Archive | February, 2012
Healthy snack: apple puree (sweetened with xylitol) with dairy-free yogurt and toasted nuts topping

Marian’s Morsel (9): Nutty Apple Puree

Sounds naughty but is simply delicious Serves 3 3 cooking apples (I use Irish bramley apples) Juice of 1 lemon 5 tablespoons of filtered water 3 tablespoons xylitol Topping: 3 tablespoon hemp seeds (optional) 3 tablespoons dairy-free yogurt (or more to your taste) Toasted almonds and  pecans, chopped (10 of each) Peel, core and slice [...]

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Kitchen Reader Book Club Review: A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg

Kitchen Reader Book Club Review: A Homemade Life

February 2012:A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg This is an amusing and easy read laid out in short story format. Molly Wizenberg has a wonderful knack throughout to bring you right into her past life. Her casual friendly style often made me feel like she was speaking to me as [...]

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Happy Blogoversary Today

Hi All The blog is 1 year old today so it’s Happy Blogoversary Day, whohoo! Thanks to all my wonderful followers and contributors for the last year. Onward to more fun, info and great recipes and comments for year 2, whohoo!!!

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What is Spelt Flour?

Reblogged from Spelt for Choice: Marian's Kitchen Blog: Hi, I get asked a lot ‘what is spelt flour’ so here’s my definition from my research. Spelt Flour is a delicious alternative to the traditional wheat flour that is most commonly used.  Although spelt comes from the same wheat family of grains it is supposed to be more [...]

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Did you ever do this? - 29th February Proposal

Marian’s Morsel (8): I proposed on 29th February and he didn’t say yes

If you haven’t noticed by now I like to be a bit off the norm, helps keep me motivated. If I were to follow the crowd ooh I’d be so bored. This leads nicely into a little trip down memory lane now that the 29th February is fast approaching. Hard to believe that the year [...]

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My First Dairy-Free Choc Sauce / Mousse

Ah this is so cute I had to share it with you. I found it very nostalgic to remember how over-joyed I used to be on finding new foods that would open up my food restrictive world again. I’m guessing the post was originally drafted in March 2011 as the only reason I didn’t post [...]

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Marian’s Morsels (7): How many mls in a tablespoon?

Last year Lorna sent a message out on twitter urgently needing to know about how many mls in a tablespoon. She was in the middle of a recipe and needed an answer, as you can imagine, asap. I along with others came to the rescue. When we met up at a meeting a while later [...]

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Mindful Monday

Reblogged from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: What an uplifting piece for Monday morning blues, Enjoy Will have my chocolate mousse later?

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Large Spelt Yeast Rolls

Busy Baking Today: It’s Becoming A Habit

I’m off on a course tomorrow and they’ll only be using wheat flour. So I’m busy today making bread and other treats to keep me going. Also on my menu today is a chocolate mousse. So lots to do. This Friday baking is getting to a bit of a habit though which I’ll gladly succumbing [...]

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Marian’s Morsels (6): Dairy Free Fudge (product review)

I ended up spending most of the day in Dublin city centre looking for Oatly cream. Oatly is a dairy free alternative to milk and I needed it to re-test an old draft post for chocolate mousse. Still trying to figure out why it was left in drafts, as it looks finished. I concluded that [...]

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