elderberries

Apple and Almond Muffins

I have just had the most magical week off, my gorgeous daughter came to stay for her birthday, I missed spending her 30th birthday with her last year and so I really wanted to spoil her, we started her birthday week at Amberley Castle in Sussex having the most gorgeous…

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hedgerow syrup

Hedgerow Keep Well Syrup

We have been very lucky to be having a really gorgeous September so far, the last couple of days have been real stunners and it has given me a great opportunity to get out into the countryside and forage, something that anyone that knows me knows that I just love…

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About me

I came up with the idea of this blog as I had been writing a cookery book for my Children after my eldest Son Simon left home and would ring me for all his favourite recipes. I thought that this way it would be easier to update & where ever they were they could cook their favourite recipes. This blog is that index card box of scribbled recipes, torn out recipes from magazines, lost somewhere in the house, all brought neatly together in one place.

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