Food and travel blog focusing on food travel and sight-seeing, from Cardiff to the Caribbean
1st November marked the start of the British leek-growing season and as the leek is a national symbol for Wales, I chose to mark the occasion by trying out a a new leek-based recipe. The British Leek Growers Association’s website offers an abundance of leek recipes, including several created by Masterchef 2013 finalist, Larkin Cen (who now […] Read more…
With the weather getting colder and the nights drawing in, I love nothing more than to tuck into a comforting, hot dinner in the evening, like sausages and mash or chilli con carne. At the beginning of this month Waitrose launched an Autumn campaign, #AutumnWarmers, celebrating comforting seasonal dishes from throughout the UK. Throughout October, the […] Read more…
Recently, I was shocked to discover that my home city of Cardiff eats 76 tonnes* of canned food each day! That’s 183,000 cans; if stacked up, they would be nearly 240 times the height of my former workplace, Capital Tower. Over half of Cardiff’s residents stock up to 10 cans of food in their cupboards […] Read more…
Lately, I’ve been cooking more meat-free meals in an attempt to eat more vegetables and develop a healthier diet. This recipe for Italian spinach and ricotta pie is quick, easy and makes for a delicious meat-free meal. I used a rectangular oven dish as I didn’t have a round pie dish to hand, but I […] Read more…
Recently, Hybu Cig Cymru (Meat Promotion Wales) contacted me to ask if I’d be interested in developing some pork recipes to help promote their new website, Porc Wales. Porc.Wales has been set up to promote the Welsh pork industry and to encourage Welsh consumers to eat more locally produced, quality pork products. The website showcases the finest pig […] Read more…