It may still be summer but I have a house full of big muddy teenagers who are on pre season rugby camp this week, shaking off the summers lethargy and getting tuned up for another hard season on the field. It is important to stage what your children and teens eat when when they are…

This is quick, has OMG levels of flavour and is very popular when it hits the table – filling and veg packed. A much under looked joint in my opinion, pork loin is cheap and low fat. marinated in teriyaki sauce, it takes on a smoky BBQ flavour and it cooks in no time as…

Lots of faces around the table in the garden this afternoon enjoying the last of the summer sun. None of them much want to come in so I took the food to them. A warm summer salad of roast (or rotisserie if you can’t be bothered) with tiny crispy skin on potatoes, leaned on a…

A good time was had by all at the River Cottage HQ in Devon this glorious bank holiday weekend – the sun shone on a fabulous family event where foodies and families mixed to see the best of what this part of the world has to offer. Part of the education process that brings children…

Along with a certain chocolate spread, ketchup is one of the substances that I’ve been looking to replace from the supermarket shelf options with a credible wholesome, organic, homemade alternative. I can’t claim that this isn’t a faff compared with simply whipping it off the shelf in Waitrose but it will leave you with a…

Guests arriving and a few children to entertain between the rain showers today…. too early in the day to hit the supermarket so I have to work with what I’ve got in the cupboards to try and inject some healthy elements into my sweet treat. This is another torn out recipe from an every increasing…

Our British summer hasn’t let us down this August in Somerset – our warmish days are peppered with torrential rainstorms and thoughts are quietly shifting to Autumn boots and pursuits. Still, the school holidays are in full swing so we prepare some bread for a picnic which is filling and tasty, packed with the good…

Absolutely delicious, quick, cheap, easy and bang on nutritionally – what more do you want??? Simply throw all the ingredients together in a mini food processor and present to your kiddies after swimming with some crackers or I add seeds, chilli oil and in this case chilli pepper pearls for a posh convivial side to…