It was curry night so I found this recipe online. I changed a few things: adding the onion and garlic together. I then I used a good quality tikka masala spice paste and cooked it off in oil once the onions were softened and then added water to prevent burning. I think this gives a…
It is pretty gloomy here what with ice, snow and lockdown. I feel the need for warming and comforting meals. What I don’t want is to emerge into spring (hopefully) with an additional stone in weight round my middle so I’m focussing on low carb, sugar-free and healthy fats. This recipe meets my needs. I…
On Sunday I went for a walk in the local Mere Sands Wood. It’s a nature preserve that covers 42 hectares of woodland and wetlands with lakes, walking paths and wildlife viewing. I knew we were heading for a national lockdown so needed to walk in nature as an antidote to the barrage of bad…
I wanted to make a sugar-free coffee liqueur. My plan was to have it on Christmas Eve with the Christmas cake I had made previously and frozen. (see recipe section). We ended up having it at the end of our Christmas dinner which we ate in the evening. The vanilla latte martini made from kahlua…
I feel the need this year to celebrate Christmas more. I love fruit cakes but members of my family and myself aim to reduce sugar in our diets; hence the Keto cake recipe. You can find the original recipe here. I had to search out dried cranberries and cherries free of added sugar. I chose…
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