The Food Gatherer's Note: A beautiful purple pasta dish from The Nordic Bakery that’s simple to prepare. 

The Food Gatherer's Note: This is ever so simple and great served up with a pork loin chop or roast.

The baked potato is perfect fodder for a bonfire night or halloween gathering. When the skin is thick, crispy and a little bit chewy and the centre, soft and fluffy this can be one of the greatest culinary pleasures!  Here's some do's and dont's...

The Food Gatherer's Note: Take advantage of the tail end of the courgette season with these highly addictive fried courgettes sticks, simple to make and slightly more virtuous than chips! 

The Food Gatherer's Note: If you have a parmesan rind add to the veg when cooking for added flavour and a little creaminess and to make the soup into even more of a meal, add fregola pasta .

What could be better on a cold autumnal day than a steaming hot bowl of fragrant, sweet and aromatic soup.  As it cooks you will start to smell the heady scent of the turmeric and cardamon which is wonderful. I discovered this recipe from Anna Jones a fabulous vegetarian cook and love the combination of spices and squash.