Brooks-Carter Photography

11/05/2026

🧄 G A R L I C

When you just can’t help photographing some garlic!! 🤣

Spotted these magnificent purple garlic bulbs on the way to work after my morning mocha. Too beautiful not to photograph. Garlic really is one of the kitchen’s greatest essentials - simple, bold and endlessly useful.

07/05/2026

T H U R S D A Y S | M o o d

Goats Cheese, Spinach & Asparagus Bites ✨
Back to work tomorrow after three lovely days off, so before reality kicks back in I made a little batch of these goats cheese, spinach & asparagus bites.

Crispy, creamy, fresh - proof that the simple things really are the best things.

R 🌸x

07/02/2026

26/01/2026

Morning Coffee & Lunchtime Bites

•Zucchini strips
• Two Eggs
• Grated Cheese
• Coconut Oil
• Chilli Flakes
• Goats Cheese (left over in my fridge)

When you’re craving a quick, easy stay at home lunch and peek into your fridge. Sometimes the best lunch meals are the ones you throw together on a whim. Today’s creation was one zucchini, coconut oil, two eggs,a sprinkle of grated cheese, some goat’s cheese which i had left over, a pinch of chilli flakes for heat, and simple seasoning with salt and pepper. Simple ingredients, minimal effort, maximum comfort-proof that delicious doesn’t have to be complicated.
And just like that I was back at my desk, diving into all my creative projects or, let’s be honest mostly tidying up LOTS of files. Between sifting through ideas, organizing folders, and making sense of the chaos, it felt like a productive kind of therapy: messy on the outside, but somehow clearing my head on the inside 🙌🤪😁

22/01/2026

M Y | S U B S T A C K | info

I joined Substack a year and a half ago, and I’m only now getting over my fear of using it -still lots to add and update but I’m getting there.

This space has always felt like home to me: the writing, storytelling, the vibe, the community -it just clicks.

A calm corner to pause, read, and linger.
This will be my new place for all things creative:
my projects, new and old ideas and visions, doing what I love, what truly makes my heart sing.
A space for nourishing seasonal recipes, wellness, cosy home living, my own style, stillness, lifestyle, my journey, and more — a mix of everything I love.

Planting seeds🌱✨💕

21/01/2026

W E D N E S D A Y | Mini Bread Rolls..

This morning started with a Coffee on my own followed by a meeting about a few personal projects I’ve been quietly working on ✨
Then home… and some baking happened, look at these cute little Mini Bread Rolls - these I’m definitely making again soon 🙌

Ingredients
125g self-raising flour
175g Greek yoghurt
Almond milk (or whichever milk you like) for glazing
Method
Mix the flour and yoghurt together until a soft dough forms 🤍

Bring together into a ball, brush with almond milk (or your milk of choice), then bake at 180°C for 20–25 minutes until golden and fluffy ✨

Best enjoyed warm with plenty of melted butter 😁🙌
Save this one me lovelies, you’ll be making them on repeat 🤍

11/12/2025

T h u r s d a y | M o o d

I thought today would be a fruit-loaf kind of Thursday, but with a poorly teen at home I changed course and made warm little cheese parcels instead, pear & walnut chutney, sea salt, and cracked pepper flakes over the top.

Delicious Northern Blue Cheese made locally by the lovely Shepherds Purse Cheeses
The most gorgeous creamy blue cheese EVER👌😋

29/11/2025

R U S T I C
M U S H R O O M | Risotto & Cheese Parcels

with Harrogate Blue Shepherds Purse Cheeses
Cooked on a wet busy day of school trouser shopping and small treasured chats with my youngest. The creamy mushrooms and melting crumbled Yorkshire blue felt like a quiet pause in the rush and tomorrow, I’ll share the same cosy moments with my eldest.

Alongside some left over apples, some yummy chutney and Harrogate Blue homemade cheese parcels for a little lunchtime treat.
And tonight my settled evening of cosiness by the fire 🔥

22/11/2025

S W E E T | P O T A T O Savoury Treats…🧡

A little last minute creation this afternoon. Its not the best light for photos but who cares when it tastes this good.

My cosy Saturday night savoury bites, starring the incredibly creamy blue veined ‘Mrs Bells Blue’ from the lovely family run Shepherds Purse Cheeses

OMG… WOW, Unreal 🤤✨🧡

Ingredients -
- One sweet potato, sliced
-Mixed black pepper
-Sea salt flakes Cornish Sea Salt
-Drizzle of oil
-‘Mrs Bells Blue’ Blue cheese - Crushed walnuts
- Drizzle of honey
- Rosemary

Sweet, salty creamy…. A must try! x

19/11/2025

W e d n e s d a y | V i b e s

Today was a day woven with simple joys - morning meditation and a gentle walk,
hot chocolate laughter with my daughter and a light breakfast at one of our favourite places in our little village or town - i prefer to say village 🙌🤣 Apex Cycleworks cafe
And a mid morning coffee and connection with a dear friend in St Annes 👌

After my 12:30 appointment i slipped into an afternoon of creativity - my own little projects, dreaming, researching, writing,
vision board sparks flying everywhere…

And as the evening settled…
the first fire of the year lit up my whole spirit. 🔥✨