Meg's Scottish Kitchen

Proper food for busy days, easy autumn entertaining and a little help from the freezer There is something about this time of year that makes us crave a proper supper again. The evenings begin to draw in, there is a little more bite in the air and suddenly a bowl of salad eaten on the hoof no longer feels quite enough. I have been working on some new dishes for our Heat & Eat range to reflect the changing season. We will soon be saying goodbye to our Eton Mess as the last of t

Earl Autumn Sunrise over the Loch Seasonal comfort, easy lunches and something lovely for the cake tin As the air chills with the approach of autumn, the rhythm of my kitchen begins to shift with it. I make fewer salads and find myself reaching for more comforting, carbohydrate-heavy food. Let’s not pretend I don’t enjoy my carbs throughout the year, but we definitely eat less bread during the summer. Lunch is more likely to be a chopped salad with beans or lentils, eaten out

What a year On 19 August, Simon and I celebrated our first full year of living here in Dalavich. I had imagined marking the occasion in some significant way. Perhaps we would open a bottle, cook something special or sit outside looking across the loch and reflect on everything that had happened. Instead, the day passed almost without comment. We had family staying, the diary was full of orders and my to-do list seemed to grow longer every time I looked at it. It was only when