Thursday, 16 August 2012
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Breakfast loaf with blueberries
Blueberry & Lemon Breakfast Loaf

400g ground almonds
50g coconut flour
5 to 10g Splenda type sweetener (to taste)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
50g mixed seeds (I used Neal's Yard Omega Mix)
50g chopped almonds
10g natural wheat bran (optional)
grated zest of 1 large lemon
110g butter, melted
4 eggs beaten
100ml double cream
juice of 1 large lemon
½ tsp lemon oil (optional)
100g fresh or frozen blueberries (raspberries would be nice too)
Put all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk all of the wet ingredients (but not the lemon juice) together. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. When well mixed, stir in the lemon juice and mix again. Gently stir in the berries.
Bake at 160c, Gas 3, 325f for an hour or until a fine skewer comes out clean.
5g carbs per slice.

400g ground almonds
50g coconut flour
5 to 10g Splenda type sweetener (to taste)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
50g mixed seeds (I used Neal's Yard Omega Mix)
50g chopped almonds
10g natural wheat bran (optional)
grated zest of 1 large lemon
110g butter, melted
4 eggs beaten
100ml double cream
juice of 1 large lemon
½ tsp lemon oil (optional)
100g fresh or frozen blueberries (raspberries would be nice too)
Put all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk all of the wet ingredients (but not the lemon juice) together. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. When well mixed, stir in the lemon juice and mix again. Gently stir in the berries.
Bake at 160c, Gas 3, 325f for an hour or until a fine skewer comes out clean.
5g carbs per slice.
Breakfast Loaf
Breakfast Loaf

I've been eating low carb apple cake for breakfast. It's great to just grab a slice and butter it. So I thought I'd make one that was a bit heartier, a bit more breakfasty. This one is about 6g carbs per slice and very filling.

One large cooking apple, cored,finely chopped and cooked, or approximately 275ml apple puree
(if you use ready made, check the carb content!)
400g ground almonds
50g coconut flour
5 to 10g Splenda type sweetener (to taste)
1½ tsp cinnamon
1½ tsp mixed spice
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1½ tbsp baking powder
50g mixed seeds (I used Neal's Yard Omega Mix)
50g chopped walnuts
110g butter, melted
3 eggs beaten
45ml double cream
1 tsp vanilla essence/extract
1 large loaf (10 x 4") or square tin, lined.
Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Mix all of the wet ingredients together, add them to the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the pureed apple ( I cooked my own, and whizzed with a hand blender to break the skin up. You could cook the apple peeled)
Mix well and turn into the prepared tin. Bake at about Gas 3, 160c, 325f, for about 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out cleanly. Cool on a wire rack.
This can be served warm or cold or toasted, with butter (to lower the GI) and can also be frozen in slices for convenience.
16 slices; 6g carbs per slice.
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Holiday at Caister June 2012
Amy and Eloise at Caister Norfolk on a long weekend to celebrate her 31st Birthday (Amy) that is! Eloise on the other hand is a mere 2 and a half years old. and enjoying the sunshine and seaside
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Little miss wriggly

Eloise and me on Jublilee Day, we were going to celebrate by attending the street party in town, we had red/white and blue boa for her to wear and a little flower for her hair in the same colour, but true to british weather, it rained, all day long, it was cold and windy too, so we gave it a miss and watched it on TV instead. we were disappointed but we had fun anyway, we had a lovely weekend and little miss non-stop 90mile per hour was as wonderful, funny and adorable as always.
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