ripe strawberries , thinly sliced, good handful of blueberries, good pinches fresh cracked black pepper, raspberry vinegar or use balsamic, best olive oil, of french stick bread ( rather than baking them cross I toast them slightly in toaster), soft camenbert like goat's cheese thinly sliced, good pinches of dried basil, handful of peppery rocket salad leaf

each or to taste smoked paprika, dried parsley, basil, tarragon and dill, ripe salad tomato , please remove the seeds and all the juice and the core inside, philladelphia or other cream cheese, soft brie like goats cheese , I use Chavroux, La Buche , or use a mild Brie or Camenbert if you can't get a Brie like goats cheese

jar feta cheese in oil with olives and spices ( 300 grams), garlic powder, ground black pepper, smoked paprika, dried tarragon, chives , I use just 2 leaves, crackers or ryvita cracker bread , cherry tomatoes

soft unsalted butter , Gorgonzola or other ripe blue cheese , room temperature , finely chopped basil or 3/4 teaspoon dried basil , dry white wine or sherry , cayenne or ground black pepper, ground almonds or other nuts , of almond or nut slices (shaving or fine chopped )

large Yams (sweet potato),peeled and cut into chunks, salt and cracked black pepper to taste, soft brie like goats cheese, grams,butter, medium leek,washed and sliced thinly, olive oil

of pasta of choice, I like using tagliatelle. , to 5 tablespoons of olive oil , plus a little extra for drizzling over the pasta, small spring onions very finely chopped, include some of the stem, to three tablespoons of best balsamic vinegar, small courgettes (zucchini ), cloves of garlic, bruised and very thinly sliced, creamy soft, goats cheese , I use a a camenbert type cheese , dried mint , though this is optional, large flat mushrooms , portobello optional, I just like to serve the salad on the mushrooms for extra texture

rustic bread, suitable to cook on griddle , unsalted butter , wild garlic salt , vegetable oil, flavoursome tomatoes, white onion, baby spinach leaves, hardboiled eggs , creamy goats cheese brie, or other creamy brie

very soft butter, runny honey, small pinch of pepper, digestive biscuits, finely crushed, cinnamon, strawberry puree,bought or homemade ( blend strawberi, gelatin.,there are vegetarian and bone based option, ground pistachio nuts, powder like, full fat cheese, castor sugar, creme fraiche, large or 16 small mouse rings

white medium sliced bread, crust removed, sugar or more to taste, mixed berries, cherries (stones removed) fresh or frozen or mixture of both(sometimes I just use one fruit like my favourite, blueberries or I make it for friends with raspberries only), banana peeled and sliced, redcurrant or other red spreading jelly (like jam) optipnal, water (optoonal)

of either fresh cooked or prepacked cooked beetroot . Do not waste the juice , it is needed for the dressing. Do not use the pickled kind., pomegranate, but you can use as many seeds as you like and catch the juice for dressing, sweet, crisp lettuce of choice. Rip the leafs of the stalk and discard stalk, paprika powder, ground ginger, ground cumin, of cayenne pepper, good pinch of cinnamon, lime, juice only, olive oil, extra virgin, runny honey, good pinch dried tarragon (optional)

of thin cut Halloumi (Greek frying/grilling cheese), ready cooked prawns , blackberries , tablespoons runny honey , cognac or brandy, Port , tablespoon cornflour, to 3 tablespoons water

mashed potatoes, best smoked salmon , shredded , or two anchovy filet in olive oil. optional and to taste , black fresh cracked ( ground) pepper, cream cheese drained, cornstarch , paprika, chilli flakes, breadcrumbs, egg beaten , flour, honey mustard also known as Maille