A lovely afternoon family catch up at The Garrison

A simple brunch of asparagus and a poached egg on toast with chilli crunch, simple and delicious

Fish and chips tonight after a really long week, so good

Simple can be so good, as long as you have great ingredients

A gorgeous Ottolenghi noodle dish with mushrooms and heavy on spring onions

Inspired by our last blog we made mushroom stroganoff

Today I made the millionaires shortbread, a last run before publishing.

A lovely evening out at a local Thai Restaurant

Homemade boerewors - so so good, I am never eating shop bought again

Found a gorgeous new farm shop today, the produce is lovely and they sell good charcoal and wood - oh and South African meat products, a great new find.

Today was one of those wonderful meals you leave marinating all day, then just quickly cook after a long day. Fabulous

Creamy mashed potatoes today, is there anything more comforting? Right now I cannot think of a single thing

Freshly baked scones with clotted cream and jam

A very vivid memory of mums cheese dip tonight when we added some salad cream to our cheese and onion sandwiches

We have finally finished testing a great midweek pasta dish, chicken pea and leek