Just got back from a great trip to the UK and Ireland, weather was great - must be the global warming !!I stayed with my sister -in- law Pia who is a great cook and I have stolen 2 recipes from her that I knew I could share with you. They are really easy and can be made with store cupboard ingredients (My kind of recipes!)

Almond Fruit Pie

100g finely chopped almonds

100g Butter-melted

100g Sugar

2 Eggs -organic

200g Plums - cut in 1/2 remove stones

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C

Place the plums in the bottom of an oven proof dish. Mix the balance of the ingredients together and pour over the plums.Voila bake in the oven for 30-40 mins.

Oat Cookies

150g Butter

230g Sugar

1 Egg-organic

125g Plain flour

1tsp baking powder

175g raisins/choc chip (Optional)

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C and grease 3 baking trays.

Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg, add the flour and baking powder and mix. You can add raisins or choc chips. Make the mixture into round balls and place onto the baking trays and with a fork press down gently and bake for about 20 mins, until golden brown.

We have the most amazing sweet peas growing in our garden - fab flowers with lots and lots of peas hanging from the branches, Kate Sidley from Your Child was at our house (Look out for me in the Nov issue)when we had just picked a huge bowl of peas and she suggested the following recipe:

Pea Soup

As many peas as you have ….Remove the skins(Pod the peas), and set aside the peas for later.

Make a stock by putting the skins in a pot , cover with water and bring to the boil simmer gently for about 15/20 minutes and remove the skins by straining , using the liquid for the base of your pea soup.Simply add the peas and cook for a further 15 minutes season with salt , and liquidise chill and serve.

For all those mothers that are completely exhausted on Sunday night but still have to feed everyone here is the simplest dish in the world and everyone will tuck in including the old Husband all you need is 3 ingredients and one of them is water !!

Ingredients for 4

8-10 Large Organic Eggs

2 Handfuls of Gruyere cheese

A few splashes of sparkling water

Preheat a grill on high, break all the eggs in a large bowl and whisk, add the water and whisk again. Set aside.In 2 Medium non stick frying pans over a medium flame melt some butter (enough to cover the base of the pan) pour the egg mixture into the pans, dividing the egg mixture up equally.Cook for about 5 minutes until the egg mixture is cooked at the bottom , remove from heat sprinkle the cheese on both of the frittatas and place under the hot grill until the eggs are cooked through.Serve immediately.