Not quite an authentic Coronation Chicken recipe

Not quite an authentic Coronation Chicken recipe

by | Jun 3, 2026 | Life is food

I have to confess I was not a Coronation chicken fan as a child, or growing up. Mainly I suspect because  I LOATHE raisins, with an extreme passion and I will only eat them in certain foods and coronation chicken is not one of them. Coronation Chicken is one of...
Fig with goats cheese and walnut salad

Fig with goats cheese and walnut salad

by | May 29, 2026 | Life is food

There’s something about a beautiful salad that feels effortlessly impressive. The kind of dish that looks like it came from a café menu, yet takes almost no time to throw together at home. This fig with goats cheese and walnut salad is exactly that. It’s fresh,...
Don’t like lettuce? Try baked lettuce instead…

Don’t like lettuce? Try baked lettuce instead…

by | May 21, 2026 | Life is food

Baked lettuce? It’s actually delicious, I promise. I am not a fan of lettuce, or at least iceberg, romaine, cos etc. They all seem rather tasteless and mostly a mouthful of watery crunch to me. Ok in a decent salad but boring and not really much to get excited about. ...
Gluten free & dairy free Victoria Sponge cake recipe

Gluten free & dairy free Victoria Sponge cake recipe

by | May 1, 2026 | Life is food

This is an easy recipe for Victoria sponge cake, a classic tea time treat. But we make ours gluten free and also dairy free. This recipe is easy though, and I promise it works. A traditional Victoria sponge is often made using the “weigh the eggs” method because it...
Roast your radishes… (they’re delicious I promise)

Roast your radishes… (they’re delicious I promise)

by | Apr 30, 2026 | Life is food

Did you, like me, have foods you loathed as a child but grew to like in adulthood? Radishes are one of those foods for me. I hated them as a child and couldn’t understand why anyone would eat them. They were too peppery and were crunchy and I just didn’t like them....