Quicklinks
Posted by kathryn in A Balanced Diet and Salads
- Tahini sauce: Tahini is a wonderful food and Cassie has this week posted a gorgeous recipe for tahini and caramelised onion sauce. I had this with roasted vegetables and tofu during the week . . . and it’s unbelievably good.
- Your bars: As you know I like a breakfast bar. And I wish, wish, wish these were available in Australia. At Your Bars you can construct your own snack bars. You choose the nuts, the dried fruit, whether you want tahini, spices, and an array of other ingredients. A few days later you’ll then receive a delivery of your very own personalised snack bars. Brilliant.
- Eating cake: I’m a big fan of a nice bit of cake – and so is British nutritionist Jane Clarke. In this article she explains how to making your own cakes makes a difference in the health stakes – because you’re in control of the ingredients. And thanks to Sophie for pointing me to this article.
- Pumpkin & white bean salad: I love the look of this pumpkin and white bean salad from Chocolate & Zucchini. It has a few ingredients, but anything with Moroccan spices, toasted pine nuts and fresh coriander has me hooked.
- Taking away the guilt: A bit of nutritional balance from this article on Reuters: Foods that aren’t as bad as you think.
- How to cheat: I grew up on Delia Smith and in my mum’s house she’s still the ultimate authority. But even my mum agrees Delia’s gone a bit astray if she’s recommending frozen mashed potato. Her latest book is all about How to Cheat – what convenience foods to use for the best results. Is this a good thing?
22 February, 2008
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No! It’s a terrible thing! If even Delia can’t be arsed to boil a few tatties, the end of civilisation can’t be far off!
I have that C&Z salad bookmarked too, anything with pumpkin has to be good :)
Glad you like the cake article Kathryn. I love Jane Clarke – she’s always so sensible (everything in moderation!).
My husband has bought me a copy of Delia’s book – he said he thought I’d want a copy to be able to rant about it in an informed manner. It arrived literally five minutes ago so I’ll be able to report back later
Great links, as ever. I specially like the bean salad, and the tahini sauce – it’s years since I’ve made one, somehow I’ve forgotten about it, and this one sounds good.
Thanks
Joanna
Happy to hear that home-baked cake is a green-light food (especially since that’s all I ever have). I often add veggies to my baking and don’t think the taste is really affected (even with eggplant!). Of course, you still have to watch all the sugar and fat, but, as the article says, moderation is key. Also happy to read that baked potatoes are no longer a “bad” food, since they are, after all, full of important minerals and other nutrients!
Frozen Mashed Potato!
Yuck!!
Can’t quite get past Delia and that Frozen Mash…surely it’s not all that hard to actually boil (or steam) and mash your own…great links Kathryn!
Kathryn, I’m happy to hear you enjoyed the tahini and onion sauce. Thanks for including me in your links.
And that beautiful pumpkin and bean salad… oh, making me hungry! I’ll be making that, for sure. :)
Dietgrrrrl – the more I think about it, the more horrified I am with Delia. There are certain standards you can’t go past and FROZEN MASH IS ONE OF THEM.
Sophie – I haven’t read much of Jane Clarke’s stuff before, so I shall be checking back regularly. I’m so looking forward to hearing what you think about Delia’s book.
Ricki – home-made cake. So much better than shop-bought. But still an occasional food and I think Jane is maybe a little too enthusiastic in her enthusiasm for the health benefits of home-made cake.
But I’ve always liked sneaking vegies into cakes. As much for the reaction it gets, as for the health improvement! The chocolate and beetroot cake is one of my favourites, as are the Jamie Oliver pumpkin cupcakes.
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