Chilli bean lunch pot (DEGF)… Dairy. Egg. Gluten. Free. With the weather in the UK getting colder by the day I decided that some warming food was needed! This can be prepared in advance and quickly heated up for a filling and nutritious lunch. Alternatively cook it for dinner and serve with a jacket potato and a salad (note to…
Tuesday Treat: DEGF Ice cream It’s freezing cold! There is a shimmering frost all over my grass, my fence, my shed. The bird bath is frozen solid and where their food should be is just a glistening tray. So it’s cold! BUT… that doesn’t stop me wanting to eat ice cream! Well… not strictly ice cream per se but a…
DEGF Warming Winter Lentil Soup This recipe is one that is frequently made in our house and yesterday when I went in the kitchen I could smell the luscious lentils which my husband had decided to cook for lunch :-). This is a very easy recipe and the resulting dish is a nutritious meal packed full of protein, dietary fibre, iron,…
DEGF Chocolate Mud Cake (version 1) Hello! So… now that I’ve eaten all of the DEGF chocolate mud cake (I did have some help)! here is the recipe 🙂 Did you guess that D.E.G.F. meant Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Free? What a great acronym (say: dee, eee, geee, efff) which I will now start using on all recipes that meet the…
It’s the weekend! 🙂 That must mean cake surely!? 🙂 So… D.E.G.F. is my new acronym (DEGF)! Say the letters by name “Dee. Eee. Gee. Efff.” Any ideas what it might be for? I’ve been having a think and checking out the authenticity of the acronym and it appears this one isn’t taken! @ 17/01/15. I’m hoping to use it a…
Chick Pea Curry in a Hurry This is one of my favourite meals at the minute. I love chick peas. I eat lots of chick peas! They are tasty, easy to prepare and can be used in all sorts of dishes. Chick peas also of course contain lots of protein… in fact chick peas are almost a fifth protein! A massive…
Oaty Choco Drizzle Yummies Yesterday I decided to experiment and attempt to make some gluten and dairy free ‘nutritious’ and ‘healthy’ biscuits. When I went to bed I decided I need to make some more today! After tweaking the recipe to get a crumbly tasty cookie, then improving it by topping it with chocolate I couldn’t stop eating them… but…
Spicy Bulgur salad Here is a very quick and easy healthy and filling lunch to prepare! Packed with brown bulgur wheat, avocado, lime and chilli. It is low in saturated fat, full of protein and fibre, contains calcium, iron, potassium, manganese and a load of vitamins such as A, B, C, E, K. This recipe is best if you have some left over bulgur in…
Sizzling Marinated Tofu Here it is… the sizzling tofu recipe complete with photos taken with a real camera (sorry smartphone)! I had the tofu waiting for something exciting to happen and this is most definitely it! A gorgeous marinade inspired by sweet chilli sauce but with more of a kick :-). Marinate for as long as you can resist eating it…
