Family Meals

Weekly Meal Plan: 5:2 Recipes and Smoky Mexican Bean Soup (170 Calories a Bowl)

5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Wild Garlic and Chilli Sweetcorn Fritters (185 Calories)

Celebrating Britain’s Most Famous Snack – The Sandwich! Egg and Two Cress Sandwich Recipe

Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Asparagus,Spring Vegetables,Gooseberries & Cape Malay Beef Curry Recipes

My Kitchen Heroes and a Signature Dish: Cheese, Spring Onion and Tomato Flan Recipe

SousVide Supreme Chicken Three Ways! Chicken Cordon Bleu, Lemon Thyme Chicken Kebabs & Chicken with Beans

Peppered Steak and Chips for St George’s Day and Great British Beef Week

Fromage Friday! A Simple French Cheeseboard for Al Fresco and Summer Dining

Memories of Hong Kong and a New 5:2 Diet Recipe: Minced Beef and Mint Kheema

“Scandi” Friday with Hot Pickled Herrings and a Dill Pickle Potato Salad Recipe

Recipe: Low-Calorie Moroccan Cod Parcels for the 5:2 Diet and a Healthy Happy Heart

Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Salmon with Herb Mayonnaise, Spring Greens & Orange Cream Cheese Cake Recipes

Easter Treats! Little Cadbury Creme Egg Pots with Chocolate Dipping Spoons

Recipe: Traditional Hot Cross Buns for Easter in the style of Brioche!

Colombard Wine, French Bread and Mussel, Onion and Parsley Chowder Recipe

Welcome! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I was born in South Africa, but I've lived all over the world, latterly calling North Yorkshire my home where I lived for many years before moving to SW France, although I'm now living in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, in an old Victorian cottage. I am a freelance food and travel writer, as well as a food stylist, and recipe developer, with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese and wine. Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…