Peanut butter blondies with chocolate chunks and a layer of chocolate ganache. Life. Complete.

Smoked salmon & watercress potato salad with some charmingly grubby new potatoes, and a review of produce boxes from Abel & Cole.

Four words: Brown. Sugar. Cinnamon. Pastry. All together – an apricot galette good enough to bring me off hiatus!

My Gran’s chocolate truffle recipe, with three varieties: Gingerbread, Hot Chocolate, and Christmas Pudding.

‘Twas the night before Christmas, & all thru’ the house.. was the smell of mincemeat, fruit, brown sugar, brandy & orange zest. Ho ho ho!

Experimenting with Japanese food – inari-zushi, or tofu pouch sushi. A revelation!

Butterscotch Self-Saucing Pudding with a cakey top and gooey, toffee-flavoured bottom. Heaven with icecream!

Carrot Cake Pancakes with sweet cream cheese spread, and Cinnamon-Apple Pancakes.

Quick Irish Soda bread served with cheddar cheese and homemade Onion Chutney.

Savoury breakfast bread with peppers, courgette, and lots of cheese – developed from a thoroughly bizarre quickbread.

The carrot cake I’ve been searching for…

Chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake bars with ill-fated chocolate drizzle; and if you think that’s a mouthful, wait til you try one.

Cheap & seasonal – carrot and parsnip crumble, for autumn.

British scones with jam, baked to use up some leftover yoghurt (and to help me make friends at uni). To the Queen!

A last hurrah for luxury before I settle to a student budget; these shaved black truffles became the stars of a fantastic risotto.

Blackberry Trifle to celebrate British Food Fortnight – complete with berries handpicked by yours truly.

The best thing you’ll ever eat in your life; white chocolate & raspberry cheesecake. There’s 1lb of chocolate in this – I mean business.

A super-easy, honey-flavoured, no-yeast spice bread for greedy girls.

Pineapple Sorbet & Coconut Ice Cream; and no, you don’t need a machine to make ice cream at home.