Labneh with Lemon Balm, Wild Garlic & Mint

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Every Wednesday night, at around 8 o’clock, The Mother-in-Law’s House becomes a centre for yoga practice for the friends, lovers and key-holders of milady’s manor. The Husband and I retreat downstairs after wrestling cuddling the children to sleep, and then empty the living room of all signs of daytime life. The Mother-in-Law hoovers, I make […]

Spring Rolls

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It has been a testing time at The Mother-in-Law’s House.  My funny, bright and beautiful daughter had her fourth birthday; a time that inspires a mother with bountiful joy and endless happy, watery memories of her child’s wonderful beginnings on this earth.  And yet whilst I was icing her NOT-PINK cake, and wrapping her NOT-PINK […]

Heirloom Tomato, Onion and Herb Salad

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When I recently returned from Mallorca – with the irrepressible desire to recreate Catalan bread and the unforgettable image of ‘Banana Hammock’ etched on my noggin – I desperately needed to find a ripe bull’s heart or beef tomato.  My expedition was close to being fruitless (ha!) until I had the smart idea to gatecrash […]

Stuffed Courgette Flowers

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There’s a hole in the wall.  A great, big, smacking hole.  The Mother-in-Law – in what some of us in the house may have described as a slightly bonkers move – decided to put a wood-burning stove in one of the bedrooms, at the height of summer. An irregular shaped room, the ‘Orange Room’ is […]