tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38608699355722296462024-03-05T09:13:51.705+00:00Gluten Free SCD and VeggieVickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-53550490134952838492016-08-22T00:36:00.000+01:002018-05-09T23:38:31.774+01:00Onion Bhajis GF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I first ate onion bhajis, I was genuinely surprised by how delicious they were. I'm not overly fond of spicy food but once I'd tasted these mildly spiced, golden bites of joy, they swiftly became a huge favourite. I posted an<a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/onion-bhajis-and-cauliflower-pakoras-gf.html" target="_blank"> onion bhaji recipe</a> a few years ago but I now tend to make this version since we always have ginger and coriander in the fridge. However, since both recipes have their merits, I've decided to post this recipe in addition to my original one rather than updating the original post.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you can, please try to make the batter at least a couple of hours before cooking the bhajis since it allows all the flavours to come together beautifully. I normally make my batter in the morning and leave it covered, in the fridge, until evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You could probably deep fry these if you wish but we prefer to oven-bake them, a healthier low fat alternative. Also, I always use extra virgin olive oil in the pan but you could use your favourite oil instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There have been several scare stories about heating EVOO because of its low smoke point but in recent years evidence has come to light that defends the use of the oil in cooking. You may be surprised by the information in the article <a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=56" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">100g gram flour</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">80 -100 ml water</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 - 3 medium onions</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 - 3 garlic cloves</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 - 2 red chillies (to taste)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">½ rounded tsp ground turmeric</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 rounded tsp cumin seeds</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp lemon juice</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure the gram flour (also known as besan flour or chickpea flour) into a bowl.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grind the cumin seeds with a pestle and mortar or grind in a mini chopper.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finely chop the garlic, chillies and ginger, I use this Mini Chopper,<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B0000C6WPC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> it's one of my favourite gadgets.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tip the chopped garlic, chillies, ginger, ground cumin seeds and turmeric into the gram flour, add salt to taste and a generous amount of black pepper.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add enough water to make a thick batter, 100 ml is the maximum amount you should need.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add the lemon juice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cover the batter and leave in a cool place for at least 2 hours.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Set the oven to 200°C.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Slice the onions thinly (<a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/onion-bhajis-and-cauliflower-pakoras-gf.html" target="_blank">see my other recipe post</a>).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to the batter and tip enough onion slices into the batter until they are all coated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tip in the chopped, fresh coriander.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pour enough extra virgin olive oil on to a baking tray to coat it and heat in the oven for about 5 to 10 minutes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Place spoonfuls of the onion batter on to the baking tray (between 9 and 12).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes, turning the bhajis half way through the cooking time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bhajis are lovely when</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> served with mango chutney.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you know, I don't usually review non-food items but </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm truly in love with these wonderful products from Tropic Skincare. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've only been using them a couple of weeks yet </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my skin is definitely beginning to feel so much softer and far more</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> nourished and hydrated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can't really compare them against my current skincare products because I've always been a soap and water type of person and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">witch hazel is just about </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the only toner I've ever used. You may think that this is quite strange but back i</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n my late teens I suffered a terrible reaction to a skin care product and since then I've been playing it extremely safe. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I was initially contacted with an invitation to review some of Tropic Skincare's products, the company sounded very familiar and when I looked into the organisation and its history, I remembered seeing the founder of the company, Susan Ma, on the TV show, The Apprentice, a few years back. However, I wasn't aware that, although she didn't win, Lord Alan Sugar was so impressed by her enthusiasm and work ethic, he took the decision to invest in her business anyway. With his guidance and investment, her business has now grown rapidly achieving awards for the company as well as for the products themselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">What did I initially find most appealing about these beauty products?</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Firstly, it's great to find a company that so obviously cares about animal welfare and secondly, the range of cruelty free, vegan skincare and make-up products are created using only premium, naturally derived ingredients and are free from harmful toxins.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>And what did I think of the products I </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">received in my lovely parcel?</span></i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The products were packaged and presented beautifully and I was extremely excited to receive so many fantastic items to try. Inside the box, nestled in the shredded packaging and tissue paper I discovered the luscious Superfood Hand Therapy, the much needed Eye Refresh Cooling Gel Roll-On, an oh so very soft and comfy headband made from bamboo fibres and the generously filled and ever so useful Travel Essentials Bag.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I didn't think I could find a hand cream I would like as much as a product I reviewed recently but this award winning hand therapy cream is equally as good, if not better. I much prefer the scent which is predominantly lime and a little goes a long, long way. The cream is very easily absorbed without feeling sticky and it's extremely soothing, I love it.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eye Refresh Cooling Gel Roll-On</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have to admit that I was a little cautious about trying Eye Refresh having suffered some terrible reactions to eye gels and creams in the past. But I needn't have worried because I didn't experience any problems and t</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">his really is what it says in the brochure - super-cooling and hydrating. I've been using it first thing in the morning to help me wake up as well as when I've been working at my computer late at night, it instantly refreshes and revives tired eyes, so much better than a splash of water. The stainless steel rollerball applicator is very gentle on the skin and glides smoothly underneath the eyes. The natural ingredients include : Organic Aloe Vera Juice, Cucumber Juice, extracts of Arnica, Eyebright, Ginseng, Sea Kelp, Green Coffee, White Tea, Chamomile and Honeysuckle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inside the lovely, natural snap bag you'll find absolutely all the skincare products you need to take with you on holiday or a weekend break. The travel size bottles are more than generous and this is a great way to be introduced to the range of skincare products available from Tropic Skincare. Though I've only been using them for a couple of weeks, I can confidently state with hand on heart that I'm overwhelmed with the surprising difference they've made to the condition of my skin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The contents of the bag are the Smoothing Cleanser, Vitamin Toner Spray, Skin Revive Nourishing Cream Concentrate, Tamanu Rescue Healing Balm, the very magical Organic Elixir and a super soft and naturally antibacterial organic facial cloth made from sustainable bamboo fibres. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This product was awarded Best Free From Product in the 2014 Free From Skincare Awards. The ingredients are : Chamomile Flower Infusion, Sweet Almond Oil, Golden Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Coconut and Cassava Emulsifier, Vegetable Glycerin, Candelilla Wax, Organic Grapefruit Seed Extract, Vitamin E, Green Tea Extract, Essential Oils of Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass and Chamomile, Gentle Preservatives from Corn and Basil, Plant Phytic Acid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having used this cleanser with the bamboo face cloth twice a day for a couple of weeks, my skin no longer feels dry and taut when I wake up in the morning, it feels and looks healthy, nourished, hydrated and wonderfully soft. It effortlessly removes make up and I love the fact that you use water to rinse away the cleanser, something which I think I'd miss after using soap for so long.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Described as "bursting with organic rose water, aloe vera and cucumber juices, this instant skin refresher is infused with vitamins and amino acids that help to balance pH and reduce pore size". I haven't noticed a reduction in pore size yet but then I don't think I've not been using it long enough to comment fairly on this fact. I've definitely noticed that my skin feels much more balanced and glowing. But my favourite feature of this gently scented toner is the ease with which you can use it, just close your eyes and spray. The calming mist is incredibly refreshing and dries quite quickly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because this is a concentrated formula, you only need a small amount of this cream to moisturise your face and it's absorbed beautifully leaving your skin soft and nourished. I've been applying it twice a day along with a couple of drops of the Organic Elixir. The ingredients are : Organic Aloe Vera Juice, Organic Rosehip Oil, Golden Jojoba Oil, Organic Macadamia Oil, Organic Shea Butter, Jojoba Esters, Avocado Oil, Coconut and Cassava Emulsifier, Vegetable Glycerin, Raspberry Seed Oil, Kakadu Plum Extract, Candelilla Wax, Soy Lecithin, Vitamin E, Corn Sugar Gum, Extracts of Sea Kelp, Echinacea, Blueberry, Chamomile, Calendula and Organic Grapefruit Seed, Essential Oils of Rose Geranium, Lavender, Sweet Orange and Frankincense, Hyaluronic Acid, Gentle Preservatives from Corn and Basil, Plant Phytic Acid.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm in love with this age-defying organic elixir, it has to be my favourite product of the skincare range. It's not just for the face either. I broke my hip in an accident a year ago and the scar from the op has been healing but I swear it's improved dramatically since I've been rubbing a few drops of the elixir into the scar area. In the past I've always used pure Vitamin E oil on scars but I've been using coconut oil this time. Containing Vitamin E as well as Rosehip Oil which I've also tried before, this organic elixir is easily as good as the pure vitamin E oil.