rich shades of gold and red. I can’t help but look forward to cosy evenings, and the promise of the festive season to come. (Probably not helped by the increasingly early sale of Christmas decorations… Continue reading My Top 5 Autumnal Recipes

Spicy Sausage Pasta Recipe
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Quick and Easy Spicy Sausage Pasta Recipe

Fast becoming one of our best-loved midweek dinners, this spicy sausage pasta recipe is quick and easy to pull together, and has great flavour too. A note on sausages: For this recipe, I use our favourite thick spicy sausages from our local butcher, but you could use any high meat content sausages, or vegetarian ones… Continue reading Quick and Easy Spicy Sausage Pasta Recipe

Easy vegetable tagine recipe
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Easy Vegetable Tagine Recipe

This recipe is perfect to throw together quickly and leave to do its thing while you do yours. Vegetables soak up all of the delicious flavours from the spices, and it is perfect served with rice, couscous or flatbreads. I've used courgettes and peppers here, but feel free to swap in your favourite veggies. And… Continue reading Easy Vegetable Tagine Recipe

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Build-your-own dinners and my Pink Slaw recipe

I love meals where I can have a 'bit of everything' on one plate, creating a kind of mini buffet salad plate with different flavours, colours and textures. It's a great way to eat plenty of healthy veggies and grains, and works just as well as a salad box for lunch as it does a… Continue reading Build-your-own dinners and my Pink Slaw recipe

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Steak and Guinness Shortcrust Pastry Pie Recipe

Created for St Patrick's day, this pie is filled with a rich, hearty steak and mushroom mixture with a savoury Guinness gravy. Slow cooking the filling for an hour before putting it in the pie helps make sure that the beef is soft, and the gravy is at its best. All of this delicious flavour… Continue reading Steak and Guinness Shortcrust Pastry Pie Recipe

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How to cook healthy, tasty food & my Chilli Chicken Stew Recipe

Now that the festivities and celebrations of December are over and we face the long, quiet month of January, I turn to food to brighten dark evenings while waiting for spring to arrive. As much as I want excitement in my food, I also want to cook and eat healthy dishes. Having eaten my way… Continue reading How to cook healthy, tasty food & my Chilli Chicken Stew Recipe

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Pork with Apples, Sage and Cider Recipe

Until recently, it had been years since I ate pork. Memories of chewy pork chops and roasts that didn’t really do it for me (sorry Mum!) completely turned me off to pork. It was only when pork escalopes appeared in my Abel and Cole meat delivery box that I was forced to reconsider. Initially very… Continue reading Pork with Apples, Sage and Cider Recipe

Squash soup with croutons
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Fiery Squash Soup Recipe

Pumpkin and squash soups have always been one of my favourite flavours of soup, and I love the combination of spices with the sweet taste of squash. In autumn, when squash are at their best and in season, this is the perfect recipe to celebrate them! I love a thick, hearty blended soup, but you… Continue reading Fiery Squash Soup Recipe