Category: Summer

Summer Salad

Brightly coloured jellied seeds of tomatoes twinkling like jewels, wafts of basil as if you have just crushed a meadow of carnations underfoot … and the bright fresh note of lemon rising to fill the nostrils … Add some gorgeous avocado to the mix and you have the essence of summer. You can make a […]

Eggs ‘n Avo

Eggs and avocados, an unlikely combination, and for breakfast? Whaaa? (That’s hands in the air screaming whaaaaattt?) It really didn’t ring my bell until I tried it, but now I am hooked. I’ve made a few adjustments, as you do. I can’t eat it for breakfast, as it is too rich, too filling, just too […]

Chicken Thighs with Thyme

You can water the garden while this is cooking or fix a nice drink and do a crossword puzzle. It’s easy living, mid-week munching, not a cooking competition.

Zucchini & Mint Salad

What to do with zucchini? Fry it, add garlic, splash it with sherry vinegar … you get the idea.

Gazpacho – A chill thrill!

Like a blast of cold air from a fan up your shirt or skirt on a sweltering day … Yup! Icy cold gazpacho is exhilarating!

Chicken Skewers on Watermelon & Feta Salad

If you get a whiff of this cooking, you’ll come running … succulent chicken, watermelon, feta, lemon & mint … a right tempter!

Sweet Corn & Avocado Salad

A spectacular tumble of corn and avocado … just thinking about it makes me go want to eat it all over again.

Smoky Zucchini with Fresh Yoghurt Curd

Poke a stick at zucchini, load them with flavour, and, yeah you’ll see they’re delicious.

Salad Caprese – nothing capricious here!

A salad fit for a King – truly!

Blueberry & Apple Brazil Nut Crumble

Blueberries and apple is such a classic, and for good reason.

Fresh Sweet Corn Fritters

Brunch, lunch, munch … sweet corn fritters with the ‘works’ are hard to resist.

Peppers in the Pan

Whoa! Bright as traffic lights, get your gums around these.

Baked Apricots with Hazelnuts & Lavender

Easy, fruit-tutti stuff. Just do it.

Crispy Potatoes with Rosemary

Serve with fried eggs and salad, or take the pan outside, sit somewhere private and eat the lot yourself.

Barbecue Lamb with Aromatics

Oh-er, would you look at that. Prime lamb, quick to cook and quickly gobbled up.

Cannellini Bean Dip

Looking for something speedy, tasty and easy? Yep. This is it.

Mango & Cellophane Noodle Salad

It’s probably not kosher to snip noodles with scissors – long noodles represent long life in China – but it sure makes eating cellophane noodles a lot easier! So, snip, snip …

Tomato & Eggplant Salad – ticket to Greece!

Think Greek! Retsina if you must (or a good Rosé!), sun, sizzling eggplant, big red juicy tomatoes, dried oregano … mmmm, makes you want to go there.

Buttery New Potatoes & Asparagus

Adding plenty of chives and lashings of butter to new potatoes and asparagus makes them more than fit for the Christmas table. But why wait until then?

Christmas Labna

Forget cream cheese, sour cream or fiddly dips, just opt for labna over summer.

Build a plate of berries

A little creative plating can help expensive berries feed many mouths … and it looks so festive!

Nasturtium Pesto

Foraging pays off … make a yummy pesto from nasturtium leaves.

Peach & Mozzarella Salad

Look at the picture. Don’t even think about it. Just make it.

Asparagus with Crispy Shallots

For a humdinger dish, leave the seeds in the chilli. Whaaaa!

Hot-smoked Salmon Salad with Beets, Potatoes & Yoghurt Dill Sauce

Summer on a plate! Delicious and good for you. Rings all the bells … especially good for Xmas day.

Summer Bean & Eggplant Salad

Don’t you hate a naked bean salad? I mean, if you wanted to eat undressed beans, you could just eat them straight out of the can. Come on! Dress it up. Make it tasty.