may

PSB with toasted almond and roast garlic sauce

Asparagus, bacon, butter beans, cornish new potatoes

Ate out

Lunch: spag with artichokes and aspargus puree

Dinner: Ate out

Lunch: couscous, feta, tomatoes (T) spag (C)

Dinner: gyozu prawn dumplings with sauce (Noodle company)

Mackerel in soy, ginger marinade, spring onions, radish, carrot with soba noodles, sesame sauce

Lunch: Spag (C)

Not sure if I got round to having lunch properly.

Dinner: Confit chicken thighs, butter beans with onion, bacon, carrot, bread, salad

Set yoghurt with Christmas fruits

Except it didn't set because I didn't use enough gelatine. One leaf is not enough for 2 5floz yoghurts.

John

Asparagus in butter, crab wrapped in Serrano ham

I made stock with the crab shell, added 2 cubes of reduced poultry stock and added this to the crab meat. I had hoped it would set slightly, but it didn't, so I added a little couscous to make it a firmer mix. Then wrapped it in the ham.

Saddle of hare in cream, polenta cakes, salad with roast garlic dressing

I made the polenta too wet so it ended up more like normal polenta, ie frying it didn't work. Added parmesan to it.

Citrus cheesecake, orange segments and Cointreau

Camembert, Keen's Cheddar

NCG Gazpacho

Salad of peppers, sweet potatoes, rocket, ciabatta

WR filo parcels of salmon and dill, courgettes, fried potatoes

Mango slices fried, rum

Ate out

Lunch: spag with cream, bacon onion

Dinner: radishes and cauliflower in spiced yoghurt

Ceviche of trout, quinoa with tomatoes, peppers, spring onion

Colin is away so it's time for raw fish! Summer has arrived.

Lunch: Asparagus in butter, new potates in garlic mayo

Dinner: Salad of new potatoes, trout

Rhubarb jelly and white chocolate and cardamom pannacotta

Ate out

Asparagus, garlic mayo

Trout in escabeche, courgettes and peppers, puy lentils, bread

I did the trout sunday. Raspberry vinegar, ginger, garlic, black pepper, bay

Onion Bhaji, Salad with garlic and lime pickle mayo

Cauliflower in tamarind and sesame curry, cashews, poppy seed and yoghurt chapattis

Pasta with asparagus and parmesan

Peppers, tomatoes, courgettes, puy lentils, chevre

Cauli bhaji, lime pickle and mayo

lentils, carrots, harissa

Cauli, lemon, olives, pine kernels, anchovies, couscous

Lunch Ate out

Dinner: Cauli with yoghurt, coriander, lemon, mint, sumac, cumin, fennel

Carrots, walnut and garlic paste, lentils, pitta

I'm not sure if I like carrots this way - they are too sweet

tamarind yoghurt dessert with sesame, ginger, raisins

Doesn't work

Lunch: radishes, lettuce with lime pickle and mayo

Caerphilly on rye bread, toasted

Dinner: Salmon in Thai marinade, noodles, cashews, pak choi, spring onions, tamarind, coconut

Carrot, semolina, almond "halva"

Radishes, carrots, cauli in yoghurt with anchovies, harissa, mayo

Fried salmon, grilled green peppers, paella rice with chorizo, chilli, tomatoes

Cauli in youhurt, carrots

Onion bhaji and rice

you can tell I'm running out of steam

Cauli bhaji and pickle

Rump steak, seared and cut into strips, pak choi, rice noodles

Asparagus, butter, parmesan

Oxford sausages, lettuce, mustard vinaigrette, cornish new potatoes

lambs kidneys, spinach and chorizo, curly pasta

melon in chilli-vodka syrup

last of the cheese

Lunch: Ate out

We are now on holiday in Italy

Dinner: Artichokes, salami, crostini with tapenade

Steak, peppers and tomato, pasta

Lunch: Spag with lemon and black pepper

Dinner: Ravioli of spinach and ricotta

Radicchio, gorgonzola, pine kernels

Pasta with gorgonzola

Aubergine in garlic, oil, balsamic; chickpeas and lemon, capers, croutons

Dinner: Ravioli of spinach and ricotta with butter

Trout; fennel with tapenade and tomatoes, capers

Dinner: rocket and pecorino

spag, peppers and tomatoes

lentils, tomaotes, sausage

Ate out

Dinner: Artichokes, olives, cheese, salami, dandelion leaves

Spag with tomatoes and garlic

lentils, salami, salad of tomatoes with wild marjoram and mint

Basil gnocchi, olive oil and tomato puree

salad of cos lettuce, lemon zest, green beans, smoked cheese