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Red Lentil Daal Curry Vegetarian

14 March 2012 @ 9:34 pm |

Gluten free, Vegetarian

Warm up with a fast, fragrant, fuss-free curry

Don’t be overwhelmed by the long list of spices: this healthy, aromatic daal comes together in one pot in about 30 minutes, making it a perfect option for weeknights. Add a dollop of yoghurt and some warm flatbread and you’ve got yourself a delicious meal. Or save it for the weekend and serve as part of an Indian banquet with all the trimmings. Any leftovers will freeze well, but leave the vegetables out and add fresh before serving.

Lentils are a renowned health food with good reason: at…

Moroccan Spiced Chicken with Couscous & Chickpea Salad Clodagh McKenna

11 March 2012 @ 9:19 am |

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Moroccan Spiced Chicken with Couscous & Chickpea Salad

This is a really quick and easy dish that is perfect to make for dinner and tastes fabulous the next day in your lunch box. Enjoy!

Serves 2

Ingredients

For the chicken:
2 chicken breasts
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp ground paprika
1 lemon, juiced

For the couscous and chickpea salad:
½ red onion, finely chopped
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp…

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7 March 2012 @ 10:10 pm |

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28 February 2012 @ 9:41 pm |

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Make your own Chocolate without the crap

27 February 2012 @ 9:36 am |


Nutty Chocolate by Dorcas Barry
75g mixed almonds & pecan nuts
75g stoned dates (try to get fresh dates for this recipe)
2 tsp. coconut oil
1 tbsp. lucuma (optional, but gives a lovely caramel flavour)
1/2 tsp. vanilla essence
pinch of salt

50g raw cacao butter
2 tbsp. agave syrup or maple syrup
3 tbsp. raw cacao powder

Place the nuts, dates, coconut oil, lucuma, vanilla essence and salt into a food processor and mix together until the mixture becomes sticky and is starting to form into a ball. Roll…

Susan Jane White explains Alfalfa

25 February 2012 @ 8:25 pm |

Healthy eating: Susan Jane White says fight the ageing process with alfalfa
Fight the ageing process, says Susan Jane White, with the regenerative power of alfalfa in a supersonic dressing

Is ageing inescapable? Unfortunately, yes. Scientists have yet to discover eternal life. What science does know, however, is that we can certainly change the speed at which our broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

So, put down that sneaky sausage sanger you vowed to divorce in 2012, and listen up. By nourishing our cells, our cells will nourish us. Not a bad mantra to continue 2012…

Orange Quinoa Muffins with currants (wheat/gluten/sugar free)

23 February 2012 @ 7:49 am |

With citrus at it’s prime,

I couldn’t resist making these gluten free, sugar free breakfast muffins.
I made one test batch of these muffins with fresh orange juice and zest – they were scrumptious.

The Taste

Quinoa has become one of my favorite gluten-free flours to work with. It behaves well in nearly everything and lends a subtle, earthy, almost nutty taste. I wanted a muffin I could enjoy without being too heavy or sweet, so I decided to top the muffins with currants instead of mixing them into the batter. The natural sugars caramelize in the oven…

Happy Pancake Tuesday xx

20 February 2012 @ 11:00 pm |

Oat pancakes with pear for pancake Tuesday
by Dorcas Barry

Quite a few years ago, I discovered that I could no longer eat wheat. For someone who not only has a sweet tooth but who also loves to bake, this felt like a disaster. But, bit by bit over the years I have sourced ingredients and recipes, tested lots of different ways of cooking with these ingredients and am so delighted that I can now still enjoy equally delicious cakes, biscuits and especially pancakes. Pancakes are special, the weekend breakfast that everyone shares together, the arguments for the…

Roast Pesto Cod with Chorizo and Tomatoes

20 February 2012 @ 9:32 am |

Roast Pesto Cod with Chorizo and Tomatoes

This is a quick and easy family dish. The cod can be easily replaced with any white chunky fish and you can choose any selection of tomatoes.

My favourite is a mix of cherry or vine tomatoes whole, mixed with some plum tomatoes cut into quarters.

The chorizo is used as a background flavouring.

Try to get it without preservatives or additives.

To make this dish even more convenient, you could also use good-quality frozen cod fillets. In this case, the cooking time would need to be extended by 10 minutes approximately.…

Fast and Fabulous Green Smoothie

16 February 2012 @ 8:13 am |

This is a fabulous green smoothie to give you a spring in your step! Hence, why it is called

fast and fabulous.

Ingredients:

quarter pineapple peeled sliced and cubed,
1 cucumber,
1 lime peeled and squeezed,
1 avocado peeled and stoned,
6 celery sticks,
a handful of baby spinach and
6 medium green apples.

Method:

You juice the cucumber, lime, celery, spinach and apples. (My tip for juicing is to start

with hard fruit and veg. first and end with the soft ones) and then add juice to blender then…