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd not heard of the Tamanu plant before so I did some investigation on-line and discovered that the oil is also known as Beauty Leaf Oil. However, (luckily) </span>I haven't needed to use this product much over the past couple of weeks opting to use the Organic Elixir on my operation scar instead so I can't really vouch for its performance. I did apply a little to a small scar on my leg and the thick, non-sticky ointment appears to offer an excellent protective barrier. It looks like it will last for ages and after reading some of the reviews on the website, it appears to have worked wonders on insect bites, burns, eczema, psoriasis as well as scars, spots and dermatitis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The products I've described above are only a small selection of Tropic Skincare's beautiful and extensive range of skincare and make-up products. Thinking of the products I'd like to try next, the Night Repair Cell Renewing Cream, the Organic Nail Nectar and the Lip Love Balm all sound pretty fantastic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Strawberries and Cream is such a simple Summer dessert yet it's the most perfect, in my opinion. But when you're following a dairy free diet what's the best alternative to cream? Vanilla cashew cream ticks all the boxes and it's quick and easy to make so long as you have a blender. S</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ince we're still in the midst of strawberry season, I decided this recipe would be ideal for my contribution to the </span><a href="http://www.suma.coop/suma-bloggers-network/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Suma Blogger Network</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> this month.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scattering some chopped, sweetened and toasted macadamia nuts over the top adds a wonderful buttery shortcake-like crunch to the dessert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lightly toasting the macadamia nuts releases the oils and intensifies their wonderful creamy, rich flavour. A couple of minutes (if that) in a frying pan is all it takes but be careful because they can easily burn.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grind the macadamia nuts until finely chopped in a food processor.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stir 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey or alternative sweetener into the chopped macadamia nuts.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tip the sweetened macadamia nuts into a frying pan and lightly toast over a medium light for 1 to 2 minutes or until golden.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chop the strawberries into quarters and tip into dishes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pour or spoon the cashew cream over the strawberries then sprinkle the toasted, chopped macadamia nuts over the top.</span></li>
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<br />Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-62470533139640445002016-06-22T20:06:00.000+01:002016-06-22T20:07:55.715+01:00Some Really Lovely Olives - A Quick Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used to be extremely envious of people enthusiastically digging into a plate of olives with their little wooden cocktail sticks because I vehemently hated them, both the texture and the taste, and I really couldn't see what all the fuss was about. However, moving forward a few decades, I've forced myself to eat them and now, I can quite happily state I adore olives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So why do some people hate them and others love them? It could be to do with the processing of the olives. Olives picked straight from the tree taste very bitter so they have to go through a curing process to make them edible. Their flavour can then be enhanced by marinating them to make them more appealing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Perhaps olive haters have had the misfortune to have eaten some bitter olives or maybe it's just because they contain</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> all four of the basic flavours - sweet, salty, astringent and sour and for some reason this affects the overall tasting experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One very good reason to start liking them is they're definitely one of natures superfoods. Great for the digestion, they're also packed full of antioxidants and monounsaturated fatty acids which are good for blood cholesterol levels and may even lower them slightly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And, did you know that the average life of an olive tree is between 300 and 600 years and they can live for well over 1000 years? That's a whole lot of olives from one single tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These organic olives from The Real Olive Company were on sale this week at Ocado so we decided to treat ourselves and I just had to let you know about them because they are unbelievably delicious and a huge plus point is that</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> they're organic and contain n</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o weird looking ingredients. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Succulent, flavoursome and incredibly moreish we munched through a pot in one sitting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you're a vegan or vegetarian the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet) may seem quite daunting but with a bit of creativity and support from those around you, it's not as difficult as you may think. To give you further encouragement, I</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> thought you might like to take a glimpse of some of the amazing food my son and his girlfriend have recently prepared for themselves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fantastic veggie burgers above have been created using the delicious Crusty Onion Rolls recipe</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> by Sandra Ramacher. There's no actual burger in these buns, instead they're assembled with a mountain of vegetables. Slices of courgette and mushrooms</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, spring onions and a drizzle of tomato passata mixed with garlic pieces are piled inside two</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">roasted butternut squash discs.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjqMTkdBaurjNdJJh1Q_gLdRwFzoVK3-jIk7LOpB3gFpwJSd1yWrEUUTt0MUI0l5O5xH3TTv1Ak9JXXtjZQwHm3w9adclY1yL4BzVz_3DN_HnM0TlHy1s1e48LPf2ACq-ARa7jP5gbXhE/s1600/Butternut+Squash+Burgers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Assembling the SCD Butternut Squash Burgers" border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjqMTkdBaurjNdJJh1Q_gLdRwFzoVK3-jIk7LOpB3gFpwJSd1yWrEUUTt0MUI0l5O5xH3TTv1Ak9JXXtjZQwHm3w9adclY1yL4BzVz_3DN_HnM0TlHy1s1e48LPf2ACq-ARa7jP5gbXhE/s640/Butternut+Squash+Burgers.jpg" title="Assembling the SCD Butternut Squash Burgers" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This mini plum and raspberry birthday cake was made using <a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/grain-free-plain-sponge-cake-scd-gf-df.html" target="_blank">my sponge cake recipe</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And lastly, having seen my <a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/hasselback-courgettes-or-zucchini-with.html" target="_blank">basic hasselback courgette recipe</a>, they created their own tasty, colourful version. They stuffed garlic cloves in between a few of the slices, added mushrooms, peppers, chestnuts and tomatoes to the tray finishing it with a light drizzle of passata over the top before baking in the oven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you've enjoyed looking at these lovely photos, a big thank you to both of them for letting me share them with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you're wondering how to make your own spice blends to avoid all the nasty fillers and preservatives often included in prepared spice mixes, it's a very simple process and once prepared they can be kept for up to 3 months in a dark place. If we're cooking for the SCD we always make our own, just to be on the safe side, even if the ingredients on the jars and packets don't state any additives.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4 tablsp cumin seeds</span></div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">De-seed and remove the stems of dried chilli peppers then dry fry them for a few minutes to remove any moisture and to bring out the flavour.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4 tablsp cumin seeds</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">10 cloves</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5cm piece cinnamon stick</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tablsp black peppercorns</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3 dried bayleaves</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tblsp ground mace</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gently warm a heavy based pan.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bruise the cardamom pods by lightly crushing with a flat blade knife until outer husk is cracked but the seeds don't fall out.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dry fry the cardamom pods, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon stick, black peppercorns and bay leaves in the pan on a gentle heat until they give off a rich aroma while shaking the pan constantly. Oven roasting can scorch the spices.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cool the spices.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Remove seeds from cardamoms.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Break cinnamon stick into small pieces.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grind the spices into fine powder in a coffee grinder.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stir in the ground mace.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tblsp ground allspice</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tblsp ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tblsp ground/grated nutmeg</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 tsps ground mace</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp ground cloves</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp ground coriander</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp ground ginger</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure out the spices into a sterilised jar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Put the lid on and shake well</span></li>
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<b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Morrocan Spice Mix</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3¾ tsps ground/grated nutmeg</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3¾ tsps</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ground cumin or ground cumin seeds</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3¾ tsps</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ground coriander seeds</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 tsps ground allspice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 tsps ground</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ginger</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp ground cinnamon</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp cayenne pepper</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure out the spices into a sterilised jar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Put the lid on and shake well</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Did you know that you can create soft, velvety, easy to scoop SCD ice cream from SCD Yogurt Cream? By adding natural fruits and nuts to flavour the yogurt cream, along with a little honey, it's possible to recreate all your favourite flavours. Now it's getting warmer in the UK, I've been reminded of the ice cream recipes I created a few years ago so I've gathered them together in one post so you can find them more easily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I bought a very inexpensive ice cream maker years ago and it's become one of my favourite gadgets in the kitchen and in the Summer months I couldn't possibly be without it. If you can afford one, you won't regret your purchase and it should last for years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you don't eat dairy products, c</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oconut cream also works well to make delicious SCD legal ice cream but be aware that many coconut milks contain additives or if not, are very expensive. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I now make ice cream with cashew nut cream because we largely follow a dairy free diet but </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've never been able to recreate the wonderful smoothness of the SCD yogurt ice cream.</span><br />
