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 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…
It’s autumn and I felt the need for a spicy chilli con carne minus the beans to reduce the carbs. The whole family loves this recipe as it is rich and can be eaten in many ways. We don’t eat a lot of meat and buy grass-fed meat. As you can see we served it…
It is autumn and I need some Keto comfort. Making the topping with coconut flour made it tender and more like a soft scone (USA: biscuit) texture. The different cheeses in the topping enhance the flavour and worked well with the creamy chicken and vegetable mix. We loved it with steamed broccoli. It reheated very…
This recipe makes a great muffin; it’s moist but holds the blueberries well so there’s no sinking to the bottom! I am trying to lose a bit of weight (lockdown weight!) so I made 18 smaller muffins. They are still a good size. I froze them as soon as they cooled and they defrost really…
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