I can’t take credit for this one. A self-confessed control freak in the kitchen, I’ll be the first to admit my boyfriend doesn’t often get much of a look in. The fact that when he does cook I hover around casting ominous and disapproving glances probably doesn’t help. So when he offered to cook the [...]
Asparagus, bacon and avocado salad
It’s arrived! After 14 long days of waiting British asparagus has finally arrived. Much like any good Brit, the asparagus was fooled into thinking summer had come early in March only to be rudely awakened by the onslaught of the cold wet weather that was April and May. Having been somewhat reluctant to poke its [...]
Jersey royal potato salad with radish and mint
The lingering rain pounding my face while I defy the weather and cycle to work is telling me otherwise but it is, in fact, spring. And much as I enjoy seeing swathes of bluebells running riot and speculating perennially about whether or not we might have a decent semblance of a summer, the arrival of [...]
Crispy duck and pomegranate salad
I turn my back on the English sun for three measly weeks and it up sticks and disappears entirely. I flew back to England this week after spending just shy of a month in Vietnam where I somewhat ironically managed to evade the notorious Vietnamese storms and enjoyed a solid stint of hot sunny days. [...]
Broccoli, roasted tomato and goat’s cheese salad
Well it looks like our salad season was somewhat of a curse. Sorry about that. The early spring seems to have come and gone, leaving a whirlwind of driving rain, woolly jumpers and disappointment behind it. Still, and much as it pains me to say it, our thirsty land needs it. And strangely, having a [...]
