Soft, chewy autumn cookies with warming spices, toasted hazelnuts, and sweet pumpkin cream filling Ingredients: For the cookies: For the pumpkin cream filling: Method: Toast the hazelnuts: Make the cookies: Make the pumpkin cream: Assemble the sandwiches:

Someone once told me they used to circle each day in their diary—red ink for the good ones, black for the bad. At the end of every month, they’d flip back through. As long as there were more red circles than black, they were on track. Life was working. I think about that often. How […]

Prep time: 15 minutesCook time: 55-60 minutesServes: 4 A vibrant vegetarian main that’s as beautiful as it is delicious. Roasted butternut squash halves are filled with a savoury mixture of wilted spinach, aromatic pesto, and creamy cheese—perfect for a cosy dinner. Ingredients For the squash: For the filling: For topping: Instructions Prepare the squash Make the filling Stuff […]

A lovely twist on classic apple cinnamon bread, this recipe features chunks of fresh apples, delicious chocolate chips, toasted pecans, and a gorgeous caramel finish. Yield: 1 loaf (6-8 slices)Prep Time: 20 minutesBake Time: 45-55 minutes Ingredients For the Cinnamon Sugar Mixture: For the Bread: For the Topping: Method Prep: Make the Bread: Assemble: Bake:

This vegetarian roasted pumpkin dish is a great centrepiece and perfect cold weather comfort food. To make this dish I started with the creamy orzo filling. While that was cooking I took the top and stem off the pumpkin and scraped out the seeds and stringy pulp. I brushed the inside wall of the pumpkin […]

There’s nothing quite like a warming bowl of seasonal soup when autumn arrives, but this isn’t your typical carrot soup. The gentle curry spices and creamy coconut milk transform humble roasted carrots into something completely special – think cosy comfort food with an aromatic twist. And the curry-spiced pumpkin seeds add the perfect crunchy contrast […]

Serves 6 🍐 Forget everything you know about standard crumble recipes. Instead of the usual cinnamon and sugar thing, I’ve gone full chai-spice mode. I’ve created a chai spiced pear filling (think warming ginger, nutmeg, and cloves) topped with a tahini-oat crumble and I promise this is a delicious combination. The tahini creates the most […]

Beneath the forest floor, in darkness deep and cool,A tiny chanterelle stirred from summer’s drowsy lull.With cap still tightly furled, like secrets yet untold,He felt the autumn calling through the earth grown rich and bold. Up, up through dampened soil, past roots that whispered low,Through layers of fallen leaves where earthworms love to go.The little […]

In the old stories, brambles were never just berries. They were doorways between worlds, their thorns hiding secrets that only the brave—or foolish—dared to discover. Picking brambles this morning from the old bushes that line our country lane, I found myself stepping through one of those doorways. In this ancient but familiar landscape, a young […]

Legend says every orchard has an Apple Tree Man – the spirit who watches over the harvest and rewards those who treat their trees with respect. These muffins are my little tribute to him. Made with apples straight from our orchard, each bite has a touch of that old magic. I’ve given them a proper […]