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Warm New Potato, Asparagus and Halloumi Salad

Warm New Potato, Asparagus and Halloumi Salad

The asparagus season runs from April to June here in the UK. You can also use courgettes in place of…

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Salmon, Egg and Cress Sourdough Toasts

Salmon, Egg and Cress Sourdough Toasts

A high-protein breakfast, brunch or spring starter made with sourdough, roasted salmon, egg and home grown cress

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Open Sandwiches with Turkey [Recipe Video]

Open Sandwiches with Turkey [Recipe Video]

A cracking recipe to make with leftover turkey, but you can use chicken, too. If you’re after some cocktail inspiration…

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French-Style Irish Beef Salad by Bord Bia

French-Style Irish Beef Salad by Bord Bia

When the Irish Food Board sent me this recipe to try recently, I couldn’t wait to make it, pack it…

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A Polish-Inspired Beetroot Salad with Apples, Radish and Dill

A Polish-Inspired Beetroot Salad with Apples, Radish and Dill

A Polish-inspired beetroot summer salad with apples, radish and dill I was interested to read this week about the four…

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Clearspring Gluten Free Brown Rice Noodles with Spinach and Tomato

Clearspring Gluten Free Brown Rice Noodles with Spinach and Tomato

It’s always nice to find ways of making our favourite recipes a little healthier and this is especially true of…

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Make-Ahead Leek and Poppy Seed Sausage Rolls

Make-Ahead Leek and Poppy Seed Sausage Rolls

We’ve only recently started making our own sausage rolls at home, but now that we’ve tried them, there’s no going…

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3 Quick Cheese Snacks for the Good Food Channel

3 Quick Cheese Snacks for the Good Food Channel

Today is officially the last day of National Vegetarian Week 2014. In case you’ve taken the challenge and are in…

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British Asparagus, spinach, beetroot and halloumi salad

British Asparagus, spinach, beetroot and halloumi salad

Hooray – foodies up and down the land are celebrating the start of British Asparagus season. It’s here for just…

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Kopytka – Polish Gnocchi for Tenderstem ®

Kopytka – Polish Gnocchi for Tenderstem ®

Hurray! Today officially marks the first day of spring. March has already been an incredibly busy month for me recipe-wise…

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Shredded Chicken Pancakes for Chinese New Year

Shredded Chicken Pancakes for Chinese New Year

This Friday lots of people will be marking Chinese New Year. It’s out with the old and in with the…

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Baked Camembert with Smoked Chilli Honey

Baked Camembert with Smoked Chilli Honey

As we inch closer to February, we’re nearing St Valentine’s Day and if you’re staying home this year, you might…

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Coronation Turkey Picnic Rolls

Coronation Turkey Picnic Rolls

Ever since eating a steaming hot jacket potato recently in a Welsh café, topped with coronation chicken (and discovering that the…

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Recipe – Bethany Kehdy’s Whipped Hummus with Lamb

Recipe – Bethany Kehdy’s Whipped Hummus with Lamb

Yesterday I wrote about a stunning new book by Bethany Kehdy called The Jewelled Kitchen and today, as promised, I’m…

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Food on BBC Three Counties Radio and a Mushroom and Thyme Cream Bruschetta Recipe

Food on BBC Three Counties Radio and a Mushroom and Thyme Cream Bruschetta Recipe

On Saturday I was very lucky again to be invited back onto BBC Three Counties Radio as a guest on…

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Silvena Rowe’s Watermelon and Feta Salad with Za’atar Crumble

Silvena Rowe’s Watermelon and Feta Salad with Za’atar Crumble

Ottoman-inspired food. Not something that you might come across everyday, but what a treat. There is something quite magical about…

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Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella and Tomato Salad

Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella and Tomato Salad

I think this is my favourite salad. It is so easy to throw together and any variation on it is…

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Polish Carrot and Apple Salad (Surówka z Marchewki)

Polish Carrot and Apple Salad (Surówka z Marchewki)

There comes a point at which you have to stop eating cake. It is a sad point, but one that…

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British Asparagus, Mozzarella Salad

British Asparagus, Mozzarella Salad

Is it hot or cold, do we have sunshine or rain? Is anyone else confused?!  Up until yesterday, we were eating warming soups and…

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Quick Lunch: Cheese and Leek Toastie – River Cottage Veg Everyday

Quick Lunch: Cheese and Leek Toastie – River Cottage Veg Everyday

I pretty much knew as soon as I opened River Cottage Veg Everyday, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s latest (and best-selling) televison tie-in,…

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Baked Aubergine (Yotam Ottolenghi Recipe)

Baked Aubergine (Yotam Ottolenghi Recipe)

I have to say that when I popped into my local Morrisons store this week, I did not expect to…

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Beetroot, Feta and Walnut Salad

Beetroot, Feta and Walnut Salad

I was having a chat on Twitter earlier on with Jacqueline from Tinned Tomatoes about the lovely sunny weather today, which…

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Fresh Pasta with Asparagus, Goat’s Cheese and Lemon

I was challenged by the lovely Giulia of Juls’ Kitchen to make fresh pasta for this month’s Monthly Mingle. This was such an…

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Lentil & Walnut Salad with Feta Roasted Salmon (Nigella)

The theme for Forever Nigella #5 has been announced by Dom at Belleau Kitchen and it is to be “Salad Days.” As we…

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