Pumpkin purée
Hold it, fruitcake! Back away brussel sprouts! Tis still the season to butcher a pumpkin (or rather a deliciously sweet Coquina butternut squash) and blitz it into this beautiful purée. Continue…
Spiced squash and fennel with tahini dressing
It’s that time of year again, where the pumpkins heyday is overtaken by the squashes’. Don’t just stick to the butternut, brothers and sisters! Be adventurous, try acorn squash in a soup, mash a hubbard, or twizzle some spaghetti squash around your forks. Continue…
Celeriac and Cool-rabi slaw
If you’re woke enough, you know what kohlrabi is. If you don’t know what woke or kohlrabi is, then you should probably read on. Continue…
Spiced rhubarb compote
Every January to March, food bloggers, Instagrammers and magazines alike feverishly await the eruption of rhubarb onto supermarket shelves. The glorious Pepto Bismol pink of rhubarb compotes, jams, jellies and pies comes as a welcome antidote to the relentless greens, dirty browns, and insipid whites that define the vegetable world, the colour palette extending only as far as orange (unless you count beetroot, which is usually dirty and brown on the outside anyway). The rhubarb’s path to the glitzy world of Instafeeds, magazine shoots, and blog posts wasn’t, however, an easy one.
Incarcerated in a dark and lonely place, ostracise d by jealous peers, and finally belle of the ball, you might just mistake rhubarb’s story for Cinderella’s. Continue…
An Autumnal brunch on Hampstead Heath + 2 dairy-free recipes.
Autumn picnics are underrated. So are winter picnics, and spring picnics – but there’s a unique magic to every season, and in turn a unique magic to having picnics in those seasons. Continue…
Picnic Club: Millennial picnic on Hampstead Heath, 17th Oct
On Wednesday the 17th October I will be holding an Autumnal walk + picnic on the magical Hampstead Heath for London millennials. A great way to get away from the tech and into the fresh air – whilst enjoying some fabulous food and meeting new people. Who knew you could tick so many boxes in one go? Continue…
Salmon, dill and red onion tart
Despite the common assumption that picnickers don’t share, I will be parting with one of my secret recipes, a quiche that could spark family feuds, war or peace, the rise and fall of a kingdom. In other words, perfect picnic food. Continue…
Sun blushed tomato, feta, herb and giant couscous salad jars
Give this dish a few hours between making it and eating it. The more time those bouncy grains of couscous have to soak up the lemony, garlicky dressing, the more delicious this salad becomes – making it the perfect picnic salad. You can choose which grains, beans and pulses you prefer, and if ever I have some leftover chicken, that’s worth shredding in too. Number 1 tip? Make sure you have some good quality sun-blushed tomatoes – they’re sweeter with a softer texture than sun-dried. Continue…
Gluten and dairy free date cookies
These soft, chewy, and moreish cookies give your picnic that much needed sweet treat that will fully sate all five of your taste senses. It’s amazing what you can do without having to add gluten or dairy, and this recipe, with its subtle spiced flavour, really is the perfect feel-good treat. So you can crack out your favourite vintage tin and fill it up with these goodies – enjoy! Continue…
Picnic recipes, tips and inspiration to launch National Picnic Week
Hello to all you picnic-packing folks. This is the week that I have been building up for. Make no mistake, I hibernate for the other 51 weeks of the year – but National Picnic Week (15th – 24th June) is my time to shine (even if the sun doesn’t). Continue…
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