Recipes
Vanilla, Raspberry and Chocolate (3 Tiered) Cake
It has come to the end of our fun series following the Bake Off and well done Frances for winning it all! I wanted Frances to win as her cakes were always a marvel to look at. I will remain permanently mesmerised by her ability to make cakes with hidden carrots or...
Grain Free, Delicious Pumpkin Pie
This is an ode to Autumn, to Pie and to America. When I lived in the south of England I had the wonderful privilege of having lots of American friends who introduced me to the world of pumpkin. Pumpkin bread, pie, bars and cookies are now familiar things to my taste...
Grain Free Canapes
The quarter-final happened this week! That means time has gone by so very quickly - 9 whole weeks. I hope you have been enjoying this little series of mine. From Custard Cups, to Soda Bread Loaves to Trifles - it has been health food galore - with only one more...
Pumpkin Bread
Did you think of me whilst watching this week Bake Off? My best friend sent me a message telling me that this was 'my' week of the bake off as they were copious amounts of vegetables in cakes and a high use of unusual flours! Winner. Needless to say I loved it and was...
Spelt Roly Poly!
Another week of the Bake Off that saw Glen leave and left only ladies in the baking tent! Plus it took on tradition will the task of creating suet based pudding. Roly Poly's, Clooties and Spotted Dicks (hehe - still funny!) were the pudding of the hour all of which...
Breakfast Pancakes/Drop Scones
You may a tad confused by the title. Am I about to offer you a scone or a pancake? Well dear readers I am merely being sensitive to your heritage. For the recipe below could be an alternative healthier version of thick American pancakes or a contemporary...
Cinnamon Breakfast Buns
Week 6 of the Bake Off and gaining inspiration from their creations and making a naturally healthy real food version (click here to read my criteria and how it all started). So this week was sweet dough with lots of tiny buns being made, with lots of proving and...
Grain Free Shortbread
This week on the Bake Off the theme was tray bakes and biscuits. As I have already given you a delicious, real food brownie recipe this week, today I am focusing on biscuits. There is nothing better than a biscuit with a cup of tea and a book. Nothing quite so...
Custard Cup’s
Welcome to my series that takes inspiration each week from The Great British Bake Off and creates a healthy, natural, often grain free version of something made on the show. I love baking but don't fancy (and can't) eat all that refined sugar or flour, so here I show...
6 Natural Ways to Treat Constipation
I thought it was time for a bit of toilet chat. Some of you may be wishing and hoping that I don’t go there, but sorry I totally am. You see I actually LOVE good bit of toilet chat. I come from a family where it was a pretty regular...
Grain Free Lemon & Blueberry Trifle
This weeks Great British Bake Off Meets Real Food looks at the glorious topic of desserts! This is very exciting as we all love a good dessert! This weeks episode was rather tense (in my opinion ) as we had to watch them construct creme anglais, trifle, 32 identical...
25 Uses for Coconut Oil
A wee while ago I shared with you why I love coconuts so much, especially its oil. It has so many amazing benefits, honestly there are TONS, which you can read about here. But not only is it highly beneficial it also had millions of uses! Today I am going to...
Spelt Soda Bread
Super Naturally Loafy Last night greeted week two of the Great British Bake Off. Last week I started a wee series that will follow the bake off through and give healthy, natural and real food alternatives to each week themes (find out more here). This week came...
Fats #3: The Benefits of Coconuts
After my last few posts about fat and it wonderful benefits, I thought it would be good to look more in depth at specific fats available, there benefits and uses. So to kick it off with a bang today, I am going to look at coconut oil. Now, coconut oil is a...
The Benefits of Juicing
The Benefits of Juicing is the topic for today. This health boosting, vitamin flooding and healing substance can only do glorious things for your diet. However, I have not always thought this. I used to think (after years of slimming clubs) that juice was...