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Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-54654355172298612432016-05-24T17:00:00.000+01:002018-05-09T23:47:45.557+01:00Hasselback Courgettes or Zucchini with Basil Oil GF SCD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These tasty baked hasselback courgettes (zucchini) make the perfect vegetable side dish especially if you're cutting back on carbs or following the SCD. I tried to get hold of some round courgettes but unfortunately I couldn't find any which is a shame because I think these would make the perfect replacement for hasselback potatoes.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add finely chopped chilli to the basil oil.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use other fresh herbs such as rosemary and thyme.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use a teaspoon of dried oregano or other dried herbs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sprinkle with cheese or vegan cheese.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add pressed garlic to the oil.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stuff with a few chopped sun dried tomatoes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sprinkle with a little lemon rind.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Various combinations of the above.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Slice the courgettes about ½cm thick being careful not to cut through the base.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finely chop a handful of basil leaves and mix into 2 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Place the courgettes carefully into an oiled oven proof dish.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brush with the basil oil carefully pushing down some of the oil and chopped basil leaves into the sliced openings.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sprinkle with sea salt.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bake for 40 minutes until tender.</span></li>
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<li><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/courgette-and-carrot-muffins-gf-scd.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Courgette and Carrot Muffins</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/courgette-and-pea-salad-gf-scd.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Courgette and Pea Salad</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/golden-courgette-pasta-gf-scd.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden Courgette Pasta</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/stuffed-courgettes-gf-scd.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stuffed Courgettes</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-very-green-salad-gf-scd.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A Very Green Salad</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These spicy, grain free, gluten free, paleo and vegan cashew and sunflower bites have been on my to do list ever since I enjoyed a fantastic lunch at <a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/gluten-free-vegan-in-toronto-kupfert-kim.html" target="_blank">Kupfert and Kim in Toronto a year ago</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nestled in the box above you may notice a few sunflower protein balls. I have no idea what ingredients they contained but they</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> were incredibly delicious. For some time now, I've intended creating</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> my own version to make them suitable for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and I decided that this recipe would be perfect for my contribution to the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.suma.coop/suma-bloggers-network/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suma Bloggers Network</a> this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">190 g Suma Organic Cashew Nuts<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B0110UCT4I" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">200 g peeled butternut squash</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 small onion</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 large clove garlic</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp Suma Organic Paprika<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B006MVY70A" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp Suma Organic Cumin Seeds<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B006MVXZXK" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 heaped tblsps roughly chopped fresh coriander</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp Suma Organic Oregano<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B01EEMLK9O" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grind the cashews and sunflower seeds in a food processor until fine but not into a flour.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finely chop the onion and red chilli.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chop the butternut squash into small chunks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Heat half to one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add the onions, chilli, cumin seeds and butternut squash to the pan and cook on a low heat until the butternut squash is becoming tender (about 10 -15 minutes).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stir in the oregano, paprika and garlic and continue to cook for another few minutes until the butternut squash is tender.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add the fresh coriander, cooked vegetables and a little sea salt and freshly ground pepper to the processor and pulse until the mixture comes together.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brush a baking tray with a little extra virgin olive oil.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shape the mixture into 12 balls and place on the greased baking tray.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When embarking on a grain free diet, don't throw away your recipe books because it really is quite simple (with a little trial and error) to convert your favourite recipes and make many of them suitable for a grain free diet. When I first started cooking for the SCD, I was quite overwhelmed by it all but it didn't take me long to learn the "rules" and I've listed a few ways that we have converted our favourite recipes below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always find it is easier to use scales when baking with almond flour. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Almond flour contains naturally occurring oils so you need to allow for this if using it in place of regular flour. Since </span>almond flour contains about 50% fat you would think that, theoretically, you should be able to get away without using any fat in a cake which normally requires equal quantities of flour to fat. However, I've found that the texture of an almond flour cake is vastly improved with the addition of a little fat, especially extra virgin olive oil, with the exception of</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> muffins or cakes which contain fruit purées where it's possible to leave out the fat altogether.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For cakes, I have discovered that you will need to increase the weight of the wheat flour in the recipe by about 50% and reduce the amount of fat in the original recipe by about 50%. So, for example, try using 225/250 grams of almond flour instead of 150 grams wheat flour or 9 ounces almond flour instead of 6 ounces of wheat flour. </span>You will also need to reduce the weight of the fat in the original recipe by 50% or even less. So when converting a cake that would normally contain 150 grams flour and 150 grams of butter, try using 225/250 grams almond flour and 75 grams of butter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also, you may find that the recipe is improved by adding an extra egg to the number required in the original cake recipe or by using large or extra large eggs instead of regular sized eggs. The other thing to remember is that since almond flour browns easily, you will need to lower the temperature of the oven by about 15 to 20 degrees C.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its slightly different with pastry. The normal proportion of short crust pastry is half fat to flour but when using almond flour, a quarter the weight of fat to the weight of almond flour works well. You may be able to get away with even less fat. For example, instead of 250 grams wheat flour to 125 grams butter, you will need to use 360 grams of almond flour and 90 grams of butter. A</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">llowing for the fat content of the almonds, y</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ou will have increased the weight of the flour by 50% and also reduced the weight of the fat. Don't forget to reduce the oven temperature as above to prevent browning of the pastry.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/summer-berry-muffins.html" target="_blank">Grain Free Summer Berry Muffins</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/vegetable-pot-pie-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Vegetable Pot Pie</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/apple-pie-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Apple Pie</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/grain-free-gingerbread-men-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Grain Free Gingerbread Men</a></span></li>
<li><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/grain-sugar-free-banana-and-walnut.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grain Free and Sugar Free Banana Bread</span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Make a large batch of simple home made stock, freeze it in containers and defrost overnight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My favourite way to thicken sauces and gravy is to blend in a complimentary vegetable. I make cheese sauce with cauliflower and to make a thick onion gravy, I add celery and carrots and blend the vegetables with the onions instead of straining them.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/onion-gravy-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Grain Free Onion Gravy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/cheese-sauce-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Cheese Sauce</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use a little coconut flour, this absorbs the excess liquid. Add a teaspoon at a time until the excess moisture is absorbed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dairy free: Use Coconut Cream or Cashew Cream (sweetened or unsweetened).</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/vanilla-cashew-cream-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Sweet Cashew Cream</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/vanilla-vanilla-ice-cream-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Vanilla Ice Cream</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/paprika-roasted-celeriac-and-carrots-gf.html" target="_blank">Roasted celeriac</a>, carrots or butternut squash in place of roast potatoes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Slices of Aubergine (eggplant) or cooked celeriac in place of sliced potatoes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beetroot and carrot crisps instead of potato crisps (chips).</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/cauliflower-rice-gf-scd.html" target="_blank">Cauliflower Rice</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sun-dried-tomato-and-roasted-pepper.html" target="_blank">Spiralized Courgettes (zucchini)</a>.</span></li>
