Here’s a good tip for all you bakers out there…
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking tin, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
This is a useful tip from Delia and works well.
Plum Baby
November 19, 2007 By 3 Comments
Something I have noticed since turning thirty, is that most of my friends are getting married or having babies, I guess it’s an age thing! My friends that are mothers or mothers to be, all share one major concern, how to make sure they provide a healthy balanced diet for their children. Ingredients and nutrition are of course the greatest priority but time and cost play large roles too. [Read more...]
Probiotic vs Prebiotic
November 15, 2007 By 2 Comments
Last month I watched a programme called ‘How dirty can I get?’ on BBC3. The microbiologist in me was fascinated as we followed Nicky Taylor and Tim FitzHigham for 6 weeks without washing! This was an experiment into the effects of all the chemicals we use on ourselves daily. What has this got to do with food?? I hear you ask! Well, one of the studies carried out during the programme, looked at levels of ‘friendly’ bacteria in people consuming probiotics compared with people consuming a prebiotic diet. [Read more...]
Parsley
November 13, 2007 By 1 Comment
My parsley plant has gone bonkers! It is making an advance on the rest of the herb tub and is trying to strangle my sage plant. I have had to take drastic measures and now have a bag-full of parsley awaiting as unknown fate! I’ve had a tip from mum and an idea for a recipe… [Read more...]
Munchy Seeds
November 12, 2007 By 1 Comment
I enjoyed trying out different methods for roasting pumpkin seeds but life is simply too short to go through it on a regular basis. I include pumpkin seeds and other seeds in my diet on a daily basis, mainly in muesli, but also sprinkled on salads, incorporated in breads and eaten as a snack. I really like the tastes and textures of the different seeds, from pumpkin, to hemp and poppy. Seeds have so many health attributes too! [Read more...]
