This easy recipe is from my first book, Cape Mediterranean, published in 2019 by Penguin Random House. I’ve made it too many times to count – sometimes substituting the brandy …
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15-minute ‘Spring greens’ soup
Today marks the officially turn of the seasons from Winter to Spring and for many of us it also marks a celebration of everything green and fresh after a long …
Chocolate swirl individual pavlovas
This is a recipe that I originally created in 2017, but failed to ever publish here. I’ve created so many different recipes for pavlova on my blog – it …
Nigella’s rum & raisin banana bread
For one of our monthly food shoots last year at Tasha‘s house in Elgin, she greeted us with the seducing smell of something exotic yet strangely familiar. It was a …
Cheat’s “macarons” with jam and cream
There is a universal love all over the world for cake with cream and jam; it’s an age-old trend. You’ll find it in the form of swiss rolls, cream cakes, …
Spaghetti with roasted cauliflower, blue cheese and walnuts
This dish was born out of a shameless craving for the taste of parmesan-roasted cauliflower, rich blue cheese and toasted walnuts. Not an everyday combo, I know. It could have …
Buttermilk pancakes with caramelised bananas, cream and salted pistachios
We’ve officially hit the middle of the year, and that means an icy winter ahead of us. The cold weather certainly makes us all long for the smell of warm, …
Angel cake with white chocolate ganache and banana cream
This Valentines Day will mark the 1 year anniversary of working with the fabulous food team from The Pretty Blog, Nicola and Tasha. I wrote my first post for TPB …
Cheat’s mango ice cream
I grew up in a house where vanilla ice cream was freely available – we had it for dessert almost every single day, with my Mom’s homemade chocolate sauce. It …
Jane-Anne’s frozen lemon cream dessert
My dear friend and fellow blogger Jane-Anne Hobbs recently published a cookbook called “Scrumptious: Food for Family and Friends“. Jane-Anne is a seasoned food writer and recipe developer, and loves …