Real food, simple recipes, and a well-loved Larder

Straightforward recipes, preserves, bakes, and seasonal ideas made with real ingredients, years of experience, and a little inspiration from Scotland and the Mediterranean.

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Get simple recipes, seasonal inspiration, preserves, baking, and homemade favourites straight from my kitchen to yours. Just good food, useful ideas, and a little weekly inspiration.

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My Larder Basics

Some of my homemade larder basics and edible goodies don’t really fit into any main category. Like how to make your own pasta from scratch and make your own yogurt. Want to learn how to make a simple herb salad dressing? Then this is the place to be.

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Hi, I’m Karon Grieve

The cook and writer behind Larder Love. From the Scottish countryside, I share simple recipes made from scratch with real ingredients.

You’ll find easy meals, preserves, comforting bakes, and plenty of Scottish and Mediterranean inspiration. It’s all about good homemade food without the fuss.

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Vintage spoons filled with different homemade jams and preserves arranged on a rustic surface.

Preserving Kit

Here are my everyday preserving essentials, from jars and tools to the bits and pieces I use for homemade jams, chutneys and pickles.

Kitchen tools including a grater, spatula, measuring spoons, timer, wooden utensil, and fresh berries on a striped cloth.

Kitchen Kit

Here’s what I find useful for everyday home cooking and kitchen crafting, including the tools and essentials I reach for most often.

Baking tools and supplies including a whisk, measuring spoons, tart tins, silicone cutters, and small baking decorations.

Baking Kit

Here are the baking essentials I use most, from tins and tools to flours, sugars, nuts, spices and other everyday favourites.

Strawberries, dried fruit, cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, pasta, herbs, and a glass of red wine arranged as cooking ingredients.

Ingredients

Here are my everyday cooking essentials, from pasta and grains to spices, herbs, oils, tinned tomatoes and other pantry favourites.

DSLR camera photographing a styled food scene with a peach, red pepper, and glass of red wine.

Photography

Here’s what I use for my photography on Larder Love, from camera gear to the props and little extras I use when styling food.