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Introductions...

Hi, I'm Charlotte! 

Firstly thank you for choosing to read my ramblings and hopefully trying my recipes! 
I cannot take all the credit for the food published of course. I take cookery inspiration from everywhere I visit and every meal I try and obsess over recipes from amazing cooks such as Nigella and Gizzie Erksine. To be honest I think about food from the moment I wake up, to the moment I go to sleep (and I often even dream of meals I have eaten haha!). 

 I am not a professional chef by no means. I'll never win awards or competitions for my food presentation, however, I can safely say my passion is cooking for my family & friends and enjoying the food I make! Hearing that people enjoy my food, or have tried something I've recommended honestly makes my day. 

 By day, I'm a managing director of a software consultancy and a mum to a nearly 4-year-old and wife to my husband Chris. 

 Please feel free to comment on my pictures with any questions you may have and I'll do my best to help! 

 Enjoy! 

 Charlotte xxx

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