Slow-cooked Brown Rice Pudding
2 cups short grain brown rice 1 litre carton rice milk Either vanilla or grated nutmeg to flavour Dried fruit, chopped up and covered in hot water 3 different methods of cooking the rice pudding Put rice […]
Beetroot Brownies
This unusual recipe was again inspired by my weekend with Riverford Organics. I have made adjustments to the original recipe to make it a wonderfully healthy treat – give it a go, people rave about it. 250g […]
Triple Bean and Tomato Salad
This wonderful fresh summer salad and the contrast of colours is striking. Salad 1 cup Haricot Beans 1 cup Green Beans, cut in 1 inch pieces, cooked for 3 minutes and refreshed 1 cup Young Broad Beans […]
Summer Salad with Beetroot, Goats Cheese and Green beans (Riverford)
Another deliciously seasonal salad with lots of colour and flavour. 300g mixed summer salad leaves 150g French beans 150g tenderstem broccoli 200g cooked beetroot, cut into 2 cm cubes 4tbs olive oil 1tbs cider vinegar ¼ tsp […]
Seasonal Pumpkin, Lentil and Goats Cheese Salad
This recipe was inspired by Seasonal Kitchen by Marie Claire. It is a tasty salad that goes beautifully with the fish dish below. The ingredients are seasonal yet warming and the colours are vibrant – perfect for […]
Venison Casserole
Serves 4 1kg / 2lb venison (haunch), diced into 1” cubes 2oz dripping 2 onions, chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 3 carrots, diced 2oz bacon, diced 1tbs flour (to thicken) ½ pt red wine ½ pt […]
Red Thai Squash Curry
Serves 4 Serve with brown rice or quinoa 1 small butternut squash (700g/1lb 9oz) 100g red onion, roughly chopped 100g sprouting broccoli, roughly chopped 2tbs olive oil 1-2 tsp Thai red curry paste (depending on your taste) […]
Baked Eggs with Spinach
Serves 4 Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6 15g/ ½ oz butter 100g/4oz baby spinach leaves 4 eggs Salt and black pepper 4 tbs double cream 1 tbs parsley, finely chopped * 4 small ramekins Butter each ramekin. […]
Homemade yoghurt
You will need a thermometer! 2 pints full milk, preferably organic 1 small natural live yoghurt Bring the milk to the boil in a thick-bottomed pan and gently simmer until it has reduced by a third (to […]
Jewish Chicken Soup
This seasonal soup is adapted from a recipe in the ‘Covent Garden Soup Book’. This is a popular recipe in my cookery demonstrations. The chicken stock is rich in minerals, trace minerals, gelatine, collagen and glycine. The […]