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Quick, Simple, Fresh and Tasty Mushroom Pasta Sauce

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So what do you do when you look in the fridge and see a large punnet of mushrooms that are about to go past their best? You make this! It’s a quick, easy and tasty dish that you can rustle up with ease and with the knowledge it’s healthy too. Plus it’s Wheat free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free and great for getting those veggies into little ones 😉

Recipe (Serves 2 plus toddler):

1 tbsp oil

2 tbsp flour (I used rice flour)

200ml white wine

500g mushrooms

200ml water

Mixed Herbs

Seasoning

  • Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan, remove from the heat and stir in the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Dietitian UK: Mix Rice flour and oil to resemble breadcrumbs
Dietitian UK: Mix Rice flour and oil to resemble breadcrumbs
  • Add half the white wine and stir well to make a sauce free of lumps.
  • Place it back on the heat and gradually add the rest of the wine – do not stop stirring!
  • Add the mushroom and keep on a medium heat, the mushrooms will release water as they cook.
Dietitian UK: Cooking the Mushroom Sauce
Dietitian UK: Cooking the Mushroom Sauce
  • When the mushrooms have cooked down a little add some of the water, the amount you need will depend on your mushrooms.
  • Add mixed herbs (fresh parsley would be amazing) and season well. Leave it to simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Serve with pasta. Nom Nom.
Dietitian UK: Mushroom Pasta Sauce
Dietitian UK: Mushroom Pasta Sauce

 

Now of course you could finish this with cream……but that’s just not my way 😉 Enjoy and let me know your variations by commenting below…

 

Family Meals, Recipes

Easy Peasy Baked Apples

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Evenings. They can be those times when you just fancy a sweet treat. Perhaps it’s been a tough day, perhaps it’s the fact the kids are in bed and you have time to yourself, perhaps you’ve been working out and need a snack. You know the feeling.

This also makes an ideal pudding – great for family mealtimes.

Here’s one of my winter warmers, it’s super quick, filling and satisfying, plus you can make all kinds of variations on a theme. Go get creative and let me know what you come up with. I need inspiration too 😉

Recipe:

    • Cut the core out of the apple – I place it on a chopping board and hack with a knife, but use an apple corer if you have one.
    • Fill the centre with rasins, cinnamon and whatever else you fancy.
    • Microwave for 1 minute.
    • Top with custard and reheat then EAT.

    • Dietitian UK: Baked Apple - stuff it with raisins then microwave
      Dietitian UK: Baked Apple – stuff it with raisins then microwaveDietitian UK: Baked Apple with raisins and custard.Dietitian UK: Baked Apple with raisins and custard.

 

Contains 1-2 portions of fruit, fibre and calcium from the custard.

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Gluten Free, Wheat free Banana and Choc Chip Cake.

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It’s been a hard few days….I fancied cake. Being a wheat intolerance, lover of all thing healthy, dietitian type, going to the shop was not an option. So I embraced the baking love and created this beauty.

 

Dietitian UK: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Banana and Choc Chip Cake
Dietitian UK: Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Banana and Choc Chip Cake

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure if it would work….but it did, the big bonus, it took about 10 minutes to whip up. I really should have more faith in myself!

Recipe:

1 cup Rice flour

1 cup Gluten free blend (I used Doves Farm)

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp xanthum gum

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup rapeseed oil

3 eggs

1 handful of chocolate chips

 

Mix the dry ingredients first, then add the eggs and oil.

Pour into a well greased and lined loaf tin.

Sprinkle the top with chocolate chips.

Bake at Gas Mark 5 for 35 minutes.

 

I used frozen, defrosted bananas. Whenever I have bananas going a bit over-ripe I stick them in the freezer for baking purposes. For example we often make our famous flapjack.

Next time I’m going to stir the chocolate chips through, they were kind of an afterthought….but a pretty tasty one!

Get baking guys 🙂