Late summer foraging: elderberries for cordial and sauce

August 28, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’ve been keeping a secret from you. One lovely summery day in early June, my sister and her boyfriend came to stay and we decided to make elderflower champagne. We’ve got multiple elder trees and it seemed like quite a lovely thing to do with our DFL (“down from London”) family now that we were […]

Recipe: Healthy lemony basil pesto pasta with courgette and broccoli

July 13, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

This is a really easy and tasty seasonal dish using home grown basil from the garden that I often make when I”m short of time. We are ardent carnivores but tend to eat vegetarian food during the week and this dish is absolutely delicious. We eat unholy amounts of garlic and so that sauce packs […]