There's only one thing wrong with home-made ice cream you need an ice cream maker – or so they say – there are delicious no-churn versio...

  ... and a very flexible fruit! A little prep is required if you want the best from your berries - I mention hulling your strawberries in ...

The segmented orange ... … you'll need a serrated knife – I use a bread knife. Top and tail your orange and then follow the shape of t...

The cake 200g pitted dates, roughly chopped 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda 200ml boiling water 80g unsalted butter, softened 150...

  The result of all your hard work looks like this : There is an added advantage – if you like to eat sensibly say, during your working wee...

... and a very flexible fruit! But before I move on to the pastry – I mentioned hulling your strawberries in “the Tarts” recipe - a little ...

… a strawberry compote – you have a choice here – to blitz or not to blitz this is the question – simply if you are going to blitz and pass ...

Strawberries are superb and a very flexible fruit! First things first – a little prep is required if you want the best from your berries – ...

Then there's : Cherry and Raspberry Compote 350g cherries, stoned – can use frozen 150g caster sugar juice of 1 lemon (2 tbsps)...

A cook can never have enough compotes or coulis or drizzles to choose from! They are quick and easy to make and have a gazillion uses – the...

Editor’s note – Whilst officially listed as an appetizer you are of course king/queen of your own kitchen so why not whip up a smaller meal ...

Editor's note: I do feel that one's palate refines a little with age. More and more I find what I would have considered "Classi...

Bearing in mind the success of Rocky Road, I'd forgotten about this recipe – it's fun, speedy and easy so here's another chocola...

Editor's note: This recipe as the post mentions isn't a new one - but from the photos you can see it's a sweet-lovers delight. T...

Editor's note: My first selection for May goes right back to 2017! I've been fancying a pud lately and realised that it was crumble ...

Remember the fudge … now for the ice cream! Having made the fudge I thought I'd mess about and make a new ice cream. Here's the r...