Cooking, Travel & Eating Out on a Grain-Free, Gluten-Free & Refined Sugar-Free Diet
Having guests over tonight – and with a whole day to cook (what with it being Saturday and not having to go to work) I decided to cook something that takes a bit more time, but which also could be left alone in the oven …
This weekend we had escaped out of London to a beautiful country house about an hour’s drive away. We were staying with another 4 couples (all friends of Dan’s from University) and a couple of kiddies and had planned to chill out and spend a …
This weekend was my Mummy’s Birthday and I wanted to make something special for her! She, like me, follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. This means no grains, gluten or refined sugar amongst other things, so a traditional cake was definitely out of the question. Last …
Figs have two main growing seasons so I’ve just found out! The first is now, before the summer and the second is in the autumn. This means that at the moment there is an abundance of figs in the stores. I found some mini figs …
When 3pm hits and you want something sweet, instead of reaching for the chocolate or processed cookies go for something much healthier! Cut yourself a slice of this delicious Grain Free Banana Bread. Free from any nasties and full of good-for-you ingredients you can have …
I love a good lemon cake, something about the tanginess combined with sweetness, and Lemon & Poppy Seed is one of my favourite combinations. The poppy seeds add a kind of savoury nuttiness which just works so well with the lemon. These Lemon & Poppy …
I don’t tend cook a lot of Asian Recipes – I prefer Mediterranean foods, and the balance of flavours and spices in Asian cooking tends to be a little out of my comfort zone – (I’m working on it). My Asian Sticky Chicken Thighs were …
Not only are these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies insanely delicious – they’re actually healthy too! Thought you’d never hear such a thing? Well these cookies are free from gluten, grains and refined-sugar and contain only wholesome natural ingredients, so there’s no excuse not to treat …
Let’s face it, carrots can be pretty boring. A staple vegetable on the side of most meals, very little attention is often paid to them. Usually steamed or boiled, they’re pretty ordinary, but this is a recipe to make them just that bit more special. …
Inspired by my Roasted Figs with Goats Cheese Appetiser that I made the other week, I decided to turn it into a main course and make the figs the star of a salad for my dinner that night. I decided to change it up and …
Ok, so this is hardly a recipe (throw some fruit in a bowl, scatter over some mint, sprinkle over a secret dressing and it’s done) but it looked so spectacular and went down so well when I served it at a recent BBQ that I …
After the success of my no-sugar Coconut Ice, I decided to have another go at making a different sweet that I used to love as a child – Peanut Brittle. I knew it would be impossible to get the crunch of a peanut brittle without adding sugar …