Easy Pheasant Recipes – Pheasant Breast in White Wine: My earliest memory of eating pheasant comes from a childhood in Norfolk. My father was the village GP and, growing up in the 1960s and 70s in the countryside was a far cry from today’s high street offerings. It was an era when much to my mother’s […]
Raspberry Eton Mess – Simple Summer Dessert
A Five Minute Dessert – Raspberry Eton Mess: Proper cooks would make their own meringues, but I seldom make dessert and when I do I generally want something I can put together really quickly. While homemade meringues can be wonderful, they take two to three hours to ‘cook’. Personally, I’m quite happy with the shop […]
5:2 Diet Hake with Saffron Sauce
5:2 Diet Hake with Saffron Sauce: One of the challenges of a fasting day on the 5:2 diet is making the food I eat interesting without piling on calories. Fish is a really good solution and I am still using some lovely fish that was sent to me by When I was in Boscastle, one […]
Crunchy Raspberry Creams
Raspberry Creams with a Crunch: It is that time of year when I don’t really want to cook too much. And, the start of the soft fruit season. I particularly love raspberries, probably a throwback to childhood when we seemed to always end up with a bird in the soft fruit cage that devoured the […]
Rum and Raisin Pannacotta with Nut Crunch
Rum and Raisin Pannacotta with Nut Crunch I’ve recently discovered how easy it is to make Pannacotta. And, I’m getting fat! It really is simple posh nosh if you add some fresh fruit and some kind of liqueur or alcohol or caramelised nuts as I have done here. This rather Christmassy dish was created for […]
Pork Tenderloin with Sage, Caramelised Apple, Cream and White Wine Sauce
Easy Pork Tenderloin Recipe with Cream and White Wine Sauce Pork paired with apple and sage is a classic combination that takes me back to childhood roast dinners. The apple helps offset the sweetness of the pork and sage adds a delicious vegetal note to this dish. If you are counting calories, it’s quite possible […]