Melanie Johnson

How to make three-cheese sourdough bread and a perfect winter-warmer soup to go with it

We'll leave it up to you to decide whether the soup or the sourdough is the star of the show in this pair of recipes...

How to make a sumptuous scallops dish that uses turnip as its secret weapon

Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for seared scallops with creamy turnip purée and salsa verde.

How to make cinnamon rolls with a pumpkin twist for Halloween

Halloween might be the last day on which you need another excuse to rustle up sweet treats for the family... but Melanie Johnson's recipe is irresistible.

How to make a gorgeous hazelnut chocolate cake that you won't even realise is gluten-free

A cake that is every Nutella-lover's fantasy come true. The lady to thank is Melanie Johnson.

How to make an easy apple-and-cinnamon tray bake

A foolproof recipe to make an easy apple and almond cake

Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for an apple cake that's as easy as it is scrumptious.

How to make pear, rosemary and sea-salt focaccia

Melanie Johnson's recipe makes the most of the season's fresh, juicy pears alongside a delicious bread recipe.

How to make a fig and goat’s-cheese galette — and a fig creme brûlée for pudding

With figs in season, Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful galette recipe that really lets them be the star.

How to make plum upside-down cake with cardamom, vanilla and pistachios

Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful late summer recipe which makes the most of the plum harvest.

How to make honey chicken and sweetcorn flatbreads

Fresh sweetcorn is an annual treat that is at its best; Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of it.

How to make an apricot pavlova that makes amazing use of 'the golden jewels of summer'

Pavlova is always good. Now it's even better.

How to make harissa lamb cutlets with garlic and almond runner beans

Homegrown runner beans turn this lovely lamb cutlet dish into something memorable.

How to make the ultimate Bloody Mary prawn cocktail

Country Life's kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a sensational recipe which makes the most of the cherry tomatoes now in season.

How to make redcurrant crumble bars

Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of redcurrants, a sharp but tasty seasonal fruit.

How to make strawberry and lemon cake, topped with chamomile whipped cream

Melanie Johnson is here with what is ostensibly a cake, but is in fact a truck to drive straight through your early-summer diet plans.

How to make gnocchi with peas, spinach, asparagus and mozzarella

If ever a vegetable's diminutive size belied the flavour it delivers, it's the pea. Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of the fresh crop.

How to make a 'carrot cake' swiss roll

Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for an unusual — but delicious — take on carrot cake.

How to make tarragon chicken with garlic-roasted new potatoes

Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful creamy tarragon chicken recipe.

How to make crusted salmon with watercress and wasabi

Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful way to cook salmon that makes the most of the new season's watercress.

How to make radish and radicchio risotto

Melanie Johnson shares a recipe that brings zing and colour to a classic risotto.