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Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-24955337593742488622016-04-25T19:31:00.000+01:002018-05-09T23:54:13.187+01:00A Few Things I Like - 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVPZjPMfHfgQbV24sWmm0THhez0q7uw82p6rmmV-ER22AJYpP710pxPaOm50wdEiLNVCB2vIfPLNb1qsjK-KWiWb0IK3eeRfa5jSeTah_Y9QYtf9_IIePSyTYaFpoGzSiNtmk-AJVjgWr/s1600/Dr+Organic+Moroccan+Argan+Oil+Hand+Balm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dr Organic Moroccan Argan Oil Hand & Nail Balm" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVPZjPMfHfgQbV24sWmm0THhez0q7uw82p6rmmV-ER22AJYpP710pxPaOm50wdEiLNVCB2vIfPLNb1qsjK-KWiWb0IK3eeRfa5jSeTah_Y9QYtf9_IIePSyTYaFpoGzSiNtmk-AJVjgWr/s640/Dr+Organic+Moroccan+Argan+Oil+Hand+Balm.JPG" title="Dr Organic Moroccan Argan Oil Hand & Nail Balm" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been a while since I posted and I'm looking forward to sharing some new recipes with you soon but today, I thought I'd share with you some more of my favourite things.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you suffer from dry hands? I've no idea why I do. Perhaps it's a thyroid issue or maybe I just wash my hands too often. I drink plenty of fluids and nothing I've tried has ever helped but recently I met up with a friend who I haven't seen for months and she gave me a belated Christmas present which included the Dr Organic Moroccan Argan Oil Hand & Nail Balm in the picture above. I'm completely shocked by how much it's improved the skin on my hands and it's been fantastic for my elbows too. The cream is very easily absorbed and leaves your hands feeling very soft and not greasy or sticky like other creams and since it's both organic, vegetarian and vegan, it fits into my lifestyle perfectly. The whole Dr Organic range is available at Holland & Barrett.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRVCQvf2I9kH728GUkg7r8uHNq0BCavqz7xuY4UELl1hnEbdeROTgkBlrtl5Wh6XYWl1kKm5CtFCA9U91Gnb10NRSHdmc5FLcKp2hAlnZFPugKGsx_ncS9zXnCXgesK7pqvhk2v0svUQX/s1600/Lucy+Bee+Sri+Lankan+Coconut+Oil.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Lucy Bee Sri Lankan Coconut Oil" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRVCQvf2I9kH728GUkg7r8uHNq0BCavqz7xuY4UELl1hnEbdeROTgkBlrtl5Wh6XYWl1kKm5CtFCA9U91Gnb10NRSHdmc5FLcKp2hAlnZFPugKGsx_ncS9zXnCXgesK7pqvhk2v0svUQX/s400/Lucy+Bee+Sri+Lankan+Coconut+Oil.JPG" title="Lucy Bee Sri Lankan Coconut Oil" width="297" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do my shopping at Ocado most of the time now since it's convenient to have everything delivered, the quality is always superb and they seem to stock most of the products we like. However, I still compare the prices for expensive household products such as dishwasher tablets etc at My Supermarket dot com. I've been using Lucy Bee's coconut oil for ages now, more for cosmetic reasons than for cooking with because I still greatly prefer extra virgin olive oil to coconut oil. However, I spotted this new Sri Lankan coconut oil from Lucy Bee when I was shopping on Ocado the other week and I thought I'd try it out. I'm so pleased I did because it's really very lovely. It has a </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">much milder</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> taste </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">than the Lucy Bee coconut oil from the Philippines.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDMC0auBZHWcDxSr4I7lEvdK3eTXWw0fhlpgzal5ziyb3D8RbjF65ICgX4F0-jf4EOdh9mMPU-xsNIA0VL98baH9GPwwjhbU2wurQEYDIUU54_X9E_RL3uc_T8DdU7MMRixX84AI-2jQF/s1600/Tenuta+Marmorelle+GF+lasagne+sheets.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Tenuta Marmorelle Lasagne Sheets" border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDMC0auBZHWcDxSr4I7lEvdK3eTXWw0fhlpgzal5ziyb3D8RbjF65ICgX4F0-jf4EOdh9mMPU-xsNIA0VL98baH9GPwwjhbU2wurQEYDIUU54_X9E_RL3uc_T8DdU7MMRixX84AI-2jQF/s640/Tenuta+Marmorelle+GF+lasagne+sheets.JPG" title="Tenuta Marmorelle Lasagne Sheets" width="640" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago we visited <a href="http://www.cannon-hall.com/" target="_blank">Cannon Hall</a> to wander a little in the superb grounds with the aim of giving my leg a bit of exercise. We ended up at the farm shop and I spotted these Tenuta Marmorelle gluten free lasagne sheets in the gluten free section. We haven't had lasagne in a long time so I bought a pack to try. That evening I made a delicious vegan lasagne and these sheets fitted my dish perfectly. However, I think that the next time I make one, I'll cook the sheets a little first because it did take much longer to bake than normal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have you noticed that there's not many brands of coconut milk without any additives? There is, fortunately, one brand that I can rely on. I've been buying Clearspring's coconut milk for some time now to use primarily in curries but sadly, it doesn't seem to be on the shelves of local supermarkets or at Ocado. So I currently buy it from Goodness Direct in bulk alongside all the other items we use which the supermarkets don't stock.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've mentioned Dee's Vegan Sausages with Ginger, Coriander, Pepper & Irish Dulse Seaweed <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/a-few-things-i-like.html" target="_blank">before</a>, we adore them. As you know, we don't tend to buy anything pre-made or processed but I make an exception for these lovely beauties.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What's not to like about these ingredients? They taste wonderful especially in a sausage sandwich thickly spread with my favourite must</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ard - </span>Pommery Moutarde de Meaux<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B0033TYD9O" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We've been eating this delicious sugar free mustard for as long as I can remember but for several years we couldn't find it anywhere. Then we noticed it for sale at Cannon Hall Farm Shop. But even they've recently stopped stocking it. This little jar turned up in my Christmas stocking, I was over the moon. Most mustards contain sugar but this happily does not. The original version we bought years ago came with a natural cork stopper and red wax seal. This is still available to purchase but is a little more expensive than the stoneware pot with a plastic lid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I just thought I'd write a quick post about some of the things that have been making me happy lately and some of the things that have made me cross. I'm on the way to recovery now but I'm still on my crutches and it's been a very frustrating 6 months. I'd never have imagined that a simple task of bringing in some washing from the garden would result in several months of chaos. I'm so grateful for all the support from friends and family and I'm now exercising to make my leg strong so I can learn to walk (and cook) again. I'm even looking forward to doing the laundry, would you believe it! So here goes...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cabbage - I could eat it for every meal, even breakfast.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chocolate - I received so much for Christmas I've still got some left however, I've now given it up for Lent and put my chocolate box out of the way to avoid temptation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Competitions - I've been so very lucky to win some awesome prizes on FB, Twitter and blogs over the last 2 months, they've brightened up my days. I've put links to some of things I've won below.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Blogger friends - there are so many wonderful bloggers who I have never met that have supporteded me through the last few months, you know who you are. I'm sending you a huge virtual hug.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recipe books - I've been reading quite a few recipe books recently. One of my favourite books is Peace and Parsnips: Vegan Cooking for Everyone<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=071817951X" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />which I won after I'd submitted some recipes for a competition at <a href="https://beachhousekitchen.com/2016/01/31/cookbook-competition-winners-happy-birthday-beach-house-kitchen/" target="_blank">The Beach House Kitchen</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The act of following on Twitter and Instagram to get a follow back only to unfollow later. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Comments and emails from people who have accidentally misread my recipes informing me that a SCD recipe isn't legal - guys I've had 10 years experience, I think I know the diet pretty well by now. Please read the recipe properly there will be an alternative ingredient mentioned.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Comments that tell me that my gluten free recipes aren't SCD legal - I don't follow the SCD and not all my blog recipes are going to be suitable. I label those that are.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TV programmes where the dietician is clearly misinformed - I'm not naming them.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maltodextrin - it finds its way into so many things.</span></li>
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<br />Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-46028215229809946542016-02-08T17:06:00.000+00:002018-05-09T23:57:17.256+01:00 蛋 饺 - Egg Dumplings for Chinese New Year's Eve GF SCD <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happy Chinese New Year! Did you know that this year is the Year of the Monkey? </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, is based on a twelve-year cycle and each year in that cycle is related to one of the following animal signs : the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's traditional to eat dumplings during New Year's Eve to bring good luck and happiness and since the oval shape of these dumplings is similar to that of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they are also believed to bring wealth. It's suggested that the more dumplings you eat during the New Year celebrations, the more money you can make in the New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was born in the Year of The Monkey and according to Chinese astrology, people in their zodiac year are believed to offend Tai Sui, the God of Age. It is believed to be an unlucky year. However there are ways to prevent this bad luck for example, by wearing jade accessories or by wearing red clothes, especially underwear which should be bought for you by your spouse, a member of your family or by a friend. Red is one of the luckiest colours in Chinese culture, and represents prosperity, loyalty, success, and happiness and red can drive away bad luck and evil spirits. I will therefore be wearing my jade brooch and getting hubby to buy me something nice and red.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The other way to ensure you can avoid bad luck is to <a href="http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/how-to-bring-yourself-good-luck-on-ben-ming-nian.htm" target="_blank">face the right direction</a>, the opposite direction to the position of Tai Sui. In 2016, Tai Sui is in the South West so by placing furniture to face North East, people born in the year of the Monkey can face away from Tai Sui and this is supposed to bring luck. Since my bed faces North East and my desk also faces North East, I should be OK, I think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you know, my son follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. His lovely girlfriend is Chinese and last night, to celebrate the Chinese New Year's Eve, she made Vegetarian dumplings suitable for the SCD and sent me some photos and her recipe to share with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">freshly ground sea salt and black pepper</span></span></span><br />
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<li>Finely chop the mushrooms, spring onions, cooked whole chestnuts and courgettes.</li>
<li>Stir in the rosemary, vinegar, whisky and season with sea salt and black pepper to taste.</li>
<li>Heat a little extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan and stir fry until soft cooking off the moisture, keep on one side while you prepare the dumplings.</li>
<li>Whisk the eggs and season with sea salt and black pepper.</li>
<li>Preferably using a very small single egg frying pan, heat a small amount of extra virgin olive oil.</li>
