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Apples in the garden

The house is built on the orchard land of the Norwood Grove estate and White House just up the hill. We have two ancient apple trees in the back garden, one eating and one bramley. There are also numerous cherry and plum trees lining the nearby streets that are shedding their fruitsContinue reading “Apples in the garden”

Movin’ to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches

I’ve had this song in my head for a while now. Some of you may remember I was kicked out of my home of 8 and a half years so that my landlord could sell it for double what he bought it for 11 years ago. Tomorrow I will be 8 weeks in on myContinue reading “Movin’ to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches”

Dairy Free Chocolate Layer Cake

Our houseguest is off backpacking round Europe from Wednesday so I decided to bake her a dairy free chocolate cake this weekend to bid her bon voyage. I used my go to chocolate cake recipe but swapped the milk for goats milk as Amber is just cows milk intollerant but soy or nut milk canContinue reading “Dairy Free Chocolate Layer Cake”

Nectarine & Almond Friands

I feel bad posting these nectarine and almond friands as we have a dairy intolerant houseguest at the moment and she is really struggling to have the willpower to resist. These friands are so light and buttery and looked amazing as I was flicking through an old issue of Waitrose Weekend before relegating it toContinue reading “Nectarine & Almond Friands”

Salmon and New Potato Tart

I had my eye on this M&S recipe for Salmon and Cornish new potato tart for a few weeks and a picnic was the perfect excuse to make it. This tart has a really nice fresh flavour thanks to the lemon zest and travelled well too. I made my own pastry but you could use 300gContinue reading “Salmon and New Potato Tart”

Marmite Sausage Rolls

On Saturday we had a Eurovision party and my entry for the UK was good old blighty favourites sausage rolls. I was lucky to get a days work experience with Waitrose Kitchen magazine at the end of last year and one of the recipes on the shoot were these amazing marmite sausage rolls by SalContinue reading “Marmite Sausage Rolls”

Veg Box Study

Apologies for the lack of recipe this week. I’m coming down with a rotten cold and decided to try and conserve my energy this last weekend. A few weeks ago I did a veg box study as I don’t have many ingredients shots on my portfolio site and used my new aluminium tray as theContinue reading “Veg Box Study”

What a week!

Last Wednesday I went along to the private view and awards ceremony for the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards 2015 and just being on the walls of the Mall Galleries in London alongside many of the great food photographers was amazing. I was very pleased to be highly commended for my imageContinue reading “What a week!”

Spanakopita

Many months ago my friend Charlotte requested Spanakopita (Greek spinach and feta pie) for a blog post and finally the weather and veg box glut of spinach have aligned and her wish has come true. A while ago I saw a great post for Spanakopita on one of my favourite blogs Souvlaki for the SoulContinue reading “Spanakopita”

Cheese Straws

I have found it really frustrating being off work and not being able to do much baking but I was really craving cheese straws and had some dried up cheddar in the fridge so thought I would put it to good use by grating it and drying it out a bit further as who likesContinue reading “Cheese Straws”