All Year Recipes

The Big Fair Bake and Tropical Wholefoods: Tropical Fruit Flapjack Slices for a Tea Time Treat!

Celebrate Better Breakfast Week with New Zealand Honey and my Fluffy Porridge Pancakes Recipe!

Fish on Friday, Fresh Figs and a Recipe for Potted Crab – Crab Rillettes

Taxis, Trains and Temptation! 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Smoky Mexican Stir Fry with Chicken

Vintage Plates, Organic September ~ My Family Recipe for Rustic Style Potato Salad

Sepia Saturday, Happy Baking Days with Tala and Be-Ro: Strawberry Iced Butterfly Fairy Cakes

Scandinavian Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Egg Breakfast Wraps

A New 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe – Greek Lunch Box Salad with Feta Cheese and Mint Dressing

5:2 Diet – Fast Days & Feast Days, Weekly Meal Plan and a LOW CALORIE Breakfast Omelette Recipe

Organic September & Seasonal Family Recipes – Chicken Pie, Strawberry French Toast & Soup with Cheese Toasties

A Special 5:2 Diet Recipe for Fast Days: Luxury Steak Burger with Artichokes and Olives

Be-ro London “Bath” Buns

Royal Elderflower & Lemon Curd Butterfly Cakes for the Forman & Field Jubilee Bake Off

Old Cookbooks and Recipes – Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast (Griddle Cakes)

Ladies in Beef! British Beef Week, St George’s Day & Pub Style Peppered Stilton Steaks With Charred Onions and Chips

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…