<li>Pour a small amount of the mixture into the pan so the mini omelette is as thin as possible.</li>
<li>Cook until the underneath is cooked but it is still slightly undercooked on top.</li>
<li>Place a heaped teaspoon of the filling in the centre of the omelette and fold the other side over to make a dumpling.</li>
<li>Set on one side while the other dumplings are made.</li>
<li>Repeat last 3 steps until all the egg mixture is finished, it should make about 15 mini omelettes.</li>
<li>Steam the dumplings over boiling water for about 5 minutes and keep warm until all the dumplings are cooked.</li>
<li>You may be left with some mixture, if so, freeze or store in the fridge.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">A few years ago I shared this recipe as part of the </span><span style="color: #222222;">Seasonal Real Food Blog Series o</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n <a href="http://recipestonourish.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Recipes to Nourish.</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> At the time I made this grain free dessert with pears but the combination of apples and pears
together works beautifully and if you pop in some berries, the nutritional
value of the pudding increases in leaps and bounds. Ginger has
exceptional healing properties and is</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> also well </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">known for its powers in aiding
recovery from colds and flu making it an ideal choice as a spice in cooking at
this time of year. Plus, it's so warming and comforting.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure out the ground almonds, lemon rind, ground ginger, bicarbonate of soda and salt into another bowl and whisk together with a fork or balloon whisk.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients little by little processing on a medium speed until all the dry ingredients have been mixed in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Share the batter between the tins then bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the bottom half of the oven or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean and the top is springy to touch.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bring slowly to the boil then turn down the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the fruit is soft adding additional orange juice as required.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What makes the simple cauliflower a superfood? Do you even like it or are you getting a little tired of seeing it popping up everywhere? Lucky for me, I've always adored the taste and texture of cauliflower, it was even considered to be a treat. But when I was growing up it was only ever cooked in season and not every day of the year. These days, the reliable Autumn cauliflower seems to be taking on much more of a starring role in the kitchen from making minor appearances in breadsticks and cakes to completely pushing the mighty old spud off stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So what's all the fuss about? Primarily, it's about reducing carb overload and replacing this with a densely nutritious alternative. Low in calories and rich in fiber, cauliflower offers some fantastic health benefits:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">High in Vitamin C, one serving of cauliflower provides almost 80 of our daily requirement.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A great source of Vitamin K which helps maintain healthy blood clotting and acts as a direct regulator of our inflammatory response, Vitamin B6 and folate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A good source of potassium, manganese, calcium, iron and zinc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">High in plant protein.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rich in phytonutrients especially glucosinolates which are known to provide good cardiovascular benefits. Of note is the fact that sulforaphane made from one of these glucosinolates can protect the lining of the stomach by preventing the overgrowth of Helicobacter pylori.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No wonder it is considered a superfood. It's cheap as well as easily available and it's always on our shopping list. If you've not jumped on the cauliflower bandwagon yet then you're missing out on a whole host of foodie tricks. Some of the recipes on my blog show how cauliflower can easily replace carbohydrates in some of your favourite dishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/cauliflower-rice-gf-scd.html">Cauliflower Rice</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you make New Year's resolutions? I don't see the point in them any more and why make resolutions to begin on the 1st of a new year. Why not today or tomorrow? In the past when I've made New Year's resolutions, I've never managed to stick to them for long and I've realised that, to some extent, they can actually cause some stress and anxiety and that's no way to start the New Year! However, I do try to set some goals but I don't set firm rules since I know they won't always work out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So what are my plans for the 2016. My top priority is to be fit and healthy again. Still recovering from breaking my hip in August last year, I'm not able to start physiotherapy until I am given the go ahead. I have to wait until I've received confirmation that it is continuing to heal properly. Hopefully this will happen at the beginning of February. So roll on February...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Secondly, I need to find a job! I was made redundant last year and my accident has quashed all efforts I'd made to seek new work in 2015 so I'm hoping that something good will come along once I'm well again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thirdly, I'm going to start posting recipes to the blog again. I've not cooked anything in the past few months and I miss being able to create new recipes. Actually, I even miss cleaning and doing all the household chores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My lovely, supportive friend Shirley of <a href="http://glutenfreeeasily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gluten Free Easily</a> has suggested I might like to consider making <a href="http://artfulparent.com/2014/12/make-vision-board-works-10-steps.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a Vision Board</a>. Have you ever made one? A vision board focuses on how you want to feel rather than just on the material things you would like in your life and apparently they can work! There's a good article about making a vision board <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-rider/the-scientific-reason-why_b_6392274.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> if you're interested in discovering how and why they can work for you. I'm definitely going ahead with this, I know it will help me to focus on what is important for my life this coming year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The picture at the top of the post has been taken from Toronto's Centre Island. I can't wait to revisit my family in Canada and I'm visualising that it will happen in 2016!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good luck to all of you in 2016, I hope you have a very happy and healthy New Year!</span>Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-60579429792379507392015-11-01T13:24:00.000+00:002018-05-10T00:01:16.394+01:00My Favourite Superfoods - Walnuts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Monkey nuts were one of my favourite snacks as a child but walnuts only ever made an appearance at Christmas in the bowl of mixed nuts on the table. I remember that they were the easiest nut to crack! But what a mess they made, tiny bits of shell flying all over the sparkling white tablecloth. Actually, walnuts aren't nuts, they're drupes. Drupes are fleshy fruits where the fruit surrounds a shell with a seed inside but unlike other drupes like cherries and peaches for example, we eat the seed of the walnut fruit instead of the flesh itself.<br />
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So what makes walnuts so special and so important, especially for a vegetarian or vegan diet? Primarily, they're a hugely significant source of anti-inflammatory omega 3 fatty acids essential for optimum health, lowering cholesterol levels, reducing inflammation and improving blood circulation. And have you ever thought that a walnut looks like a brain? Interestingly, the omega 3 fatty acids contained in walnuts are imperative for brain health and the nervous system.<br />
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Walnuts are also a fantastic source of manganese, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, Vitamin E and B-complex vitamins and they're packed full of antioxidants including some very rare phytonutrients. This may explain why research has discovered that walnuts contain unique cancer prevention properties. I talked a little about walnuts and they're importance as part of a anti-prostate cancer diet <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/waldorf-salad-gf-scd-anti-prostate.html">in my Waldorf Salad recipe post</a>.<br />
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Other interesting facts about walnuts include :<br />
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<li>They are considered to be the oldest tree food.</li>
<li>There are two type of walnut, the Black Walnut which is native to North America and the English (or Persian) Walnut.</li>
<li>They originated in Ancient Persia.</li>
<li>The majority of walnuts eaten are "English" walnuts, so named because they were originally shipped around the world by English merchants.</li>
<li>Walnut trees can grow to a height of 150 feet.</li>
<li>Walnuts are an essential part of The Mediterranean Diet.</li>
<li>Unshelled walnuts will remain fresh for several months stored in a cool, dry place.</li>
<li>Walnut oil was sometimes used by painters (notably Leonardo Da Vinci) in their pigments.</li>
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Walnuts can so easily be added to your meals to boost their nutritional profile and improve your well-being. Walnuts appear in several of my recipes including :</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since the festive season is approaching, I thought I'd share with you our recipe for candied walnuts which feature in my <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/waldorf-salad-gf-scd-anti-prostate.html">Waldorf Salad recipe</a>. We use the walnut pieces because they're quite economical but if you prefer to use walnut halves, they will look much prettier!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp fennel seeds (optional, advanced SCD)</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1 tsp paprika</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">½</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> tsp cayenne pepper</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sprinkle the spices over and stir gently.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spread some baking parchment on a baking tray.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tip the walnut pieces on to the tray, carefully separating them.</span></li>
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Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-62849826385842817732015-10-09T21:16:00.000+01:002018-05-10T00:03:59.963+01:00My Favourite Superfoods - Apples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't really care for the popular buzzword "superfood" which is used to describe foods appearing in ever growing and ever changing lists promoted by the media and bloggers. Some of these are foods I'd never heard of before - foods which you wouldn't have had access to in the past.<br />
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Studies have shown that these rather exotic sounding superfoods may contain certain medicinal qualities and I use the word "may" because this research is most likely to be inconclusive since it's been performed using small sample groups, on animals or in the lab with unrealistic, high concentrations of the food. And let's be real here! How many of us can actually afford to buy these foods regularly or even at all? Is it just a marketing ploy? Can we easily include goji berries, wheat grass, baobab or maca, for example, into our diet? And do we really want to?<br />
