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Nuts about apricot bars!

Nuts about apricot bars!

This recipe was inspired by my mother. She had called me the other week to say that she had failed terribly with the raw chocolate brownie recipe as on grinding all the necessary nuts she had realised she had no cacao and no dates! However, never…

Baked eggs in avocado

Baked eggs in avocado

Avocado is quite possibly my all time favourite food. I can eat it as an accompaniment to anything; breakfast, lunch or supper, on its own with some sea salt and pepper or in a smoothie, I can even make a pretty delicious “sin-free” chocolate and cherry mousse…

Baked salmon with ginger, lemon and garlic

Baked salmon with ginger, lemon and garlic

This weekend we headed to The Allergy and Free From Show at Kensington Olympia. It was one of the best and most interesting shows I have ever attended. Not only were there a huge array of companies showing off their latest innovations from 4 ingredient Paleo…

Low carb crisp breads

Low carb crisp breads

My husband adores anything savoury and hearty, cheese and biscuits with lashings of chutney are probably his all time favourite thing. He’s been my biggest supporter since I gave up grains 5 years ago and went low-carb and has himself achieved so many health benefits in…

Coconut Bounty Bites

Coconut Bounty Bites

Growing up I hated coconut I couldn’t stand the taste or texture of it and would politely decline any offering of it! As a treat my mother would take us to the sweet shop occasionally after school where she would indulge in a bounty bar and…

A chocoholics dream: dairy-free chocolate milk

A chocoholics dream: dairy-free chocolate milk

This is for all the chocoholics out there who want a chocolaty pick-me-up that has half the calories and none of the fat, additives or sugar. With added health benefits of high fibre, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, this drink is creamy, filling and gives you…

Homemade almond milk

Homemade almond milk

Since I was a little girl I have always hated milk so giving up dairy for me has not been too hard; I don’t drink coffee, tea or other milky drinks and have never really been a huge fan of yoghurt or milk in cereal. I came across…

Simple homemade granola

Simple homemade granola

I try to be as “green” as possible, so for 2 or three breakfasts a week I will have a thick green smoothie packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and anti-inflamtories; spinach, cucumber, kiwi, spirulina, celery and lime with a large sprinkling of homemade granola. Sounds…

Chocolate paleo porridge

Chocolate paleo porridge

This is possibly one of the most decadent tasting breakfasts I have ever made. I’ve been working on this recipe for a while and I finally think I’ve mastered it, I can’t tell you enough how unbelievably delicious it is and how simple it was to…

Spicy butternut squash soup

Spicy butternut squash soup

It shocks me to see how much added sugar, preservatives and stabilizers are added to well-known supposedly “healthy” soups that we can buy in Supermarkets. Even the “green” ones are riddled with additives portraying a fake healthy façade to con us in to a false sense…

Mrs P’s courgette and walnut bread (gluten and dairy free)

Mrs P’s courgette and walnut bread (gluten and dairy free)

My husband and I love to make our own soups as it’s a fast, cheap, one pot dish and one of the quickest ways to get an immediate boost full of vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants.  Last night I made us a spicy butternut squash soup and as…

Mini muffin omelettes

Mini muffin omelettes

These Paleo mini muffin omelettes of deliciousness came about on Sunday afternoon. We had late dinner plans and wanted a clean, light lunch with lots of side salad to enjoy in the garden. We had lots of veg and leftovers from a gammon joint in the fridge and…