Real food recipes
made easy for you

This delicious carrot cake can be eaten plain or covered with a fluffy cream cheese icing. Both the cake and icing are amazingly easy to make.

My family and I think risottos are great fun as you can vary the ingredients every time you cook them. In this tasty risotto, stirring in soft buffalo mozzarella creates a lovely creamy contrast to the bold flavours and textures of the sundried and fresh tomatoes.

These gorgeous chocolate macaroons are much easier to make than you might at first think, even if you’ve never made macaroons before. They are very enticing and so delicious. Check out my video on YouTube and watch me making them with master chocolatier Mark Tilling.

Chicken liver pâté is a firm favourite in our house and disappears in a flash. This pâté is wonderfully smooth (thank you Thermomix), perfect on a cracker or slice of toast, and it’s equally suitable for a dinner party or as a casual treat.

This is the fastest and easiest way I know to make a bright red, fresh-tasting strawberry jam, and I sterilise my jars at the same time!

This lovely thick rich cream is very popular in the UK and it’s gorgeous in sauces, chocolate ganaches, custards, smoothies and ice creams. Try it poured or spooned onto porridge or fresh berries, or serve it with desserts such as apple crumble and sticky toffee pudding.