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The good news is that, in contrast, the majority of these so called superfoods are foods we incorporate into our diet anyway. Therefore, since they are just everyday foods, should they even be appearing on these lists? Surely the word "superfood" should only apply to something with a bit of pizazz? Something extra special like chlorella (green algae), for example.<br />
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By definition, superfoods are foods which are nutritionally dense and rich in antioxidants so, in my opinion, all fruits, nuts and vegetables should deserve to be awarded the "superfood" status, regardless of whether they appear in someone's list or not and I'm going to be posting about a few of my favourites over the next few weeks starting off with the humble apple.<br />
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Apples don't contain any fat or sodium and one medium apple weighing about 180 grams will provide about 95 calories and about 8 per cent of the recommended daily value of carbohydrates. This includes a whopping 17 percent of your daily required dietary fibre in the form of both insoluble fibre (which provides bulk for the digestive tract) and soluble fibre which is in the form of pectin and the pectin in apples has been shown to reduce "bad" LDL cholesterol and increase the "good" HDL cholesterol.<br />
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Interestingly, when you examine the actual breakdown of vitamins and minerals in a standard apple, it doesn't really seem that impressive apart from Vitamin C which is known to protect the immune system. The following list shows the percentages of your required vitamins and minerals (those above 1%) based on a 2000 calorie a day diet which can be found in an apple (unpeeled) :<br />
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<li>Vitamin C 14%</li>
<li>Vitamin K 5%</li>
<li>Vitamin B6 4%</li>
<li>Vitamin B2 3%</li>
<li>Vitamin A 2%</li>
<li>Vitamin B1 2%</li>
<li>Vitamin E 2%</li>
<li>Potassium 6%</li>
<li>Manganese 3%</li>
<li>Magnesium 2%</li>
<li>Phosphorus 2%</li>
<li>Copper 2%</li>
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But this is where it gets more interesting! Apples are jam packed full of phytonutrients, especially in the peel. What is a phytonutrient? Well, phyto means "plant" in Greek so it means the nutrients of a plant. They are the compounds which protect the plant from the effects of the weather and insects, they look after the health of the plant and then go on to protect our health too. There are thousands of recognised phytonutrients some of which are also vitamins such as vitamins A, C, E, K and folate.<br />
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Antioxidants work by seeking out the harmful particles in the body known as free radicals which damage cell membranes and tamper with DNA. These antioxidants then go on to prevent and neutralise their effects on these cells which is why a diet full of antioxidants is so important to our health! Flavonoids which are largely responsible for the colour of fruit and vegetables are antioxidant phytonutrients with powerful properties.<br />
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Red apples are particularly high in the flavonoid, quercetin. This powerful antioxidant might beneficially aid lung function as well as assist in the prevention of lung and <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/waldorf-salad-gf-scd-anti-prostate.html">prostate cancer</a>. Research has also revealed that it may help people who are suffering from memory problems.<br />
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In fact, apples are one of the most researched foods and the phytonutrients present in apples have been shown to help regulate blood sugar levels, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and improve asthma. If you want to read a little more about the health benefits of apples please click <a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=15#healthbenefits">here</a>.<br />
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Apples are perhaps one of our cheapest fruits. Kept cool, they are easy to store and a favourite dessert ingredient all over the world. I prefer to buy organic apples and often find them on offer but if you buy non-organic, just make sure that they are well washed. I've used them in quite a few SCD legal recipes on the blog including :<br />
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So next time you buy apples, try to choose a variety of apples since the phytonutrients are unique to each type. They make an ideal mid-morning snack and are cheap as well as easily portable and from this evidence, it looks like an apple a day may actually help keep the doctor away!<br />
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Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-65206880592526487162015-10-06T19:28:00.000+01:002018-05-10T00:05:08.019+01:00Remembering the Food We Ate in the 60's and 70's<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over the last few years there has been a huge amount of focus on "healthy" eating and on how to solve the rapidly increasing food related illnesses and their impact on the National Health Service and the general health in society. My Facebook feed is flooded with recipes for "healthy" foods, sweet and savoury. Just recently I've been looking back and reminiscing about the foods we enjoyed to eat while I was growing up - when we had nobody telling us what is good and what is bad for us to eat, when we never considered "going on a diet" (that started to happen in the mid-70s) and when most of us were of a normal weight and certainly not hung up with body image as young teenagers. We lived in a world without the internet and with very little to watch on TV. A world where Chelsea Girl and C&A were the only large stores selling fashionable clothes and where people in Bradford could open an account at Brown and Muff's and be allowed to take home clothes on approval without paying for them first!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Looking back at the foods we ate in the 1960's and early 1970's, our diet wasn't particularly amazing. It certainly wasn't devoid of sweets, chocolate and cake. But in contrast to the current trend of eating fast or processed food, most of our meals were home cooked using real ingredients which were in season. In fact the only items of processed food in the cupboard were a few tins of soup, baked beans and spaghetti and of course custard powder though at one point my Mother excitedly bought a Vesta Curry - do you remember those? Fish fingers and frozen peas were the only items nestling in the freezer - a tiny cabinet in the top of the fridge. Cornflakes and Ready Brek were the only cereals bought each week but I think I did succeed in persuading my Mother to buy Frosties once or twice though she never bought Coco Pops, which I longed to try. And despite the fact that I nattered and nattered her to buy the cute little variety packs when they hit the shelves, the only chance I had to try those was when we were on our annual farm holiday once or twice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We went on holiday during the first two weeks in August, when the mills shut down. We always went to the South West, often to Cornwall and stayed Bed, Breakfast and Evening Meal on a farm. The day began at 3 a.m. so we could reach our destination before dinner. Often we would make a stop at Bourton on the Water to visit the <a href="http://www.themodelvillage.com/">model village</a> and drink coffee with cream which we dribbled slowly over a teaspoon so it floated on top of the coffee. For lunch, we would maybe stop at a café. When we finally arrived 10 to 12 hours later, we were treated to a wonderful home cooked three course meal. Pictures of my Father's face eating rhubarb crumble spring to mind. Breakfast was always delicious, apart from eggs which I detested and the warm raw milk which we were served to pour over our cornflakes that tasted strangely unusual. Every day, my Mother used to buy a loaf of French bread, Cornish Pasties, a cucumber and apple pies in a box for the picnics we enjoyed on the beach. How she managed to fit the picnic basket into the Triumph Herald along with four people and a trunk has always been a mystery to me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On a normal week, I knew exactly what we would be eating for tea (dinner was always called "tea" and "lunch" was always called "dinner") depending on the day. Left over meat from the Sunday roast on a Monday with chips and a vegetable (predominantly cabbage), liver on Tuesday (the day the small packet of meat was delivered and left in the coal house) and sausages on a Wednesday, Shepherds Pie on a Thursday and toasted cheese and ham sandwiches with a bit of salad on a Friday. The highlight of the week was always Sunday Dinner - roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables (cabbage, swede, carrots or peas) and Yorkshire Puddings (3 each).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was certainly no shortage of festive food at Easter, Christmas and Bonfire Night. I remember calling at my Grandma's one Saturday to see a baker's tray of Hot Cross Buns in the Dining Room and often we would receive quite unusual Easter Eggs. The run up to Bonfire Night meant a steady supply of scrumptious home made parkin and parkin pigs as well as treacle toffee which would stick together in a great big clump and stick to the paper bag too. On Christmas Day the focus was always on the turkey and the stuffings. Even now, I cook gluten free versions of the vegetarian stuffings we were served back then. A magical box of dates would appear on the sideboard (though I never liked them) and home made hot mince pies would be enjoyed by everyone. And I mustn't forget the tins of biscuits! We weren't allowed to open them until after Christmas and we drooled over the layers of custard creams, pink wafers, bourbons and chocolate biscuits all separated in plastic trays. There were always one or two partitions which lasted longer than the others (the chocolate ones went first) - the lemon puffs and pink wafers. My favourites were the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_biscuit">Nice</a> biscuits and the Bourbon Creams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The meals were always freshly prepared at school. At Junior School, I loved sausages, swede, mash and gravy and my favourite pudding was chocolate pudding with chocolate sauce. I didn't much care for the jam pudding with coconut sprinkled on the top nor did I like sago pudding or "frogspawn" as we called it! I used to really look forward to the day that beetroot was served as a vegetable - not one or two slices from a jar which we were given at home but a third of a plateful of freshly cooked beetroot. I've always loved beetroot! We weren't given any choice and we weren't allowed to leave any food whatsoever. You just had to sit there until your plate was totally empty and I still feel sickly when I recall the head teacher demanding that we mix the fat from the meat in with the potato, it used to make me gip (Yorkshire for wretch)! Was this one of the primary factors that led to me eventually becoming a vegetarian in the late 70's?