I don’t know about you, but I seem to have spent an unhealthy amount of time this last week looking at my BBC Weather app, it never lets me down but sadly there seems to be a distinct lack of Suns.

I was looking through some pictures I’d taken of food and landed on these.

How burning inexpensive ground used of fresh coffee keeps the flies away.

Picked a slab of Cornish Blue up at a food fair the other day and now piled into it, verdict delicious and for my taste so much smother and less bitter than Stilton.

I’m no wine snob (I come from Stoke on Trent) so relish finding beauties. If you like a smooth, well balanced, fruity red try this one from M&S.

Cherries have been a favourite of mine since I first day as a child with a bowl of the little red things spitting out stones.

I have wished on so many occasions that I didn’t like sugar but I do I can’t even drink a up of tea with out the lovely sweet white stuff.

Not many of us though are brave enough to enter a chutney making competition having never made any before but Will Tyler did at his local pub and the celebrated Spiced Apple Chutney has made its way to me! It’s delicious definitely a winner in our house.

This is the easiest and most heart-warming recipe I have sampled in a long time.

After sourcing the benefits of Soya to help Grant manage his IBS I also realised that as a woman of a certain age I should be upping my own intake.

Sometimes you need a pot of food in the fridge that you don’t have to think about…

I didn’t want to throw this loaf out which had passed its fluffy sandwich date so cut it thinly, smothered it in olive oil with chopped rosemary and sea salt scattered over the top.

It’s difficult to beat this tasty starter and you can do it with sausages or vegetarian sausages. Cook up a tray of cocktail sausages

I begged for this recipe from my friend and professional cook Paul Da Costa Greaves. Carrot Cake is one of my favourites but so many I bite into are lacking in taste or moisture

My Garlic press broke so bought another one from my local cook shop in Cobham, Surrey and it’s simply amazing

Revisiting Cornflakes, haven’t eaten them for ages, forgotten how delicious they are… only problem I have is have to put sugar on them.