Home Cooked: Recipes from the Farm (Kate Humble)

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I really like the layout of the book and the fact that it’s divided into the seasons, so you can make use of seasonal produce. Trim the tails off the French beans and steam or plunge into boiling water and cook until they are al dente. So for me, it was really good to have what was a hugely intellectual challenge – it stretched me in ways I had no idea about. The Teal is the Ziggy Stardust of the duck world, while the Shoveler feeds as though it’s dropped its contact lenses.

Learn with Kate as she discovers how to tell the difference between a Canada Goose and a Barnacle Goose, which ducks dive and which ducks dabble, and how to tell apart those little brown jobs that warble from the reedbeds. The self-confessed nature lover, who has worked on shows such as Animal Park and Springwatch, will celebrate her debut cookbook with an evening in Canterbury.Love Island All Stars viewers praise Sophie Piper for 'snitching' on scheming Georgia Steel during secret flirty chat with Tom Clare: 'He's gonna tell the villa! With a knife, make small, deep cuts all over the leg of lamb and push a slice of garlic into each one. For the salad, peel the oranges carefully, making sure you remove all the pith, then slice them into discs about 5mm thick.

The recipes are divided into seasons, but there is a useful stand-alone index at the back, so recipes can be easily located. This is, I admit, a bit of a faff, and you don’t have to do it, but they taste so, so much nicer without the skins. This will still be delicious if you only use bought herbs, but inspired by my friend Liz Knight, an enthusiastic forager, I have used a recipe she shared with me which includes wild alternatives. FELICITY CLOAKE is the multi-award-winning author of One More Croissant for the Road and has just published her hotly awaited book Red Sauce, Brown Sauce.If there was a Royal Society for the Protection of Sourdough Starters, I would have been prosecuted two years ago, and in prison. Inspired by Kate’s rural life, and the popularity of Kate’s cooking segments on her TV programmes, this deliciously appealing slice of country life contains wonderful seasonal recipes for any time of year. Add the onion and leek with a good pinch of salt and sweat over a medium heat for about 10 minutes until both are soft and the onion is translucent. Her other books include Humble by Nature , Friend for Life, Thinking on My Feet, A Year of Living Simply and Home Cooked .

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I liked that each recipe come with a snippet of something personal and i liked the aspect of eating things that are in season.Kate Humble’s fresh and frank exploration of a stripped-back approach to life is uplifting, engaging and inspiring – and will help us all find balance and happiness every day.