Inspiration for young people at uni and away from home

What’s growing?

Peonies exploding, ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ is my favourite.

What’s growing?

Peonies exploding, ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ is my favourite.

THIS WEEK

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The downpour was much needed by the garden; but no

The downpour was much needed by the garden; but not the wind…however, so many of my peonies were blown over I had to cut & gather then - so I can now enjoy the incredible sight & scent indoors #peonies #peony #peonyseason #peonys #inmygarden

All this sunshine is giving me a bumper crop of st

All this sunshine is giving me a bumper crop of strawberries - not bad for a daily supply! So these two punnets provide me with 1kg to make 5 small jars of delicious strawberry jam. Will write up the recipe in homecooks.co/recipes for the easiest of jam recipes #strawberries #strawberryjam #bumpercrop #lotsofstrawberries

Bought too many strawberries from our farmers mark

Bought too many strawberries from our farmers market so put some to good use in this delicious ‘Japanese’ strawberry & cardamon cheesecake. It’s a delicious combination but leave out the cardamon if you don’t like it - recipe in link in my bio; homecooks.co/recipes #strawberrycheesecake #cheesecake #japanesecheesecake #japanesecheesecakes #strawberrycake

I was in need of some pink on my page so here is a

I was in need of some pink on my page so here is a very pink birthday cake! I felt a bit guilty cutting the stems off the all these pretty roses to decorate the cake, but they have continued to open up feeding off the cream cheese icing! They will make good buttonholes. I can’t believe my babies are 18 today! #birthdaycakes #18thbirthday
#flowercake #rosecake #happybirthday

I’ve missed this view...#cornwall #ilovecornwall

I’ve missed this view...#cornwall #ilovecornwall #beautifulsunset #southwestcoastpath

Friday fish. If you have a good fishmonger this is

Friday fish. If you have a good fishmonger this is the easiest most impressive meal or part of a meal - ‘Tuna Tataki,’ seared tuna on a bed of very finely sliced onion & carrots with a soy, ginger & lemon dressing. Super healthy & super delicious, only costs pretty much the price of the tuna. Go to link in my bio homecooks.co for the recipe #tunatataki #tuna #freshtuna #japanesefood #fridayfish #fishonfriday

Weekend treat - I know it’s a bit early for stra

Weekend treat - I know it’s a bit early for strawberries, but I saw these delicious looking fruit and couldn’t resist. This is so much easier than it looks and is the most moreish cake! #strawberrycake #strawberygateaux #fruitgateaux #fruitgateauxcake Goto link in my bio for the recipe

After the sun came out over the last couple of day

After the sun came out over the last couple of days it felt like we should be changing what we eat....I’m not so sure now but in the meantime this Veggie Salade Niçoise filled a hole. Go to link in my bio, homecooks.co/recipes #saladenicoise #salad #saladeniçoise #saladsofinstagram #springisintheair

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