Chargrilled asparagus with spring onions, polenta and tapenade
I’m sharing this asparagus recipe from my cookbook Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet in support of Veg Power a campaign to help kids eat more veg. Our little one Lyra, loves all four of the key vegetables in this dish, asparagus, spring onions, corn (polenta) and olives. If you haven’t already click my cookbook cover […]
Sustainability Spotlight Asparagus
Did you know? The ancient Egyptians loved asparagus and called it a “food of the gods” Asparagus – April to June Ready, set, go…. when the asparagus season starts be the first to the shop as you’ve only got six weeks to enjoy this tender and flavoursome aphrodisiac. Steam, boil, stir fry, barbecue, […]
How to use up green or squishy strawberries
Overripe or sour, strawberries are still delicious if you know what to do with them. You can even make tea with the stems …
The Pulp Fiction Burger
The Pulp Fiction Burger is a plant based burger to use up juice pulp.
Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is an ideology and farming practice based on many years of scientific research and agroecological farming practices such as organic, biodynamic and permaculture. Regenerative agriculture works in harmony with nature, valuing wildlife and ecology. It increases biodiversity, builds and enlivens soils, protects the land from erosion and improves our ecosystems. It also aims […]
Waste Not… Chocolate
Over the last ten years all my work in food, writing, cooking and teaching has had a clear environmental focus. This passion for climate-friendly cuisine began as a teenager, when I lived and worked on a variety of intensive and agroecological farms. It then became my core focus in 2011 when I created my first […]
