Light Bites

If you’re after lighter recipes that are still big on flavour, you’re in the right place. This page is where you’ll find light and easy recipes like my Cherry Tomato Tart (so quick, so good, so summery!), or my delicious Prawn and Watermelon Salad. Lunches, small meals and more.

Homemade Tomato Relish Title Card.

Homemade Tomato Relish

Easy Teriyaki Chicken Sushi.

Easy Teriyaki Chicken Sushi

Pork Dim Sum Dumplings Title Card.

Pork Dim Sum Dumplings

Soft potato burger buns title card.

Potato Burger Buns

Roasted Feta Stuffed Mushrooms

Roasted Feta Stuffed Mushrooms

Pumpkin and Ginger Soup

Homemade Spreadable Butter Title Card.

Homemade Spreadable Butter

Easy Overnight Bread Rolls Title Card.

Easy Overnight Bread Rolls

Puff Pastry Mini Quiches

Puff Pastry Mini Quiches

Bavarian Potato Salad

Bavarian Potato Salad ‘Kartoffelsalat’

Homemade Cream Cheese Recipe cover, bowl of cream cheese and cream cheese draining with silicone spatula

How to make Cream Cheese

Ricotta Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

Ricotta Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

Homemade Bavarian Pretzels Title Card.

Bavarian Pretzels (with and without Lye)

Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls

German Potato Dumplings Title Card.

German Potato Dumplings (Kartoffelknödel)

Pork and Shrimp Gyoza on a tray with spicy dipping sauce and fresh herbs. Title Card.

Pork and Shrimp Gyoza

Cherry Tomato and White Bean Salad in a bowl with wooden salad servers and a baguette.

Cherry Tomato and Bean Salad

Pork San Choy Bow Title Card.

Pork San Choy Bow

Chicken and Noodle Soup

Chicken and Noodle Soup

Obaztda is a delicious Bavarian Beer and Cheese Spread, perfect for picnics, the beer garden, or for lining your stomach before you start on that litre of beer - and it is super easy to make at home!

Obatzda (Bavarian Beer and Cheese Dip)

Spinach and Ricotta Quiche

Spinach and Ricotta Quiche

Oysters with Shallot Vinaigrette Mignonette

Fresh Oysters with Shallot Vinaigrette (Mignonette)

No Knead Multigrain Bread has to be the world’s easiest loaf. No kneading, no rising time, just mix the ingredients and bake in the oven until done. Full of healthy seeds and grains, this bread is delicious toasted and keeps well for several days.

No Knead Multigrain Bread

Sesame Crusted Tuna Tataki

Turkish Bulgue Salad Kisir

Turkish Bulgur Salad (Kısır)

Eggplant Involtini

Eggplant Involtini

Easy Cherry Tomato Tart

Easy Cherry Tomato Tart

Homemade Sesame Bagels

Homemade Sesame Bagels

Roasted Eggplants stuffed with spiced lentils, tomatoes and herbs.

Roasted Eggplant with Lentils

Easy Creamy Mushroom Soup Title Card.

Easy Creamy Mushroom Soup

A good quiche has to be one of my desert island foods, and to my mind, there is no better filling than luxurious smoked salmon. Paired with tangy creme fraiche, spring onions and fresh herbs, this is a seriously flavoursome quiche. Perfect for lunch or a light dinner, quiche can be made well in advance and eaten room temperature or gently warmed.

Smoked Salmon Quiche

Perfect for finger food or parties, Quick Thai Fish Cakes are packed with flavour and super quick to make. Served with a spicy, crunchy dipping sauce, these delicious morsels always disappear in a flash!

Quick Thai Fish Cakes

Perfect Chicken Liver Pâté

Perfect Chicken Liver Pâté

Chicken lentil soup title card.

Chicken Lentil Soup

Tiropita Greek Cheese Pies.

Tiropita (Greek Cheese Pies)

Coronation Quiche Title Card

King Charles’ Coronation Quiche

If you’ve run out of yeast you can still make a delicious loaf of bread with common household ingredients. Easy No Yeast Bread uses baking powder to create a beautifully risen loaf of bread in just over an hour.

Easy No Yeast Bread

Greek Village Salad – Horiatiki

With layers of juicy poached chicken, fresh herbs, salty bacon and sweet apricots, my recipe for Chicken and Apricot Terrine is perfect for the summer months. Slice thickly and serve with crusty bread and a good chutney. Yum!

Chicken and Apricot Terrine

Wurstsalat or Sausage salad title card.

Wurstsalat (German Sausage Salad)

Turkish poached eggs recipe title card.

Turkish Poached Eggs (Çılbır)

Mussel au gratin or as the Italians call them Cozze al Forno are a fantastic starter or light meal for two. So quick and easy to prepare they are packed with Mediterranean flavour.

Garlic Butter Mussels au Gratin

With beautifully bright colours Cranberry Orange Cured Salmon is a wonderful dish to serve as a starter at your festive table. It’s so simple to make and home and delicious with a creamy horseradish sauce.

Cranberry Orange Cured Salmon

Turkish Bread Ramazan Pidesi Title Card.

Turkish Bread (Ramazan Pidesi)

Vietnamese Prawn Spring Rolls

Vietnamese Prawn Spring Rolls

No Knead Sesame Bread

No Knead Sesame Bread

Pumpkin and Feta Galette.

Pumpkin and Feta Galette

Sweet Potato and Chickpea Soup

Sweet Potato and Chickpea Soup

So much better than beans from a tin, Homemade British Style Baked Beans are rich and tomatoey - perfect for a weekend brunch. Make up a big batch when you have time and you can have your breakfast or brunch ready in a flash.

British Style Baked Beans

Minestrone Primavera or ‘Italian Spring Soup’

Thai Tom Yum Goong

Thai Tom Yum Goong

Shrimp, Watermelon and Feta Salad

Tomato and Rosemary Focaccia

Tomato and Rosemary Focaccia

Spicy Herby Calamari Rings

Spicy Herby Calamari Rings

Asparagus and Goat Cheese Tarts Title Card.

Asparagus and Goat Cheese Tarts (with puff pastry)

Garlic and Herb Roast Salmon with asparagus and potatoes

Garlic and Herb Roast Salmon

Beetroot Cured Salmon Gravadlax

Beetroot Cured Salmon Gravadlax

Spiced Hokkaido Pumpkin Soup

Spiced Hokkaido Pumpkin Soup

Spicy, fragrant and bursting with flavour, Asian inspired Pork Meatball Soup with noodles will chase away the winter blues. Ready in under 30 minutes, it is ideal for a weeknight dinner.

Pork Meatball Soup

Italian Caprese Pasta Salad

Italian Caprese Pasta Salad

Panzanella Tuscan Bread Salad

Panzanella – Tuscan Bread Salad

Tomato Burrata Caprese Salad

Tomato Burrata Caprese Salad

Easy Sweet Corn Fritters

Easy Sweetcorn Fritters

Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Asparagus and Bacon Quiche

Asparagus and Bacon Quiche

Roasted Butternut Squash Risotto

Roast Tomato and Feta Prawns

Chard and Feta Tart

Chard and Feta Tart

Wild Garlic Pesto (with Ramps!)

Italian Roasted Peppes stuffed with tomatoes and goat's cheese served with rice

Italian Roasted Peppers

Whipped Feta and Honey

Whipped Feta and Honey

Quick and Easy Hummus

Quick and Easy Hummus

Homemade English Mufins

Homemade English Muffins

Shakshouka Spicy Tomato Eggs

Shakshouka Spicy Tomato Eggs

Fresh Radish Green Pesto