St Patrick’s Day is next week so I thought I would share my recipe for Guinness Chocolate Spread this week s

Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) is coming up tomorrow so I thought I'd get in early with my Pesto Pancakes recipe

The winter months are the perfect season for making marmalade, particularly this red pepper marmalade. Marmala

Here as promised is my super easy recipe for Pistou that I showed you in my winter vegetable soup post on Wedn

We are still in January though almost through this first dreary month of the year, still in sugar free land wi

Tomorrow is Burn's Night and all over Scotland (and in many other places where the Scots gather) there will be

Preserving isn't just about sweet stuff, sticky jams and jellies and what to put on toast. Preserving is about

You know how some days you just get nothing done. You start out with such great intentions but everything seem

Like so many prepared products store bought tomato sauce for pasta is just packed with sugar, to say nothing o

Sometimes making store cupboard-basics is really a case more of using things up and waste-not-want-not, rather

Are you all organised for Christmas or are you still hunting for last-minute prezzie ideas? If you fall into t

I love olives, always have, even as a little girl I was into these slightly bitter almost meaty little bites.

Almost Instant Lemoncello is the perfect last minute gotta-make-something-fast type of foodie gift. Perfect fo

Cranberries mean the holiday season. For Americans they are a huge part of their Thanksgiving dinner and for u

I’m thrilled to have been asked by Stephane at Very Good Recipes to be one of the judges for their December

Sugar Free Pepper Pear And Lemon Spread, quite a mouthful (in a good way) and a bit like the proverbial Peter

Happy Thanksgiving to all my lovely American friends. I thought I'd share my recipe for Cranberry and apricot

I thought I would share another of the foodie treats I am demonstrating at Country Living this week. This one

So here we are on Wednesday and I'm heading off to the SECC in Glasgow with all my boxes of ingredients and ki

This is it, the week of the Country Living Fair, the busiest week of the year for me. I'll be there every day

Makes 6 party nibble sized servings

Since Christmas is just around the proverbial corner I thought I'd get you in the mood by doing some FREE prom

  Dare I mention the ‘C’ word yet, oh go on let me, you know it is there just in front of us, coming

Autumnal Fruits Brambles, blackberries whatever you call them they are one of Autumn's most precious jewels. I

I adore tomatoes, I love their smell straight from the vine, almost a nettle like scent, a bit sharp, somethin

There is something incredibly comforting about making chutney. I find it more relaxing than jam making. That l

Cucumber and mint ice-cream, is that for real? Oh yes it is! I love ice cream, being brought up in Musselburgh

This week has been one of sunshine. Not the fleeting here one minute and gone the next sort of sunshine that w

It was over a week ago now that we celebrated Idgy’s birthday. Yes my baby girl is now fifteen, I can’t be

This weekend it will be Greek Easter, a celebration that rather leaves Christmas in the shade when it comes do

Today I'm making my paper snowballs on the BBC so as I have already shared that with you I thought I would bri

Yeeha it's a double whammy today, two recipes to tempt your tastebuds and get you cracking on the last minute

I do love a mince pie, but it has to be said, not all mince pies are created equal. There are those that are j

I love mince pies. I adore the pungent boozy luxury of good mincemeat. It is so easy to make your own, it real

Christmas and gingerbread men go together like peas and carrots. Many years ago these little folk were always

Okay gang, here is a no bake baking recipe that makes the most amazing choccy gift for folks at Christmas time