It's harvest time on farms all over the country, winter barley is probably all harvested by now, but spring barley, wheat and oats are still standing in the fields...

July and we're into holiday season, thunder storms, Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Why does the weather always break just as the schools break up?

June - Where has the time gone?? From rippling fields of wheat & barley to hanging baskets, strawberries, asparagus and stone fruits, here's what I have been making in June.

May - we're almost half way through the year.

April - usually the month of Easter, family get-togethers, spring lambs and school holidays.

The beginning of Spring, warmer weather, longer days, daffodils, rhubarb, lambs, Mother's Day and sometimes Easter. March 2020 also brought coronavirus which threw a spanner in the works...

February - A short month with Valentine's Day on 14th and then Shrove Tuesday, which falls seven weeks before Easter...

January - a new year, new intentions and looking forward to longer days...

December's full of festive cheer with rich & boozy food. I love taking food and drink ideas and giving them a healthy slant, suitable for everyday eating. Here is what I've been making and my family have been eating in December... 

I decided to play at houses for hogmany 2019 and had friends round for dinner.