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I first came across the the word "Vegetarian" at senior school. Vegetarians were given the mucky yellow dinner tickets, the rest of us had green ones and their food wasn't particularly appealing. The very sloppy cheese pie they were served was disgusting! We named it "cheese slop". Funnily enough, I was made aware of Celiac Disease from a much earlier age since our doctor's son suffered from it. I remember the special sandwiches and cake he always brought with him to our birthday parties and felt quite sad that he missed out on the delicious banana and jam sandwiches, the sausages on sticks, the iced buns and the Birthday Cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There wasn't an emphasis on healthy snacking at school or at home. However, we weren't permitted to just help ourselves from the food cupboards except for a crust from a white sliced loaf when we came in from school which I lavishly spread with butter and strawberry jam. At junior school a small tuck shop was open for mid morning break which sold Wagon Wheels (my favourite) for 3d and 2 chocolate finger biscuits for 1d. At senior school, we could buy Seabrooks Crisps for 6d. And of course we were all entitled to the free school milk. At Senior school, I used to take a Golden Delicious apple most days. At the time, the green grocers rarely offered much of a variety. We could only buy Granny Smith's apples or Golden Delicious - sweet or sour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most Mothers (sounds sexist doesn't it but I don't remember men doing the cooking back then) could bake some sort of cake. Virtually every household owned the Bero Cookbook! Our dessert at home was often a slice of home made Victoria Sponge or Chocolate Cake and during the school holidays, my Mother made a wonderful treacle pudding with custard. My Grandma baked every week and specialised in Madeira & Christmas Cakes. She sometimes added a scattering of sultanas to the plain cake for a treat. She also made Eccles Cakes (basically currants and sugar in pastry) and fruit pies - gooseberry, plum and apple, all of which she grew in the garden. But she couldn't make pastry well, she always managed to get a soggy bottom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every Saturday lunchtime for years we visited my Grandma for sandwiches and pie or Toad in the Hole after our morning's shopping at Shipley Market, Woolworth's and the Co-op. We also visited her again for Sunday tea which was often another roast dinner in the Winter or salad, trifle and strawberry or vanilla blancmange in the Summer as well as raspberries and strawberries with cream. Oh I loved the blancmange! She left the glass mould containing the blancmange to set on the doorstep with a flat stone placed on the top and we would carry it in with us. My Grandmother lived to the grand age of 92 and always cooked everything from scratch. She strongly advised me to eat a carrot and an onion everyday, a little piece of advice which I have rigidly adhered to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My pocket money regularly used to go on Yorkshire Mixtures, sweet cigarettes - I used to buy the broken ones cheaply in bags from John Street Market in Bradford, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(powder)">kali</a> which was bought by the ounce in paper bags and Fireman's Hoses (red liquorice). We rarely had pop (soda) but for a short while there was a pop man who regularly delivered pop to our neighbourhood. It was in glass bottles and the empties were collected next time he called. My favourite flavours were "dandelion and burdock" and "lime and lemonade". Does anyone else remember the pop man? There was a shop at the top of the street which we unimaginatively called the Top Shop. They used to sell food and other items ranging from toys to knitting wool. I often cycled up to the shop to buy ice lollies (Fab and Rocket lollies) and sweets though I remember once buying a packet of Morning Coffee biscuits because I discovered they were better value for money! I was rather spoiled with chocolate. My Great Aunt (who owned a village shop and Post Office) used to kindly give my brother and I two bars of chocolate each a week. My favourites were Smarties, Opal Fruits, Fry's Five Boys Chocolate bars and Milky Ways. My brother always received a Mars Bar which I wasn't keen on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eating out was never an option! I don't even remember eating a take-away meal apart from Fish and Chips wrapped in newspaper despite the emergence of Wimpy Bars on the high street. In fact, apart from occasionally on the long journey to the South West for our holiday, I never ate in a restaurant until I was 17 (sausages, mushrooms and chips at the Italia Café on Great Horton Road) but we were often treated to toasted currant teacakes with lashings of butter melting on the top or a scone at "Morning Coffee" time if we were out in town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I learned to cook at senior school. Domestic Science was a compulsory subject for a year but I continued to take it for O'level and I was also taught the nutritional value of food. For two years, my family were treated to a whole new exciting menu on a Wednesday including American Fish Pie, Russian Fish Pie, Cauliflower Cheese, Pineapple Upside Down Pudding, Lemon Meringue Pie, Damson Jam, Icebox Cookies, Chocolate Éclairs and Brandy Snaps. The knowledge I gained over these two years certainly prepared me well for the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Budgets were tight back then. We didn't even own a TV, we rented one and though both my parents were working, they had to manage their food spend carefully in order to save up for the family holidays etc. Even though it appears that I had a very unimaginative diet (I probably haven't remembered everything), I suppose you could say that, in the main, it was quite nourishing at the time. I certainly treasure the very fond memories of our family life and the meals we ate around the table when TV dinners were unheard of!</span><br />
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Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-90676061017778706022015-09-25T23:17:00.000+01:002015-10-06T23:20:05.481+01:00Recovering from my Hip Fracture OperationSix weeks ago I did a very, very silly thing! Juggling preparing dinner with collecting the washing from the garden I was in a hurry and somehow, as I was going back for the last item of washing, I tripped over the clothes prop, twisted awkwardly around it and fell slap-bang on my side. I tried to get up but it very quickly dawned on me that I'd either broken something or twisted my leg extremely badly. Unfortunately, there was no-one around! I tried shouting for help but only the cat came. Eventually, stupidly or not (I was starting to get very cold), I slowly and carefully crawled on all fours to the side door with the cat calmly trotting alongside me. Remarkably, I managed to pull myself up a step and rattle the letterbox.<br />
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I was impressed that the ambulance arrived within 10 minutes of our phone call. The crew were absolutely fantastic. From my symptoms and the fact that my legs were the same length (apparently if you've broken your hip, chances are that your leg on that side will be shorter than the other one), they thought I had probably twisted the leg. Sadly, after the x-rays, I was informed that I <i>had </i>actually fractured my hip but that I would have a 75% chance of it healing successfully following the operation proposed. I didn't need a hip replacement.<br />
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I was operated on the following day. I underwent a spinal or epidural anaesthesia which is where an injection is given into your spine that numbs the lower half of your body. This is also combined with sedation so you will be unaware of your surroundings and have no memory of the surgery taking place. <b>NOT</b> so in my case - I woke up in the middle of the operation. It was weird but strangely not scary at all. I can still picture the room and remember the short conversation I had with the surgeon and the nurses present.<br />
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I have a non-displaced intracapsular hip fracture which has been pinned with three screws. Having access to the internet is not a good thing and I'm reading too much. My surgeon explained the risks associated with the operation - about non-union and femoral head die-off. I've looked at too many negative articles so now I'm trying to remain positive and stop reading.<br />
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So, what have I been doing to try to ensure that I heal correctly! The first thing I did when I returned home was to contact my homeopath. He prescribed Symphytum 30. This remedy is derived from comfrey which is also known as "knitbone". Comfrey's ability to heal fractures has been documented for centuries. However, studies performed in the late 20th Century suggested it could have a harmful affect on the liver and possibly even cause cancer which led to banning its use as a supplement for internal use in many countries. This did not include the homeopathic remedy since homeopathy is a treatment based on the use of highly diluted substances. I took Symphytum when I broke my arm a couple of years ago so I've got high hopes that it will be equally successful in helping to heal my hip.<br />
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I've been taking additional supplements of Vitamin C, Vitamin D and Iron and I've also read about the <a href="http://chriskresser.com/vitamin-k2-the-missing-nutrient/">importance of Vitamin K2 in the healing of fractures</a>. Vitamin K2 is not found in plant foods but it is present in fermented plant foods such as natto and sauerkraut. Neither of these are easily available to buy and natto is supposed to be disgusting! So, I decided to start eating Gouda Cheese, one of the <a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/gouda-the-nutrient-dense-cheese-of-choice/">best sources of vegetarian Vitamin K2</a> while I am healing.<br />
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I'm also eating plenty of kale, broccoli and salad greens as well as sweet potatoes, carrots, peppers, beetroot etc etc. In fact I'm eating a rainbow. Hopefully everything I'm consuming will help my body to heal quickly and I'll be walking again soon. My husband has been fantastic! He has taken over all the household chores and cooking since I'm hopeless on the crutches - I really need to work on my core strength when I'm better. I've started to put a little weight through my operated leg this week and so I'm optimistic I'll be able to start doing things around the house again soon.<br />
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It's been a very frustrating time and I'm not a very patient person. But it could have been far worse and I've got a lot to be thankful for.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the last 9 years since we started the miraculous Specific Carbohydrate Diet which, I can honestly say, has healed my son's Crohn's Disease, I've noticed that awareness of this diet for treating IBD has grown quite significantly. However, the fact that a completely dairy free version of this diet has been hugely successful in treating children (and adults) who suffer from autism and ADHD is less well known.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"In 2001-2002, a handful of moms started using the SCD for their children who suffered from autism. As the children experienced positive results, news of the SCD began spreading within the autism community.<br />Soon, several moms began contacting Elaine Gottschall directly. The benefits of the diet became apparent to both parents as well as several health care practitioners who integrated the SCD into their autism practices. As a result, in 2004, they invited Elaine to speak at the Defeat Autism Now conference. The impact of her presentation led to appearances at 3 more large conferences as well as many consultations with doctors and nurses treating autism.<br />Since that time, the SCD has been used by hundreds of people in the autism community with dramatic results." <a href="http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/p/scd-autism/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Breaking The Vicious Cycle.com</span></a></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was extremely honoured and excited to have been given the opportunity to review the recently published book, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.scdrecipe.com/autism/home/">The SCD for Autism and ADHD</a>. This is a remarkable, easy to read and comprehensive resource for parents and families of children suffering from autism and ADHD. