Carrot and Lentil Soup

Another winter warmer. This soup is bulked out with split red lentils - a much healthier choice. The lemon livens it up and brings you a hint of summer warmth.

Lime Drizzle Loaf Cake

A little twist on the good old lemon drizzle cake. I prefer mine with lime; it has a sharper acidic kick and cuts through the sugar in the cake nicely.

Spiced Apple Cake

This oh-so-moist cake is spiced with the Tonka bean; an oval and rather elegantly shaped black bean (see picture here, plus another recipe laced with the spice). Some say it is a nice substitute for vanilla, but don't be fooled. Many other spicy notes float within this genie of a bean.

Cranberry Chutney Indian Style

Baby it's cold outside...

So stay in and make cranberry chutney to slather on slices of fresh bread. Eat with cheese or cold leftover meat for supper. Be lazy. And moreishly so...

Matcha and Red Fruit Loaf Cake

A moist loaf cake with a hint of matcha, a Japanese green tea powder.

Split Green Pea & Coriander Soup

This is a winter warmer which you can fix up within an hour or so. Split peas are garden peas left in their pods to fully mature and when dried, and the skins removed, they split naturally. They contain a lot of fibre as well as protein so adding legumes to your soup will not only  make a tasty change from the traditional soups which use potatoes to bulk out other vegetables, it will also make it healthier.