Sunday roast

Rack of venison for Sunday lunch - served with rosemary roasted potatoes, celeriac puree and a mushroom and red wine sauce

Easy supper

Some smoked mozzarella and spinach pasta from the local Italian deli

Goulash aplenty

A Saturday afternoon's cooking to stock up the freezer - a double batch of Nigel Slater's slow cooked goulash with shoulder of pork

Chicken and mushroom pie

A freshly baked chicken and mushroom pie

Pub lunch

An excellent Ham Egg and Chips at the newly refurbished Rose and Crown in Sandridge

Afternoon tea

Out for afternoon tea at St Michael's Manor

Dinner at RSJs

Dinner at the ever reliable RSJs in Southwark

Started with a game and foie gras terrine

Followed by duck with a peppercorn sauce

And finished with warm gingerbread with roasted apples and a calvados cream

Birthday supper

River cafe carbonara for a birthday supper

Served simply with a green salad

Birthday cakes

Carrot cake muffins to celebrate a first birthday

Warming Saturday dinner

Brisket of beef, roasted slowly all Saturday afternoon

Served with potatoes and shallots roasted in the meat juices, creamed leeks, carrots and yourkshire pudding

Unseasonal food

Christmas pudding with brandy sauce

Veggie Sunday lunch

Bruschetta with tomatoes, and with mushrooms

Roasting butternut squash with garlic and sage

A butternut squash risotto with deep fried sage leaves

Slow cooked pork

Thick end of pork belly

Slow roasted for a few hours

Served with steamed cabbage, mashed potatoes and freshly made apple sauce

A relaxed cooked breakfast

A rare Saturday morning treat

Lamb curry

A quick midweek lamb rogan josh

with red lentils

And served with rice and flatbread