For someone who lives on a tight budget I almost never ever meal plan or write shopping lists which are seen as the two cornerstones of economical eating. Instead I work on having a well …
I honestly don't plan to make all my meals the same colour and ingredients all the time. It just happens naturally it seems and this week I was back to rice with everything but this …
Honestly I don't theme my week's meals deliberately but it just seems to happen. I'm not sure if it's basic home economics or my tendency to get slightly obsessed with foodstuffs that it seems to …
I've just had a massive clear out of cookbooks full of things I can't eat these days or adapt. Twitter helpfully suggested the site We Buy Books which was as straighforward as anything involving a …
When you have the weird dietary needs I do, this is a question you get a lot from people so I thought I'd start keeping a weekly diary of my dinners here to show the …
(content note for eating disorders and talk of suicide) It's Mental Health Awareness Week and while other people online have debated the merits and needs of such things, several things I've seen discussed lead me to …
I think my ultimate comfort food is mince. I used to ask for mince and potatoes (with peas) for my birthday tea pretty much every year and I once made a friend for life when …
One of the things about this whole fodmap diet is that the amount of meat I end up eating on it costs a lot of money on a small budget so I’m always looking for …
Christmas week tends to be quite hectic. Lots of socialising, lots of eating, maybe even a wee glass or two of something to lubricate it all with. By the gap between Boxing Day and New …
I've been having a very quiet couple of weeks. The flu found me just as I finished up the second book and I've been forced to take to my bed with a pile of pillows …
I have in one guise in another been blogging about food since 2010. It's taught me to cook better, write better and expand my skills in both arenas and introduced me to countless great people. But …
I remain ever optimistic that spring, never mind summer, is just around the corner. Warm light evenings, the smell of barbecues in the air, Pimms on the patio, all the indicators of warm weather for …
