Darina Allen: Clear out those cupboards for Valentine's Day

"Set yourself a challenge, you may be amazed by how many good things you can make without ever making a trip to the shops."

Smoky Chana Dahl.

Wow, it’s February already, and the January blues have lifted at last. 

Was it my imagination or did that just whizz by in a blur of lashing rain, gales, a rainbow of weather warnings and dreary grey skies?