RECIPES

When the weather warms up again here in London, I’m going to make rose tea G&T. It can also be easily made without the gin if you want a virgin version.

I could swear this is my best ever adaptation – and it’s gluten free and as you could easily adapt it to make it full paleo.

An easy and tasty recipe – With thanks to Nina!

The elephant garlics are now in flower – I planted them in deep midwinter around Christmas time. Now I leave some of the poodle-tail flowers for the bees, and use the rest as garlicky sprinkles in the kitchen – on salads, soups, anything really! They …

I hereby share with you the results of today’s experiments with white chocolate truffles: I made the ganache yesterday and was obviously in a wild and experimental mood, so I came up with the following flavour combinations: 1 – strawberries with a pinch of black …

My tried and tested Elderflower Cordial recipe. You can use it instead of honey in a recipe, as a mixer with sparkling wine or cocktails, as a grown-up jelly dessert with strawberries… 

Want to make a Hedgerow Quarantini? Elderberry syrup is known for its immune-enhancing properties. All the better as an ingredient for a quarantini! This is an unusual, fragrant and fruity cocktail. It uses gin, but you can also make it with another spirit, or as …

It is early April and I am at home with a cold, some frozen chicken stock and some spelt bread.  So I decided to make myself a nutritious but quick and easy soup. I’ve got loads of nettles coming up and a whole raised bed-ful …

Continuing with the nettle theme. Today’s lunch was a nettle, herb and weed omelette.