Tomato ketchup
Anyone out there a ketchup-fiend? It's really easy to make this good-for-you version. I can guarantee it's as delicious as the normal sugar-laden version as I've just tasted it. The recipe comes...
Rice & Millet Soda Bread
This is lovely bread with a soft golden brown crust. It rises as well as any wheaten soda bread and looks and tastes pretty similar. As I'm coeliac, when friends and relatives come to visit, I...
Goulash with haricots
It's been a real weather roller-coaster lately, with lovely sunshine one minute, hailstones, cold and sleet the next. I really felt the need of a nice, warming goulash the other day and trotted out...
How to cook quinoa
Quinoa is technically not a grain but a seed and is seriously easy to cook. It's really rich in protein at a whopping 14% so will keep you fuller longer. Make sure to buy whole quinoa grains, not...
Salsa verde
I like to keep weekday dinners really simple and sauces like this are my way of make even the simplest grilled fish and steamed vegetables gorgeous. This is a bright green and pink sauce that's...
Super simple quinoa & rice yeast bread
This is a lovely, very white-looking bread that's still made with wholegrain rice and quinoa flour. I adapted this from a Dove's Farm recipe and was hard pressed to stop eating it last night with...
15 minute leek & bean soup
I created this as a keep-you-fuller-for-longer version of classic leek soup. I swapped the potatoes for white beans because potatoes are mostly just sugars whereas beans are full of nutrients and...
Chickpea, black olive and sundried tomato salad
Had to rush home last Saturday at lunchtime and there was not a lot in the house. We cobbled this together and it was gorgeous! We thought it had quite a lot of umami – the sort of meaty,...
Raw chocolate goji granola
This granola is adapted from one I found in Patrick Holfords “Food Glorious Food” cookbook, which I love. Because this granola contains lots of good fats it’s really filling so a little goes a...
Buttery spread for bread
Something really simple for all you food-lovers this week. Amazingly, this good-for-you buttery spread looks and tastes great. Spread it on bread, toast, crackers. I love to eat toast smothered...