I don’t know whether it’s down to the weather this year – very wet spring and weeks of hot and dry conditions during the middle of summer – but my curly kale is doing incredibly well. I love having it instead of cabbage to complement a roast dinner with loads of roast potatoes and parsnips and oodles of gravy It takes no more than 5 minutes to cook on the hob in a few spoonfuls of simmering water. But surely there must be more to this pretty, frilly leafed green vegetable

If, like me, you’ve overindulged a bit over Christmas but are still entertaining friends and family, how about this recipe I found on the internet for something a little lighter but still worthy of gracing your lunch or supper table!!

The recipe is enough to feed 6 people and if, again, like me you don’t eat much meat this is a perfect dish for pescetarians. The dish comes in three separate parts; the cured fresh salmon, a tortilia - “potato pancake”, and a creamy dill sauce.

I’m not sure whether this applies to the rest of the world, but over here in the UK we can’t get enough curry. Whether it be meeting friends in a local Indian restaurant, picking up a takeaway, getting a home delivery or even reverting to ready made sauces and cooking it at home, the majority of us enjoy the colour, variety and spiciness of a curry.