Family Fork

It’s almost the new year, and I can already hear the salad tongs clapping and the juicers powering up with detoxing and cleaning up in mind, so before we all look to the virtuous and healthy, I want to take a single post to celebrate the season of abundance, eating with abandon and delicious food! […]

When I was younger, the idea of a family sitting around the table and tucking into a plate of lentils, was probably accompanied by the notion that they strummed a rainbow painted guitar, knitted their own underwear from reeds and practised naked family yoga.   However, things move on, and while I haven’t yet made […]

I like snow, I like rain, I like sun and I even like those grey mornings that promise drizzle. I like all weathers, and in the last two weeks in the UK we have seen summer eek out its final days in warm afternoons that require us to strip off our Autumn knitwear, then, before […]

The beginning of the week calls for us all to drag ourselves out of fun weekends and back to weekday life.  Chores, to-do lists, and back to work/school (both if you are a teacher..bummer) ensure that we all have enough on our plates to find ourselves rushed through the day with not much planned for […]

The indulgence of a creamy pasta dish is something I always enjoy, but it generally conflicts with my low wheat, and low dairy diet.   So when I fancy creamy oozy carbs, but still want to feel virtuous and dairy/wheat free, I look to the Far East for inspiration.   Using nuts (in this case […]

I love kale and I love that it now has its own national day! It sits among other wonderful super ingredients like spinach, carrots and beetroot….perhaps next week, all hail, it’s national Beetroot Day! I can’t see it happening personally, but nevertheless I’m pleased it’s getting some recognition.  In honour of the jewel hued cruciferous […]

It’s Saturday, and today I’m feeling like I want to be everyone…the gorgeous wife, slick in the kitchen and whipping up something elegant and stunning, but I also want to be slobbing in front of the tv, and in my joggers eating something yummy that has taken me two minutes to make, and I also […]

Scotland has been in the news a lot the last few weeks, Someone on Twitter made me giggle by commenting that they were getting their fill of Irn Bru and Scotch Eggs before they were moved to the foreign foods aisle. However Scotland are still with us, as part of Great Britain and subsequently I […]

It sounds primitive, but I just love meat with the bone in! Slow roasted, grilled or BBQ’d, the additional flavour that you get from a bone more than justifies the additional cooking time or additional care needed.   I am the diner that nibbles on a rib (a beef one if possible) with wild abandon, […]

I love the news of the arrival of any baby, but this weeks news of a second heir to the British throne is extra fun.  It’s a national event, media furore and fuels office tea making chat…what will the name be, which buggy (buggies!) will it have, what will Kate wear throughout her pregnancy, etc […]