Love coffee cakes, ones that actually contain coffee, and I also love the texture of a gooey brownie this hits both targets. Gooey Espresso Bars 1 cup almond flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup granulated sweetener of your choice 2-4 teaspoons espresso powder according to taste 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1…
Category: Diet and Food
Boulangère “potatoes”
A few weeks ago we went for a meal and as part of the main course we had Boulangère potatoes and I thought I can Keto that and I succeeded on the second attempt. Boulangère “potatoes” • 1 large kohlrabi or turnip or celeriac • vegetable or beef stock • 25g butter Preheat the oven…
CREAMY WINTER WARMER
The weather’s getting colder so I think it’s soup time. One of my favourites has always been Cream of Chicken but this one has a few extra things in but the taste and texture are dreamy, even if I say so myself. I like it lumpy but if you prefer a smooth soup get the…
Breakfast Poser – Granola
My partner made a strange comment yesterday “I’m fed up with eggs and bacon for breakfast” now I have sympathy with eggs but how can anyone be fed up with bacon? So today I had to come up with an alternative… Granola Here’s the recipe I came up with from what was in my store…
A Low Carb adaptation of a Nigella classic
I love chocolate cake, I used to love the original version of this and have finally got around to adapting it. I have been meaning to do some experimenting with Fiber Flour for a while and in this it gives a good texture. If you have no Fiber flour replace with 150g of ground almonds…
Leftovers to Sticky Chicken
It always a discussion in our household of what to do with the leftover Sunday roast, this week it was chicken so we decided to go a little Vietnamese. Sticky Chicken Recipe and Method 2 breasts or 2 full legs cooked chicken 2-3 tbsp Monk fruit syrup 3 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce substitute 1/2 tbsp…
Intermittent Fasting
I have never really looked into this before but an app came up on Facebook and I was curious. Downloaded it and it was a subscription so deleted it immediately found a free one that was a tracker ( it’s called Life Fasting Tracker) and did my first fast 3 days ago. I did it…
Lovely Ribs
Today we thought we’d get a cheeky little BBQ in before it starts to rain again. These are slow cooked wrapped in foil in the oven before being slavered generously with the bbq sauce and then finished off on the bbq for a few mins each side. I was, as usual, covered in the sauce……
Tasty Tuscan Butter Salmon
Made this today and will definitely be making it again… I will use a non-stick pan next time though as it’s going to take a bit of extra effort to clean my skillet. https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a58412/tuscan-butter-salmon-recipe/ The picture is of my one and I think it looks like the one on the recipe. I must also say…