Gluten has been a pretty hot topic recently. I feel quite sorry for this poor protein which actually does some pretty amazing things to our food. I often come across people who have cut it out of their diet but actually it wasn’t gluten that was the culprit…. and then also people having a reaction […]
Should I go gluten free? Read More »
I’m on a mission to find new ways to get veggies into the boy. He likes veggies and on a good day will eat pretty much anything. However when he is under the weather or teething he pulls a right face and hands it all right back to me. Which is frustrating. I find as
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So what do you do when you’ve been building up all day to a vegetable lasagne and then you realise you are out of wheat free lasagne sheets? 1. Make something else? 2. Make your own lasagne? 3. Use potato instead? Today I was feeling a bit more inventive, plus I had a tonne of
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So it is fair to say we eat a lot of risotto in our house. It’s wheat free so I can eat it, it is easy to cook with small people “helping you” and my family literally devour it. If you don’t finish your portion quick someone else will ask for it “More, More”. The
How to make a GOOD Salmon and Broccoli Risotto. Read More »
This week I was quoted on the BBC News Website in an article about a new way of cooking and eating rice to shave off the calories. The researchers found that adding 1 tsp coconut oil to the rice as it boils and then cooling it for 12 hours reduced the calories by 60%. The
Could cold rice fix obesity? Read More »
A lovely Pilates client turned up with a couple of healthy muffins for me the other day. Now that’s one way to make me go easy on you in class 😉 Laurie, thankyou! Peanut butter is one ingredient I’ve learnt is good in cookies and smoothies… so why “nut” muffins?! (I know funny aren’t I). These
Peanut butter and chocolate healthy muffins! Read More »
We are all being encouraged to eat and drink less sugar, something that I completely agree with. However I’m finding that people are getting increasingly confused with what foods contain sugar and which don’t. The recent WHO and SACN recommendations are that we limit free sugars to 5%. Dried fruit is often seen as less
Is dried fruit really bad for you? Read More »
I love lasagne, it’s a real feel good, comfort food for me. I love the pasta sheets, the combination of the layers of food and sauce and the hot bubbliness of it as it comes out of the oven. My mum used to make everything from scratch when we were growing up. So for me
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Total madness this weekend. I planned to do a vlog with Miss K. Just as we were ready to go J-boy woke from his “not long enough but I’m teething” nap. Not impressed. I’ve learnt that cooking with 2 kids is much harder than cooking with 1. You need 6 hands. But he joined us anyway.
Broccoli and Cottage Cheese Scones (Wheat free/Gluten free) Read More »
There is something about making soup from scratch, specifically chicken soup that makes you feel better. There is research that suggests chicken soup helps with coughs and cold, thinning mucus secretions and possibly even preventing as much muscus being produced. What I really like about it is the process of making it. The act of
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