If He Can Do it……..

I am gradually moving old posts from my earlier blog over here. This one about birthday cake was written a couple of years ago and I hope will inspire you to make one too. I got what I hoped for my birthday; a day off from chores. One friend brought lunch and another cooked tea, how lucky was that. I also had this amazing cake made for me by my 12-year-old son. Not your run of the mill sponge jazzed up like his Mum would do, oh no, he made a chocolate...

Gluten and sugar free biscotti, yum!

Sometimes I want  to scream, cry and cave in. A beat-candida diet coupled with gluten and dairy free is HARD GOING at times. I had a moment with a chocolate bar this week that nearly got me, but a quick slam shut of the cupboard door and cup of spicy tea with a biscotti saved me. For me, having something yummy, but diet appropriate, around really helps. A wee treat to turn to when others are indulging in the sugar laden western diet world. My latest...

Gluten, Dairy and Sugar Free Brownies

 It’s an interesting perception that if it’s gluten or dairy free it’s healthier for us.   Hm…….. I’m not convinced. Have you seen the lists of ingredients on the processed packaged stuff on offer in our supermarkets, it’s alarming. I can’t even pronounce some of it far less know what it is. If it’s processed it’s processed and that’s all there is too it, and if it’s full of...

Better Breakfast Brigade

 Thanks to my CFS/ME I’ve been learning just how important it is to keep our blood sugars balanced. Feeding our children cereal, toast ( especially white bread) with jam, chocolate spread or marmalade or any other so-called breakfast option is doing them a disservice. I am tempted to say abusing them. Yes, strong words, but honestly we worry about them crossing roads, encountering drugs, stranger danger while “safe” at home we feed them the...