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Plum & Feijoa Crumble Crisp

Crumble for breakfast? Why not! Think oats, fruit, cornflakes …

Crispy Crunchy Fish

Learn the secrets to frying fish fillets to golden crunchy-ness.

Pasta with Mozzarella & Artichokes

Melting mozzarella, blobs of vibrant red sauce and verdant basil leaves – recreating the Italian flag makes for a tasty mouthful.

Watermelon Avocado Salad

Juicy, sweet, sharp and biting hot. A whole lot of deliciousness in each mouthful.

Pistou

Pistou is similar to Ligurian pesto (basil pesto), but it doesn’t contain pine nuts. Serve with smoked fish, roasted or barbecued vegetables, roast beef or chicken.

Nectarine Frangipane Tart

Make the most of seasonal fruit … and cheat a bit using ready-made pastry!

Roasted Tomatoes with Fennel Seeds

Picking tomatoes green is one way of beating the birds!

Mushrooms Stuffed with Chorizo & Tomato

Banging mushrooms with loads of flavour!

Creamed Corn with Tarragon

This is such a lovely combination, creamy and sweet, with a gentle liqourice-vanilla note from tarragon as a backdrop.

Cyclone Chicken

This is quite likely the most delicious chicken I have ever eaten.

Late Summer Ratatouille

Roll on lazy weekend … this is the perfect dish to go with bread and salad, a quiche or tart.

Rum Plums with Almonds & Coconut

Plums and rum. It works!

Peach & Raspberry Crumble

Peaches and raspberries … must be summertime!

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!

American Brownies

Wickedly naughty is all there is to say about these brownies.

Spicy Fruit Salad with Sugared Chicken Skewers

Exhilarating and fresh, juicy pineapple, red chilli and skewered chicken.

Festive Foods File

Look no further! Everything you need for your FESTIVE FEASTING!

Roast Turkey with Herbed Veal Stuffing & Spicy Fruit Stuffing

Here’s the full monty, including two gorgeous stuffings – our family favourites. Shame about the photo – will try to remember to take a photo this year before starting on the bubbly!

Purple Asparagus Bruschetta

The sun was shining, the grill was on, and so I charred some sourdough.

A Basque-style Cheesecake

One of the best examples of this delicious dessert.

Enriching a basic bread dough with olive oil gives a soft, open-textured bread that is sublime for tearing apart and thrusting into soft, fragrant mounds of hummus, beetroot or bean purée or just more olive oil.

MY FIRST EGGPLANT OF THE SEASON

I’ve got the garden going again, and now I’m hanging out for my first feed of beans!