I don’t know about you but I have been baking lots more during lockdown, but it has given me the chance to be quite choosy and really study recipes. I had boxes of old recipe books so I decided I would go through them all and try out some of my old recipes. But then you end up with a load of books around you and some recipes that need the weights changing. So, I bought this lovely new recipe book to put my new found recipes in (see below) which is a great size. You can write down any…
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Straight after Valentines Day comes Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Day on Tuesday 16th February. The day always falls on the seventh week before Easter. It is also the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of the the period known as Lent. The tradition of eating pancakes stems from the time when people were trying to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk and sugar before the fasting season of Lent. It is traditionally a period where you stop eating certain foods i.e. sugar, fats, flour and eggs. They would empty their cupboards of these products and make lots of…
CategorySpecialty Flour Share What you need: 60ml Alpro Almond Milk 30g/1oz Coconut Flour Good pinch of Bread Soda 2 tablespoons Kelkin Smooth Peanut Butter 2 Eggs Slightly Beaten 1/2 Tablespoon Rowse Honey 1/2 Medium Banana Mashed Coconut Oil for Frying How to: In a bowl mix Peanut Butter, Eggs, Honey, Banana and Almond milk until […] […]Odlums Coconut Flour & Peanut Butter Pancakes — Foodaware — My Meals are on Wheels
Foraging – forage/ˈfÉ’rɪdÊ’/Learn to pronounceverbgerund or present participle: foraging (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions.”the birds forage for aquatic invertebrates, insects, and seeds”obtain (food or provisions) by searching.”a girl foraging grass for oxen”search (a place) so as to obtain food.”units that were foraging a particular area” Foraging has become quite a popular word or late and no more than by the coast and countryside. In fact, you can go on numerous Foraging Courses where with this particular one Bushcraft and Celtic folklore specialist, Jonathon Huet, will take you on a guided walk to forage for wild food and…
Umiteasets have a large selection of tea pots and loose tea to choose from so when this one popped through my door I couldn’t wait to give the tea and the pot a try. Umiteasets say “It is said that long ago a man arid a woman, madly in love with, each other, saw their happiness destroyed by a lord who took the woman as a concubine. Driven half triad by this separation, the woman ran away to rejoin her lover only to find that the lord had had him killed. When she found the body of her lover in…
Join in the fun with delicious tasting Nutella on World Nutella Day today 5th February 2021. #WorldNutellaDay who doesn’t love a bit of Nutella – World Nutella® Day was established on February 5th 2007 by Sara Rosso, an American blogger and a Nutella® lover as you. In her opinion Nutella® deserved a worldwide celebration day, and all the Nutella® lovers agreed! They began celebrating Nutella® by sharing pictures, ideas, inspirations and recipes on social media: that’s how the World Nutella® Day has become a global phenomenon. But the story doesn’t end here: in 2015, Sara transferred World Nutella® Day to Ferrero (the makers of Nutella®) to…
Did you know that bread contributes 17-21% of dietary fibre, and 15-17% of the population’s dietary intake of iron across all age groups ! Who doesn’t love bread, especially home made bread but do you know which ones are the healthiest? According to an article in Woman and Home there are four top wellness loaves, which include Sourdough at 100 calories per slice and made from the naturally occurring yeast and bacteria in flour. Sourdough is naturally leavened bread, which means it doesn’t use commercial yeast to rise. Instead, it uses a ‘starter’ – a fermented flour and water mixture…
In an article in Prima Magazine Pauline Beaumont, counsellor and author of Bread Therapy: The Mindful Art of Bread Making she says, ” By mindfully making a loaf of nutritious bread, you will give yourself the satisfaction of creating something lovely, from scratch, with your own hands, something which has huge benefits for your mental wellbeing. It’s an opportunity to give yourself some time: to slow you down, soothe and ground you, and create a moment of quiet calmness. From kneading dough, to taking a delicious-smelling freshly baked loaf out of a hot oven, bread-making can be a mindful experience…
With Valentine’s Day around the corner it’s nice to think of something different to give to the one you love. Well, how about some unique Valentine gifts from Whittard’s – Limited Edition Chocolate Cherry Brownie Flavour Hot Chocolate – Imagine warm, melt-in-the-middle brownies fresh out of the oven, magicked into a heavenly hot chocolate. This is it. With flavours of ultra-chocolatey brownie and fruity cherry layered on a classic Luxury base, our deliciously decadent Chocolate Cherry Brownie is love at first sip. Tuck in…@£9 The Recipe for Romance Gift Box – A special edition Valentine’s medium roast coffee, Let Love…
Clipper Teas had the world’s first plant based biodegradable, non-GM and unbleached teabag. They are completely free of polypropylene – the oil-based plastic that is so damaging to the environment. The material they use is entirely natural, industrially compostable and much more environmentally friendly. Their team in the Dorset factory worked tirelessly to create a new tea bag paper that’s free from conventional plastic but is also unbleached and sticks to their organic principles.  The really tricky thing to solve is the issue of the glue that holds the paper together: the PLA. They needed to find a reliable way of…
On Baking Tips Monday this week I am writing about how to remove your cake without any problems. To easily remove your cake from a loose-bottomed tin, place on a tin can or jar and press the side of the tin downwards. To remove a cake from a solid tin, run a knife around the outside of the cake then place a plate over the tin and invert it. If your cake is particularly rounded or uneven, then level it off with a sharp knife before decorating. To prevent your cake from sticking to a plate or board, dust the…
Agile Home has a selection of eco-conscious products for your home and kitchen. From coconut scrubbers, bamboo toothbrushes, eco straws, to bamboo kitchen cloths and more. One to buy is their eco dish scrubbing brush. It comes in a box with3 replacement heads, which means when the bristles do finally wear out, you need only replace the brush head, not the whole thing! Also, every brush ships with two different sisal fibre grades, soft and hard. You’ll have the brush fibre toughness for any scenario. When you go to the website and click on the link it immediately runs a video to show you…
Baking Tips Monday is a new post I am going to write every Monday with lots of tips for baking so make sure you subscribe to an email. Avoid over mixing as it can cause a heavy texture, and this will cause the cake to crack, (see image below). Bake your cake immediately once mixed as the baking process begins to act as soon as it is combined with liquid. When mixing butter cream in a freestanding machine, cover the whole machine with a damp tea towel. This stops clouds of icing sugar dust going over the kitchen.
Samaritans Brew Monday will kick off on 18 January, the third Monday in January, which is usually known as ‘Blue Monday’. They will be turning this day on its head and into something positive by encouraging people to get together over a warming virtual cuppa. Reach out to a friend, family member or colleague for a virtual cuppa and a chat. It doesn’t have to be a Monday or a cup of tea, just taking time to really listen to another person could help them work through what’s on their mind. ​ Because now more than ever, sharing a cuppa…
Are you struggling with ideas for Veganuary? I think most of us are struggling with everything at the moment so here are some tips to help you win with Veganuary. In Dr. Vegan’s article, plant-based nutritionist Riya Lakhani (ANutr), has put together some easy hacks to help you get the most out of plant-based eating. When putting together your shopping list, plan your meals in advance to help you keep your meal choices varied and nutritionally sound. Your grocery list should contain the following: Fresh fruits and vegetables. No rules here but try butternut squash, pomegranates and sweet potatoesCarbohydrate sources including oats, rice, quinoa,…