Gammon for Sunday lunch

Boiling a small gammon joint with carrots, celery, onions, bay leaves, cloves and black peppercorns

Served with cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes and the carrots

I made the cheese sauce using some of the cooking liquid from the gammon, whcih gave it a good depth of flavour

Pork goulash

A new recipe - a pork goulash from Nigel Slater's new book, 'Tender'

Slow cooked shoulder or pork in a low overn, with porcini, peppers, tomatoes, onions and plenty of paprika, both smoked and sweet

Simple risotto

A simple saffron risotto

Made with an intense chicken stock from the weekend's roast, which went well with the sharp saffron

Sunday lunch

A traditional Sunday lunch - a chicken roasted with lemon and olive oil

Served with goose fat fried roast potatoes and cabbage stir-fries with juniper and black pepper

Finished with a marsala and lemon juice gravy

Butternut squash risotto

Preparing to roas a butternut squash for a risotto

Chunked, then roasted slowly with sage, garlic and olive oil

Half the segments were kept back to add to the squash at the last minute, the other half mashed and added from the start

Soothing and warming for a chilly winter evening

Homemade pesto

The fruits of a summer's basil growing, with pine nuts, garlic, salt and olive oil

A simple pesto without parmesan, so it will freeze well

Served with tortelloni with spinach and ricotta

Salmon

Salmon with oriental veg and udon noodles

Homemade pizza

Making some pizza dough with OO flour, yeast, water and olive oil

A good recipe from Jamie Oliver

A variety of toppings - here with tomato, mozzarella, basil and gorgonzola

Baked on a pizza stone in the oven for about 5 minutes

Roasted peppers

Roasting peppers in olive oil, balsamic vinegar and sea salt

Chinese

Tried a new range of Chinese ready meals

Chicken in black bean sauce, and chicken with mushrooms

And crispy snacks aplenty

Sunday roast

A piece of belly pork, slow roasted with apples and onions

Served with stir fried cabbage, and rosemary potatoes

Saturday breakfast

Porridge with brown sugar and cream - a weekend treat

Curry

A chicken and mango curry

Served with fresh mango, toasted black mustard seeds and fenugreek, and steamed rice

Lamb koftas

Some little lamb koftas, the mince flavoured with onions, parsley, coriander and cumin

We started with a layer of toasted pitta, cubed; then a layer of tomato, then the fried koftas, then greek yoghurt, parsley, toasted pine nuts and smoked paprika - definitely one to repeat

Fresh fish

Fish for supper - preparing some ginger, garlic and spring onions to bake it with

Some fresh wild red dorado

We served them with steamed rice, and sprouting broccoli stir fried with chilli, ginger and soy sauce