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Chicken with parsnips, rice and courgettes

Serves two. Ingredients: For chicken: 1 poussin or chicken portions of your choice for two juice of ½ lemon drizzle of olive oil 10ml of Nomu One-for-all Rub (or a mixture of salt, onion, black pepper, garlic, coriander, sugar, mustard, parsley, rosemary, thyme, cumin...

Dessert idea 1

Tired of the old fruit salad and cream? Scale down to an amuse bouche fruit salad of fruit you have available, cut up into tiny pieces – the odd exotic fruit does make a difference (physalis/Cape gooseberries), serve on a dinner plate with a dash of strawberry...

Beef stew with juniper berries

Beef stew with juniper berries, served with mashed potato, aubergine and asparagus I was inspired by a recipe in the Country Living magazine and have blessed my husband countless times with this lovely braised beef dish. Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 3-4 hours...
Lazy Sunday morning

Lazy Sunday morning

A lazy Sunday morning breakfast on a glorious English summer’s day – on our patio. At one stage all four our adult children lived nearby and then all of them left and some live on the other side of the globe now. I decided that I would make a feast of every meal for...

BBQ leftovers

What to do with those leftover BBQ steaks? I used two leftover steaks that were medium done, had been in the freezer, and were looking dreary. It doesn’t matter exactly how much of the rest you add – it’s all a matter of taste.  I had butternut and fresh pineapple...