Sadly, Muffin (a very loving, compassionate, affectionate and intuitive black & white feline sentient being:) had to be put to sleep yesterday. We worked out that he was approx 19 years! I am convinced that my beloved furry friend has every chance of a human incarnation in his next life. He had the most beautiful personality, soul and spirit and will be missed for sure. The world is a much darker place without him and thus lives on in our hearts.
I'll never forget you!
Friday, 27 January 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Lemons!
Savoured a lovely home-made green smoothie breakfast consisting of nothing but pure healthy plant fuel : ripe organic pears, lots and lots flat leaf parsley, spinach from the back yard and water. This would of be a 100% perfect sublime concoction if only I added one vital ingredient. Can you guess? The wondrous lemon of course!
Monday, 16 January 2012
Have your cake and eat it too!!!
200g spelt flour (or wheat and gluten-free flour)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb of soda
75g butter / sunflower oil
1 tbsp lemon zest (2 lemons)
1 tbsp poppy seeds
75ml agave syrup
1 small cup of strong green jasmine tea, cooled
2 eggs or vegan alternative ie tofu soy
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarb into a bowl. Add the lemon zest, poppy seeds and mix.
3. Add the butter in small blobs and rub in with your fingertips to make a kind of breadcrumb texture.
4. Combine the agave syrup and green tea. Whisk the eggs, add to the syrup and then add this mixture to the flour. Combine well and transfer to a greased loaf tin (21cm x 11cm is ideal).
5. Bake for 50-60 minutes, although check as baking times vary according to ovens. You'll know the loaf is done when a toothpic comes out clean.
6. Combine the juice of the two lemons and a little agave syrup and pour over the top of the loaf, particularly where there are cracks so it can seep in. Allow the loaf to cool before turning out and resting on a wire rack.
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarb of soda
75g butter / sunflower oil
1 tbsp lemon zest (2 lemons)
1 tbsp poppy seeds
75ml agave syrup
1 small cup of strong green jasmine tea, cooled
2 eggs or vegan alternative ie tofu soy
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarb into a bowl. Add the lemon zest, poppy seeds and mix.
3. Add the butter in small blobs and rub in with your fingertips to make a kind of breadcrumb texture.
4. Combine the agave syrup and green tea. Whisk the eggs, add to the syrup and then add this mixture to the flour. Combine well and transfer to a greased loaf tin (21cm x 11cm is ideal).
5. Bake for 50-60 minutes, although check as baking times vary according to ovens. You'll know the loaf is done when a toothpic comes out clean.
6. Combine the juice of the two lemons and a little agave syrup and pour over the top of the loaf, particularly where there are cracks so it can seep in. Allow the loaf to cool before turning out and resting on a wire rack.
Friday, 27 May 2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
latest discoveries
Well-done to the Beeb for commissioning 'Inside the Human Body' a series of documentaries worth watching! I particularly loved Gerald who allowed his very dignified passing to be filmed, what a lovely gentleman who made his family, loved ones, friends and us so, so proud!
2 TBS Chia seeds, ground cardamon, raw strawberry powder soaked in water overnight makes a wonderfully-tasty and nourishing natural strawberry 'chia' jam / jello:!
2 TBS Chia seeds, ground cardamon, raw strawberry powder soaked in water overnight makes a wonderfully-tasty and nourishing natural strawberry 'chia' jam / jello:!
Monday, 9 May 2011
Thengai Payasam (Coconut Porridge)
Sunday, 8 May 2011
eats!
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| 'caramel' soft-scoop ice-cream with nourishingly-good chia gel(ripe frozen bananas with the superfood powder hence the caramel flavor:)! |
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| oats with organic / fairtrade coconut flour topped with fresh raspberries! |
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| reduced organically-grown ripe pears(2), oats in a cardommon coconut flour creme! |
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| coconutty-oats topped with brain-enchancing blueberries! |
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| super-omega Thai-style coconut and rehydrated mango sticky 'rice'(chia seed gel, flax gel, coconut flour and mango:)! buon appetite! |
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