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It guides the reader gently through the sound science </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">behind the diet with</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> easy to understand narrative and diagrams whilst drawing on and referring to the emotional, psychological and physical healing of some of the</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> children following the diet. The book also contains meal plans and about 150 beautifully illustrated, appetizing and (most of all) easy to cook recipes which will help to eliminate any fear and trepidation often associated with starting this diet which is so very alien to what many believe to be a "normal" diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pam Ferro was introduced to the diet in 2003 and you may be interested to read her </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">son's <a href="http://btvc.webfactional.com/testimonials/detail/8baeb59ad8461eafa181f745fe17e04ac1cb4724/">success on the diet which is outlined on the BTVC website</a>. Pam, a registered nurse, is the co-founder of Hopewell Associates, a nurse-owned practice for those seeking treatment for neuro-developmental and biomedical behavioural disorders. She introduced the SCD-DF curriculum to the practice in 2004 and now directs and manages the Hopewell's Autism Program for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Raman Prasad began the SCD in 1996 having tried many remedies to heal his Ulcerative Colitis and within a few months he realised the outstanding benefits of following this healthy, nutritious grain and sugar free diet. Raman met Pam at the 2004 Defeat Autism Now Conference mentioned above. Regular contact and the realisation that there was a lack of practical information for treating autism with the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, they decided to combine their expertise and write a book to share the knowledge gained from Pam's experience in dealing with the hundreds of children for more than 10 years and Raman's own observations as a sufferer of Ulcerative Colitis and successful SCD author.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nilou Moochhala is married to Raman. She designed this wonderfully laid out book and is the main recipe developer for its Cookbook section. Co-author with Raman of the excellent book Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (I bought a copy of this book when we first began the SCD) and recipe contributor and tester of Raman's book, Adventures in the Family Kitchen: Original Recipes Based on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Nilou also helped to design and market </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Raman's incredibly moving book, Colitis & Me: A Story of Recovery and his awesome SCD website, </span><a href="http://scdrecipe.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">scdrecipe.com</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. This website is jam packed full of mouthwatering SCD recipes. In fact, we must have made the </span><a href="http://www.scdrecipe.com/recipes-bread/banana-bread-loaf/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">banana bread</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> recipe from this site every week for a couple of years and I still recommend it to people starting out on the diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we started cooking for the SCD, our extremely well-thumbed book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=0969276818" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
was basically our bible. In fact we own two copies! I honestly believe that "The SCD for Autism and ADHD" is an equally vital aid for those families desperately searching for help with autism and ADHD. People following the SCD to help treat IBD will also benefit enormously from reading this book, especially parents of children on the diet and not just for the amazing recipes it contains but also for the compelling advice and the practical support it offers.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have you ever tried snack boxes? They're becoming incredibly popular and they're so much fun, you never know what you're going to get inside! It's a little bit like buying your own surprise birthday or Christmas present. But one of the downsides of these schemes is you usually have to take out a subscription so it was great to discover that you can buy a single <b>gluten free</b> (or regular)<b> </b>vegan snack box from <a href="http://www.vegantuckbox.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vegan Tuck Box</a> without subscribing, whenever you want one! And you really don't have to be vegan to treat yourself to one of these! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Vegan Tuck Box created the UK's first vegan snack box scheme and the company ship the boxes <i>worldwide</i>. You're guaranteed to receive between 10 and 12 items in each of the classic boxes ( I received 11) but you can also opt for a mini box if you prefer which contains 5 or 6 products. The products change each month and just look at the treats I found in mine! </span><br />
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Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964411407216654653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860869935572229646.post-58489213035563246702015-06-18T17:36:00.000+01:002018-05-10T00:11:20.502+01:00Eating Gluten Free and Vegan in Toronto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This post follows on from my <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/gluten-free-vegan-in-toronto-kupfert-kim.html">first post this year about Toronto</a> - IMO the most amazing city for finding gorgeous gluten free and vegan cafés and restaurants. Eating out is easy, there is so much choice. We only actually travelled into the city twice on our three week holiday and on the second occasion there were two places I just had to visit - the new<a href="http://www.bunners.ca/shop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bunner's bakery shop</a> in the Kensington Market area and <a href="http://www.freshrestaurants.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fresh</a> (for chips!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> Since <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/my-visit-to-bunners-bakery-in-toronto.html">we last visited Bunner's Bakery</a>, they have expanded and opened up another shop just a subway train ride from downtown Toronto. We bought bread, cupcakes for later and a couple of their savoury pockets for lunch! The long walk from the subway was well worth it</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span>
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Incidentally, for my birthday, I received a copy of the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0062367765/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0062367765&linkCode=as2&tag=glfrscanve-21">Bunner's Bake Shop</a><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgTN82iVkVkkivO8HyQod8K99lWJq0EAbmV4rnoiItw6qbewXD_ccfq3TtZhZprcChboAYzgmHP3JxplPob2Xu7QCDryjk0b5u4NXDxAzAW6EkcJEnTcZ9WmK1KsXx_irjGvEu08HHPY_Q2jb7hxSMD_5GIGFJLvGMhDNGQzPIUHxRb17UBySvWLhNT0A=" />cookbook which I highly recommend ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> ... but I've been unable to make some of the recipes because Garbanzo and Fava Bean Flour is not available in the UK. My suitcase was a little heavier on the way back ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OK! I know this isn't a healthy lunch but these fries from <a href="http://www.freshrestaurants.ca/home">Fresh</a> are <b>SO</b> amazingly delicious dipped into the vegan garlic mayo! We ate them last time we were in Toronto and I <b>had</b> to buy another bowl this time too. The picture doesn't reveal just how huge the bowl is. I didn't have any room left for my Bunner's savoury pocket until we were on the train travelling back home again. But Fresh don't just sell chips! Check out this fantastic <a href="http://images.digitalmarketingbox.com/boxdata/2038/images/gluten_menu_web_final_1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gluten free menu</a> available at all their outlets in Toronto, they are well worth a visit!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I strongly recommend you travel out to Port Credit and eat at Raw Aura if you're ever in Toronto or nearby, their food is awesome! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm now counting down the days to our next visit!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I haven't been able to discover why the British call oat bars "flapjacks". All I know is that these sweet and utterly moreish bars made with oats, golden syrup, sugar and butter become incredibly popular in the 1920s following the long period of rationing during the First World War. It is believed that they became known as "Flapjacks" in the 1930's sometime but in the US, the word "flapjack" refers to a pancake and these are nothing like a pancake!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used a combination of <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/apple-sauce-gf-scd.html">apple sauce</a> and almond butter to replace the fat traditionally used in these types of oat slices and because I've used Coconut Palm Sugar<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=glfrscanve-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B010684FQK" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
in the recipe, the flapjacks have a slightly caramel taste. I was brought up believing that these delicious oat bars were actually quite a wholesome and hearty treat but the lavish amounts of butter and sugar that go into the mix certainly don't scream "healthy" to me now! So is this recipe a better choice? I would think that the absence of butter makes these flapjacks healthier than standard flapjacks but they still have sugar in them, even if it is unrefined. And though coconut sugar retains most of its minerals and compared to normal sugar has far less fructose in it, it's still sugar! I used coconut sugar in this recipe purely for its taste and not for any of the health benefits it may or may not have. So these flapjacks are a treat and not something you should be eating every day - says she who has baked and eaten loads of flapjacks while developing the recipe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You must cut the flapjack into pieces about 15 minutes after it comes out of the oven or else you're in deep trouble because it hardens making it very difficult to slice. You don't have to cover them in chocolate but if you're going to indulge, why not indulge in style! I made my own chocolate coating but you can melt a bar of at least 70% dark chocolate to coat the flapjacks instead if you prefer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">225 g coconut sugar</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">150 g <a href="http://glutenfreescdandveggie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/apple-sauce-gf-scd.html">apple sauce</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">150 g almond butter</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">350 g gluten free oats</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3 rounded tblsps maple syrup or honey</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pinch of sea salt</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">50 g cocoa butter</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3 tblsps raw cacao</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2 tblsps maple syrup</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pinch of sea salt</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Heat the oven to 150° C.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Line a tin measuring 10" by 6" with baking parchment or lightly grease the tin with coconut oil because some baking parchments can make it go a little soggy underneath.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure out the coconut sugar, almond butter, apple sauce, maple syrup and salt and tip into a pan.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over a low to medium light, heat the ingredients until they have completely melted, stirring regularly, then take off the heat.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure out the oats and stir into the mixture until well coated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tip into the prepared baking tin.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until firm on the top.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Leave to cool and cut into slices after 15 minutes using a sharp knife.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Make the chocolate coating next.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure out the cocoa butter into a bowl and add a pinch of fine sea salt.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Set the bowl over a pan of hot water on a low light and melt the cacao butter gently.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When the cacao butter has melted, add the cocoa powder and mix using a whisk until smooth.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Measure in the maple syrup and stir well - the mixture should be runny.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pour the chocolate over the flapjacks and leave in a cool place to set.</span></li>
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