Harwich for the Continent…Frinton for the Incontinent! as the saying goes, so you may be forgiven for not thinking much of this quiet little town on the Essex Coast.  I’m here to change your mind.  I may be biased but I love this sleepy little seaside town.  Not exactly a local (I don’t live there) but I have been going here since I was born.  My father came here every summer as a boy as well and so it holds a special place in our hearts. We have a small house in the town along with a beach hut on the seafront and we spend every August Bank holiday down there and try to get ..read more

I never really had a sweet tooth until I got pregnant, and both times it ended up being what I craved throughout the pregnancy (and the craving didn’t go away afterwards).  I used to be a ‘cheese and crackers’ as a snack girl but these days I’m all about a cup of tea and a biscuit!  These Peanut Butter Cookies really fulfil that sweet craving and the best part? they are SCD diet friendly meaning no grains or refined sugar!  They are sweetened with honey and full of good fats from almond flour and peanut butter! So how to make these Grainfree Peanut Butter Cookies? Start by prehe ..read more

With watercress in season at the moment, and having some left over after I made my delicious Watercress & Pea soup, I decided to try it in a pesto recipe.  I’ve previously made Rocket (Arugula) Pesto and I love the fiery kick it has so I though that Watercress Pesto would be similar.  Pesto takes minutes to whizz up in a food processor and is a great way of prolonging the life of any leftover herbs or salad leaves that you have lying around.  I’m not a fan of throwing anything away so when a recipe results in leftover basil or any other herbs, I just turn them into a pesto ..read more

This post has been created in collaboration with TUI to help promote their fantastic new show The World Cook.   A short while back TUI asked me to help them spread the word about their new TV show ‘The World Cook.’  It’s a 7-part series showing on Prime Video which follows the culinary adventures of 16 contestants from all over the world.  They meet in six of TUI’s exciting holiday destinations and compete in a series of cooking challenges to be crowned ‘The World Cook’.  Hosted by Emma Willis and Fred Sirieix the contestants will travel to various countries including ..read more

Dan and I love everything Italian – the food, the wine, the culture and especially the little seaside towns.  Until now I’d never been to Siciliy so we decided to take a trip to the island and chose Cefalù as our destination.  Cefalù (pronounced chef-a-loo) is a beautiful old coastal town in Northern Sicily.  It is situated on the outskirts of Parca delle Madonie, a National Park and is dominated by the Duomo, a Norman Cathedral,  in the main square and La Rocca, a huge rocky mountain which towers over the town. Cefalù is a town, full of winding streets and tiny alleyways w ..read more

After making a big batch of my Hollandaise Sauce I was left with some egg whites to use up.  I was after something sweet so I decided to make these Refined Sugarfree Coconut Macaroons.  They’re so easy to make, one bowl and just mix it all together, and perfect for when you want a small bite of something delicious. They’re the perfect size for a mouthful and are great with a cup of tea or as an after-dinner treat. So to make the Refined Sugarfree Coconut Macaroons you just need to mix together all the ingredients in a large bowl until fully combined. Place the bowl in the fridge to c ..read more

Nothing quite says Christmas like a mince pie – it really feels like the festive season has started when you get your first taste of that sweet, spiced fruit flavour!  It evokes such a festive feeling – we always have a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine while decorating our Christmas Tree which signals the start of the festivities for us at the beginning of December.  It’s the mix of cinnamon and cloves that fills the house as the Grainfree Mince Pies are baking that makes December even more magical. So how to go about making the Grainfree Mince Pies.  To start with you need ..read more

Sloe Gin is one of those quintessential British drinks that you don’t really seem to find anywhere else in the world.  For me, it brings back memories of wintery walks in the forest with a nip of Sloe Gin from a hip flask but these days I love it served over ice with tonic or soda in the summer too.  It even made an appearance at our wedding! My uncle made a huge batch and we all drank a shot of it during the speeches.  It can be full of sugar though which I can’t have so I have to make my own Sugarfree Sloe Gin if I’m going to enjoy it! The first thing you need to source is you ..read more

British Asparagus is one of those things that heralds the start of Spring, and Asparagus Hollandaise with the first asparagus of the season is a rite of passage in our house.  Asparagus is usually available from mid-April until June in the UK.   To me, it signifies that the harsh winter is over and the good weather is well and truly on the way. (Can you tell I’m a summer person!). It also tastes incredible. There is really nothing like those big plump juicy spears of sweetness,  cooked al denté.  They are so different from the spindly tenderstem varieties that you get ..read more

One of my favourite lunches is soup, and soup is usually served with a nice crusty bread roll.  I love some kind of bread with my soup and sliced bread doesn’t always do it.  Sometimes you want something you can rip a chunk off, slather with butter and dip in so I made these pumpkin seed butter muffins to fill that void. The recipe is similar to my Grain-Free Sandwich Bread except the ingredients are baked in muffin tins instead of a loaf tin.  I used pumpkin seed butter to change up the flavour profile but you could use any kind of nut butter that you want to make these muffins ..read more