Wholemeal Breakfast Drop Scones

A power packed breakfast or brunch for you here – bursting with summer colour and nutrients. This base recipe was taken from Mary Berry but ingredients changed to add more fibre and goodness. These evoke many happy memories of my Highlander grandmother making traditional Scottish drop scones for us when I was a child. Really…

Fig & Honey Fitness Balls

This recipe is a somewhat bastardised version of my Raw Breakfast Bars but as everyone seems to be rushing past me on the way out to festivals/swim parties/cricket I tought I’d make another version of “grab and go” high protein, high fibre snack. I used cashew butter here but of course you can use whatever…

Halloumi and Chorizo Kebabs

BBQ! At last! We have had 7 days without rain here in Somerset, so summer has been declared. Time to break out the coals. An easy one this…..easy to assemble, quick and easy to cook. Multiply the quantities to suit numbers around the table. These would travel well for a beach BBQ to be served…

Summer Sunshine Cake

Our local fruit growing farm, Thurloxton Fruit Growers in Somerset, sent their annual email announcing the readiness of their strawberries and raspberries so my daughter and I hot footed it down there to collect a stash of the ripe red fruits. We have a few guests passing by this weekend so we are making a…