For my last collaboration project with Poetry Stores this festive season, I’ve chosen some fabulous snacks for a glitzy New Year’s eve cocktail party. The recipes all come from The …
soup
Gazpacho
I’m a huge fan of Spanish food, and it has always been a life long dream of mine to visit Spain with my husband as part of an extended Mediterranean …
Courgette soup with Boursin cheese
My friend Francille told me about this soup recipe a few weeks ago while we were discussing Winter menus – she’s a serious recipe collector and her book collection puts …
Salmon bisque
It’s time to start planning your Easter menu – no holiday can be complete without some serious culinary indulgence! Over the next 3 weeks I’ll be featuring 3 recipes from …
Beetroot soup with Greek yoghurt & chives
My friends at Genesis Farm surprised me the other day with another basket full of beautiful organic vegetables: an assortment of chillies, some quirky-looking carrots, perfectly round squash, a few …
Creamy leek and potato soup
These days I see bunches of leeks everywhere, so I figured they must be in season! I only recently became a real fan of leeks after eating them whole and …
Roasted organic tomato soup
Nothing beats fresh organic ingredients, straight from the farm, still warm from the sun. My friend John House recently surprised us all by buying a neat piece of land outside …
Quick and smooth butter bean soup
To make a great soup, you need to start with great home-made stock. You also need time, because the ingredients need to get comfortable with each other in the pot, …
Moroccan chicken soup with couscous
One of Mariah Carey’s new babies is called “Moroccan.” Not Morocco, Moroccan. Strange but true. It makes me pull a face that I hope will never be photographed. This Moroccan …
Split pea soup with smoked pork hocks
With the African summer sun starting to fade, autumn comfort food is taking center stage in my kitchen. My split pea soup with smoked pork hocks is a seriously simple, …