Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2009
I have childhood memories of my mother making a dried fruit compote, which I used to take great childish delight in calling Fruit Compost. Despite my childhood name for it, it is not at all compost like and is delicious for a pudding served with cream or Greek yoghurt or for breakfast with my “perfect” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2009
This simple healthy dip is packed with flavour and is lighter on the calories as I used water rather than oil to thin it; roasting the carrots and onion concentrates the flavour and makes a sweet tasting delicious dip which will count towards your 5 a day, the addition of sesame oil adds a nutty [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 27th, 2008
One of my food resolutions for 2009 will be to eat more raw food, I have been reading around raw foods and the reported health benefits seem almost too good to be true; whilst I am not intending to eat solely raw incorporating more raw foods into my diet surely cannot be a bad [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
Winter is upon us; it seemed as it rained all day yesterday and I am ashamed to admit that I did not actually leave the flat as it was so grey and damp. Instant comfort food was necessary to combat the bad weather blues. I had recently been reading about making microwave cakes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2008
I bought a bag of salad spinach in Sainsbury’s the other day and when I got home it had already started to turn slightly with some of the leaves going slimy. This annoys me as it was well within date and food is not cheap and the supermarkets make massive profits. I salvaged the good [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2008
*but posted on a Wednesday
I have two bloggers to thank for inspiring this post – firstly Lizzie who is both a fellow Londoner and tofu addict and whose blog has a regular “Tofu Tuesday” spot and secondly Kathryn who is writing an excellent series on 31 Days to a Better Diet with a new and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 11th, 2008
Having made the connection between permanently having a large amount of mucus at the back of my throat and eating dairy I have been looking for new ideas to avoid diary in my foods. Although I drank huge quantities of milk as a child (only starting to drink both tea and coffee in my late [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2008
My love affair with tofu continues. Here I baked; rather then fried, my tofu to concentrate the flavour, baking the tofu also makes it chewier and firmer, the sesame coating adds crunch and more texture.
A lemon, soy sauce and sesame marinade make this tofu perfect with a summer salad. Leftovers are also great cold in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 4th, 2008
More holiday muffins, this time I used muesli as a ingredient to make these perfect for breakfast; use a good quality muesli for these muffins with lots of nuts, seeds and fruits and no added fats or sugars. I used Quantock Muesli that we have bought in Somerset en route to Cornwall.
Muesli Muffins (makes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 1st, 2008
We have just been on holiday, staying in a lovely cottage in Cornwall, miles from anywhere with a sea view! Being miles from anywhere we tended to eat in of an evening to so we could drink and not have to drive
Even though our cottage had a very well equipped kitchen I am not [...]