Free From Pancakes for Pancake Day It’s Pancake Day! 🙂 Or ‘Shrove Tuesday’ as is the traditional name as ‘shrove’ comes from the word ‘shrive’ which means absolution from sin or to confess. This day started as a Pagan festival, then became a Christian festival preceding the 40 days of Lent which will start tomorrow (Ash Wednesday). Traditionally pancakes were…
Free From Pancakes (DEGF) At the weekend my son said “we haven’t had pancakes for ages?” so, taking that as a challenge I set about seeing what I could come up with! I had been making pancakes with regular white flour, egg and coconut milk (for the dairy sub.) but since trying to cut out both refined white products and eggs,…
A healthier way to enjoy the seasonal classics This weekend (18th to 21st April 2025) sees the long-awaited bank holiday Easter weekend. A time for relaxation, indulgence, and of course, a few extra treats. Even if you don’t celebrate Easter, it’s hard to avoid all the hot cross buns! Not to mention chocolate eggs popping up everywhere this time of…
A little bit of love for Valentines or Galentines #vegan #recipes
Change Your Diet to Manage Your Pain Have you ever considered that what’s on your plate might be the mastermind behind your pain? Yes, your daily dinners could be secretly doubling as a ninja, fighting inflammation and pain one bite at a time – or it could be sneakily working against you. Here’s how to turn your meals into partners…
Chinese New Year, Pancake Day, and Valentine’s Day This week presents us with a delightful predicament: three distinct culinary experiences vying for our attention! As we navigate through the celebrations of Chinese New Year, Pancake Day, and Valentine’s Day, each offers its unique flavours, traditions, and festivities. Choosing just one to focus on this week seems almost impossible, so instead,…
Pancakes! At the moment as the weather in the UK is very cold (-5c this morning) then porridge is generally my go to breakfast. I serve it with fruit, yogurt, a sprinkle of mixed spice and cocoa and often a splash of milk. Sometimes though, it is really nice to switch things up a bit and as I still wanted…
Chocolate & Pumpkin Cookies! If there is a way to encourage you to eat your pumpkin, then adding chocolate has to be one of the best ways! Would you agree? This recipe was created after I tried very hard to convince someone that painting or stickering, rather than carving a pumpkin is the new way to go! Chocolate is the…
Sfenj! Whatever goes in in the world, people still manage to carry on and just get on with things! This week a recipe was shared with me for these Moroccan pastries. Whilst a literal translation is likely to bring up ‘donuts’, or indeed ‘sponge’ these are basically rings of unsweetened fried dough. As you may know, I prefer my foods…
Pumpkins! Green pumpkins! White pumpkins! Yellow pumpkins! Stripy pumpkins! Okay, and orange pumpkins! Firstly, if you have a pumpkin field, farm or farm shop near you. Go and have a look! There are so many different varieties of pumpkin, each with their own unique flavour profile. Some pumpkins (aka squash) taste like courgette, some like marrow (there’s other things I…
