Food

Healthy eating can be challenging at Christmas. Quality and simplicity are key but indulgent treats are very much part of the fun.

These are delicious as well as being easy to make. Store them in the fridge as they are best eaten quite cold. You can freeze them too.

Frozen peas are a brilliant standby vegetable, and organic petits pois are probably the best you can get for both taste and nutritional value.

This easy recipe uses frozen organic chopped spinach which is a great standby when good fresh stuff is not easily available.

an easy stew using seasonal fish. The sauce can be made in advance and finished off in a leisurely fashion when you want to eat it.

A soup of creamy white organic cauliflower florets and vibrant green leaves. Perhaps add cheese or cheese on toast and chutney.

Food, oxygen and water are the three essentials for life and so food choices should be a prominent part of our lives. 

Each season brings something new and delicious and in early Autumn that means Beetroots, Radishes and Squash to mention just a few.

This colourful and seasonal recipe can be eaten as a vegetable accompaniment to roasts or with added cheese for a simple lunch or supper.

Having fresh herbs readily available can take foods from simple to special. Lovage and Lemon Verbena are two of the lesser-known examples.