Welcome to my recipes
There are getting on for 1000 in this collection. They’re all simple, seasonal and very achievable, whether you’re cooking something quick and light or settling in for something slow and comforting. The recipes here reflect the way I cook at home and the way I like to eat; they are very much shaped by the seasons and by the ingredients themselves.
To help you find your way around my recipes, use the search bar below, it allows you to explore the recipes in whatever way suits you. You can choose a season, select a course, or search by recipe type. With so many here, it's a good way to make browsing easier and more intuitive. Many of the following recipes are accompanied by video, so you can cook along or just get a sense of the dish before you begin.
Potato cakes with kimchi & cheddar cheese
Eating something hot and powerful in the morning can help to kick your day into action
Scrambled eggs on marmite toast
They were always delicious because she cooked them slowly over a low, gentle heat, as if she were making a custard
Baked eggs with bacon, cream & thyme
This is a simple, quick, rich little breakfast that I like with some buttered malted brown toast
Homemade bacon
This is an incredibly simple way to make your own lovely bacon. Anyone can do it, you don’t need any special equipment, nothing can really go wrong
Bubble & squeak, fried pig’s cheek & poached egg
Fry mash and sprouts and salty-sweet bacon, or in this case guanciale, or cured pig’s cheek, and you have a wonderful breakfast
Brussels tops, chorizo, onions & fried egg
Brussels tops are just as delicious and nutritious as the sprouts themselves, but not everyone knows that
Oliver’s bloody mary
Oliver’s Bloody Mary changed the way I make this classic. It was such a bold, brilliant cure that it made me smile from the inside out
Purple sprouting broccoli with smoked paprika, yoghurt & eggs
This is my spin on traditional Turkish eggs and it makes a brilliant breakfast
Figs with yoghurt, honey & roasted barley crumble
This recipe, which I’ll call a ‘weekend breakfast’, has a feeling of the Mediterranean about it: figs, fragrant thyme, thick, sour yoghurt, and honey in the comb
Spelt waffles with fruit in tea, cardamom & honey
The plump, tea-soaked fruit is delicious on just about anything, but works best with crisp, light, nutty spelt waffles
Buckwheat pancakes
These buckwheat pancakes are far more delicious than their equivalent made with white wheat flour
Homemade baked beans
They make a heart-warming breakfast on their own or piled onto warm, buttered toast
