The word on everyone’s lips at the moment it seems is “Kale”. A member of the cabbage family, the beautiful and delicious leaves of the kale plant provide a rich earthy flavour and more nutritional value for fewer calories than almost any other food around.…
If chocolate, chilli and salt were people they would undoubtedly be best friends. To me chocolate with a small hint of salt or chilli is just perfection. Add orange and mint to that list too and you have me drooling. This recipe came to me…
It’s that time of year again when every shop, stall or market you go to has an abundance of amazing pumpkins. Home windows are ablaze with glowing faces and the magic and excitement for the end of the year really starts to build. The great thing about…
One of the easiest and most wholesome dishes for the approaching winter season is crumble. I have been asked a few times recently how to make the perfect Paleo crumble so from start to finish I thought I would share a very simple apple crumble…
It is my dream that one day we will live in the countryside and I will have a vegetable patch where I can grow an abundance of fruits, herbs and vegetables. Living in the city its not quite so easy. We have a lovely little garden, but…
I love cooking and baking and so long as I have no prior plans I tend to spend most of my evenings in the kitchen preparing, baking or making. However sometimes I get home and all I want is something that takes no time at…
Apparently it’s World Porridge Day today so I thought it would be the perfect time to share this breakfast post. Now, I don’t meet many people who don’t like chocolate- or for that matter wouldn’t choose to eat it at any given time, day or…
The weather has well and truly turned in the last week and although I am loving scouring the web for a new winter coat everywhere I go everyone seems to be coughing and spluttering with terrible colds… Me included. I very rarely get a cold but…
Soups are one of the quickest things to make and one of the fastest ways to get a great big hit of natures goodness. However, being a type one diabetic I have to be so careful with soups especially in restaurants and supermarkets as the majority…
There’s nothing I like more than coming home from work, shutting the front door and knowing that it’s just the three of us for the rest of the evening. As much as I love dinner parties and going out to see friends I definitely love…
I have to admit, I might have a slight obsession at the moment with cashew nuts. In the last few weeks I’ve been eating them in all different forms; butter, porridge, curry, smoothies, energy balls and even milk. Cashew nuts are so versatile, full of taste and…
Looking back to my diet before low-carb I am not surprised that I was 2 stone overweight and struggling to have any control over my diabetes. One of our favourite meals to make after a day at work was a spaghetti bolognese. A packet of…