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I’m genuinely excited about the cooler weather now. I’ve enjoyed the summer – I love the sun and the sea and the abundance of summer fruits and vegetables. But I am definitely looking forward to autumn (fall), my very favourite time of the year. I adore root veg, soups, stews and chillis, comfort food, low sugar…
I recently shared the recipe for my mum’s delicious tomato mozzarella tart. I mostly learned my cooking and pastry skills from mum, while my dad – a mathematician – was always more of the baker in our family. I get my love of bread-making from him. But every now and then, my dad would cook…
I first made these in Italy with my mum last year. We wanted to do some family baking across three generations of women in the family – my mum, myself, and my (at the time) 3-year-old daughter. My mum has been wonderfully supportive of me as “that crazy sugar free lady”, and has embraced some…
I’m not sure there is a better summer family outing than a “pick-your-own” farm. We discovered one a little drive from us and were left enthralled. We got our daily dose of Vitamin D, great exercise, family bonding and the discovery of truly fresh, straight-off-the-tree produce that tastes a-million-and-one times better than any fresh fruit…
While we try and eat fish (particularly oily fish) a couple of times a week in our house, it can be tough to do this on a tight budget. We have managed to incorporate some organic produce, free range meat, organic milk and occasional organic nuts, grains and eggs by doing pretty much entirely cooking…
When summertime rolls around, salads are a go-to for me. If you use fresh, flavour-packed good-quality ingredients, they can taste genuinely amazing. The thing is, more traditional salads made with mostly crisp lettuce leaves are not going to go down well with my kids. They don’t mind salad leaves. In fact, they are usually willing…