I have been making carrot cake for years, and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there. A few years ago I attempted a low-fat version rather reluctantly, not believing it was...
Leek and Potato Soup is a number one classic in our house, but for something different try it with what I call the perennial pumpkin - butternut squash. In the autumn I make the same recipe with the traditional...
This cool, light and subtle soup is incredibly easy and quick to make. However it does need some fresh summer cucumbers in season for the best flavour of all.
When I had dinner with a friend from New York recently, he asked me how the low-fat recipes were coming along and gave me a challenge: 'If you can come up with a low-fat, low-sugar chocolate dessert that...
This recipe was given to me by Clare Hunter, a very talented person who used to cook for private dinner parties on an old Thames sailing barge. The pungent, nutty romesco sauce makes a perfect partner...
I have to admit I don't do heat very well. I absolutely love the fact that we're having a proper summer - the kind I remember as a child when it seemed we were outside for the whole of the school holidays....