Free from Wheat, Corn and Dairy Recipes, Slimming Recipes, Gardening and the occasional dog story
Lovely little apple pies just like mother used to make – well, not my mother perhaps. She wasn’t very good at pastry making – Bless Her! But these are simple and delicious and when I hand these out to visitors, they don’t even know they’re eating Gluten and Dairy free. …
This tomato pasta sauce is free from dairy and gluten. When following Slimming World, I like to make quick dishes. Otherwise, I get fed up and pick at snacks that I shouldn’t. Lots of the recipes on the Slimming World website are a bit long winded. I eat a lot …
This sweet pastry can be used for Desserts of all kinds that call for shortcrust pastry. I love it made into Jam Tarts. They just melt in the mouth and are far better than the shop bought gluten free. Probably a lot cheaper as well
I can’t find any Tartare sauce in the shops that’s free from Rapeseed Oil. I know this doesn’t bother most people but it seems to affect certain members of our family, so I decided to make my own and found it’s even better than the shop bought ones.
This Chocolate or Carob Sponge Cake makes a lovely rich cake for special occasions, Chirstmas, Birthdays or just as a little treat occasionally. If you are avoiding Caffeine, Carob makes a great alternative and tastes just as good.
I love Yorkshire puddings but haven’t been able to successfully make Wheat and Dairy free ones before. I don’t need to have ‘Free from’ foods but feel guilty if I’ve got lovely fluffy Yorkshires and other members of the family have some resembling small pancakes. So I was really pleased …
This recipe is from an old set of cook books from the 1970’s but a lovely sauce nonetheless.
Gluten and dairy free sausage rolls, that melt in the mouth. After achieving perfect gluten free pastry, I wanted to make sausage rolls but gluten free pastry isn’t as easy to manipulate as the real thing.
I perfected a beautiful soft gluten free loaf to make and bake in an oven but didn’t have much success with making one in a bread machine. I’ve now managed to achieve this goal and am passing it on to you the reader. I would still advise you to beat …
These little quiches cooked in Yorkshire pudding tins are simply delicious. Don’t let anyone tell you gluten free pastry has to taste like cardboard and be pale and anaemic looking.
As any gluten free cook will tell you, it is very difficult to get batter or bread to brown nicely like the ‘real thing’. Also, batters and pastry products always seem a bit on the hard side. Not the case with this recipe.
I found this old recipe card whilst sorting out my kitchen cupboards this week and thought I’d adapt it for Dairy and Gluten Free. It worked beautifully and the result is a scrumptious moist cake.
Twin leather bookmarks are two bookmarks joined together with one picture that looks good side by side or separately. Or, maybe just a pair of bookmarks with couple’s names reversed.
3rd Anniversary Leather bookmarks engraved to set designs or your own ideas
Personalised memory cubes, solid beech blocks measuring 6cms cubed. I believe these are the largest solid hardwood blocks on the internet. Much better quality than lots of others available. Also, these are engraved – not printed.
Personalised Baby Blocks or Memory cubes as they’re often known. Engraved to your own ideas. Lots of examples are shown below to give you some inspiration. Your gift is only limited by your imagination
Our Engraved Personalised Tealight Holders are very popular for all sorts of occasions. I’ve tried grouping them into the various different Occasions to make it easier to look at designs you may be interested in. For sale in our online shop
Children’s Wooden Stools made to order. Engraved with names, dates, meaning of names, family crests, Coat of Arms or anything else you’d like. Lots of examples are shown below.
Found this recipe on Yummly and adapted it for gluten, dairy and sugar free. Just as tasty and very moreish.
This recipe was given to my dad by an old friend who found it in a Family Bible. The recipe was dated 1725. To find the ingredients, you need to look up the Chapters and Verses in a Bible or online. I haven’t actually made this myself, or tried looking …
When I heard the news that we now have to eat 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, I wanted to read the original report for myself, as the media always leave crucial information out when they make these things headline news. I’m not sure what Fruit and Vegetables …
These tasty little Bakewell Tarts won’t help you if you’re on a Slimming Diet but they are really moreish. Once you’ve had one, it’ll be hard to resist a second one. The pastry just melts in your mouth. Gluten free pastry has a reputation for being hard. But not when …
I’ve been experimenting to make a lovely Gluten free loaf with less ingredients to simplify it and here it is below. It seems to be just as soft and long lasting as my other recipe but with a shorter ingredients list.
These Old English style Scotch Eggs are made using Turkey mince instead of Sausagemeat, so you can cut down on red meat and processed meat containing Nitrites.
These Fish cakes are really tasty and light. You’ll find it hard to stop at one or two.
Delicious Gluten and Corn free bread recipe which tastes and feels like real soft bread. Toasts beautifully and also stays soft for a few days.
If you haven’t discovered Yummly.com yet, you are missing out on a plethora of recipes to suit every diet or food preference imaginable. And if you write your own recipes, you can get them listed on Yummly.com from your Blog
It’s a shame you can’t smell or taste this recipe over the internet as it’s so scrumptious.
Or, How I changed the screen on my iPad 2 in 3 hours. I was chasing young Jake down the garden as he was up to mischief, iPad in hand. I more or less threw it onto the patio table and it didn’t quite sit on it properly and it …
This recipe is suitable for Slimming World or my Low Carb Diet and is Free from Dairy & Wheat There are the two different versions below to serve 2 people