Although Christmas is 9 months off (and 3 months gone), the winter months are slowly turning into Spring and this is starting to reflect on the food I am buying, cooking and eating for my family and I. The thick soups and stews are slowly being replaced with the occasional salad and lighter meals of fish and steamed vegetables.

The main reasons behind the changing menu will be down to the seasonal changes in foods being available or not (lettuce won’t grow in winter, and doesn’t keep long enough to store, but potatoes are available, etc), and the temperatures making us want warmer, more filling meals.

I love stews, and would happily eat them all year, but when it gets to the nice sunny weather, we simply don’t need that amount of intake.