I’ve been making these scones for 15 years and they’re the most reliable recipe I’ve ever used.

Enter the great carrot cake taste- testing competition. I think they’re both fabulous, but with five voters in our household, there was a 3:2 preference for the first recipe, which I modified from a taste.com recipe years ago

This recipe was given to Maya Linnell by her neighbour Heather and has won both of them blue ribbons at the local baking show.

Like one of the characters in her rural romances, Maya Linnell is at a crossroad in her life.

This tasty Minestrone Soup Recipe is an easy yet delightful recipe perfect for family and friend gatherings.

This Baklava Recipe with a Twist is a a simple and delicious, sweet treat to share around with family and friends.

This simple yet delicious tomato & kale spaghetti dish uses a handful of ingredients including fresh cherry tomatoes, kale and garlic.

When picked from the plant and still warm from the sun, tomato is best simple.

Good to look at and to eat, plums are one of late summer’s seasonal delights.

Luscious pears are one of the cooler months’ culinary delights.

With colours reminiscent of a Gauguin Tahitian painting, pawpaw and papaya add an instant taste of the tropics.

If life gives Alex Elliott-Howery lemons, she salts and preserves them, or makes marmalade, or perhaps lemon cordial. One thing is for sure, however, nothing will go to waste.