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.

Breakfast Loaf

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Breakfast Loaf

by SweetHeart » July 9th, 2012, 5:57 pm

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.

A day in the life of Miss Jaz

 

 

 

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

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.

Our walk in the park

Another beautiful day here in Northamptonshire. Our walk in the park today included Jaz's trot along the stream, I'm sure she was loving the cool water on her hot little feet.

Cuckoo Pint

http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/lords-and-ladies

We, my little dog and I were on our daily walk in the local woodland park, when I came across this plant, I'd never seen it before and was intrigued to know what it was.  I sent a picture of it to the 'Woodland Trust' who kindly sent me a reply really quickly. Apparently it is commonly known as the Cuckoo pint. It also has several other names given to it over the years some of which are mentioned in their website (above link) . It seems to grow in the shade of the bigger trees and in soil rich with leaf mold.

After I gained all this information, on our walk today (a day later) I saw not one but about a dozen of them !!  Obviously I hadn't noticed them before. But I still think they're an unusual plant, and so I am told, they bear bright red/orange berries in the autumn which are poisonous.

See what you can gain from being retired? LOL!! I love it, just walking aimlessly through the woods with the dog, or wandering downtown mooching around the shops buying little bits and pieces, nothing gives me more pleasure.!