In The Kitchen

When I’m out in the garden at the moment I’m surrounded by wonderful smells! I love Philadelphus and it really is at its best at the moment – such a sweet fruity fragrance. We’ve got one in almost every different bed around the garden specially so that we can smell it everywhere we go! The […]

Spring Greens should be fairly high on the list of super foods – trouble is it doesn’t look particularly gorgeous or appealing! It is just starting to come out of the veg plot though and it’s full of antioxidants, iron, minerals and fibre. The dark green leaves are best eaten as young as possible and […]

There’s nothing quite like the taste of the first, forced stems of rhubarb and the gorgeous rosy pink colour really brings us a taste of spring  I like to gently roast mine first in a moderate oven with a little orange juice, a sprinkling of sugar and a little diced stem ginger. It only takes […]

Why not have something a bit different for Pancake Day this year – try this German inspired recipe called Apfelpfannkuchen. It’s a creamy oven baked dish made with a batter and apples which I’ve caramelized in the oven first. We’ve still got a few apples left in store from the winter and I’m using a […]

Winter warming filo pasties Martin was on Radio York on Sunday doing the gardening phone in and came back full of talk about the ‘Bake of the Day’ that the presenter, Julia Lewis had given him taste of. It was a Moroccan Filo Pie and seemed to go down very well. I had a look […]