Posted by kathryn in Baking

What the hell is a biscuit recipe doing on Limes & Lycopene? Aren’t I always nagging you to cut back on the treats and eat more vegetables? Well yes, but . . . A while ago I asked what you wanted me to blog about and one of the suggestions discussed was how to make treat foods just that bit better for you. Then I noticed Food Blogga’s Eat Christmas Cookies event and it seemed like a good time …

Read more 18 December, 2008

Posted by kathryn in Baking, Salads and Soups

• Noodles & edamames: Lovely Japanese inspired salad from Yotam Ottolenghi. Glass noodles and edamame beans are combined with fresh herbs, chilli, sesame seeds and a ginger, lime and soy dressing. * The food we buy now: Interesting piece about changes to the UK’s average ‘basket of goods’ used in inflation calculations. Charts our changing food tastes and habits. What’s in your basket? * Spinach & okra soup: Over here, okra is currently in season. I love the stuff …

Read more 28 March, 2009

Posted by kathryn in Fruit, Baking and Recipes

I’ve been slowly working away at this muffin recipe for about 6 weeks now, tweaking, testing then re-tweaking, until there was a huge eureka yesterday when I finally cracked it. There are a gazillion muffin recipes out there, so why all the bother? Well I had certain requirements for my muffins. I wanted each one to contain at least one serving of fruit, to contain walnuts, to taste really good and to have no added fat and very little …

Read more 24 November, 2006

Posted by kathryn in Recipes and Baking

A couple of weeks back I made some more muffins. This time I had two little helpers – a two and a four year old who were staying with us. The four-year-old only liked apples, so I adapted my usual recipe and this time I used tinned Baker’s Apple. SPC Ardmona make a variety that is 100% apple – no sweetener and no juice. It’s like using chunky stewed apple, but quicker and easier than making your own. I didn’t …

Read more 17 April, 2007

Posted by kathryn in Vegan, Fruit, Baking and Recipes

After posting my date and walnut muffin recipe, I’ve recently adapted it, for using fresh fruit. I’ve cooked these muffins all summer, using peaches, nectarines, apricots and even mangoes, but I keep on forgetting to photograph them, hence the delay in posting this recipe. These muffins are really good. They’re low in kilojoules, have no added fat, as well as being low in sugar . . . and yet they taste great. Moreover, most of the fat comes from …

Read more 15 February, 2007

Posted by kathryn in Fruit, Baking and Recipes

I’ve had a lot of deadlines recently, which has made it hard to blog with my usual regularity. I’ve been writing articles, recipes, sending out newsletters and finalising details of a new monthly column. In amongst this I’ve been seeing clients and been putting together two new seminars at the clinic. On top of that, Richard and I are beavering away on a new project. It’s very exciting, but not due for release until later in the year, so more …

Read more 07 March, 2007

Posted by kathryn in Baking, Salads, Summer and Vegan

I’ve seen a lot of fabulous recipes online recently, but these four have particularly stayed with me. They’re all simple, but intriguing. Tasty looking and really interesting ways of using ingredients. So I thought I’d share them with you: # Tomato and pomegranate molasses salad: Lucy posted this Sam and Sam Clark recipe recently and it’s absolutely outstanding. I made it with some cherry tomatoes and the flavours were divine. It’s rich, sharp and yet also sweet. The leftovers were …

Read more 04 March, 2011

Posted by kathryn in Vegetables, Breakfast, Baking, Snacks, Summer, Winter and Vegan

There haven’t been any Friday Quicklinks for ages, but I’ve spotted some good stuff on the ’net this week, so here goes: * The Great Muffin Makeover: Harvard School of Public Health have a great piece on making better-for-you muffins, as well as recipes and a comparison of their muffins vs coffee shop ones. * Chilli Kaffir Tamarind Tofu: Via @Ganga108 comes this delicious looking recipe for stir fried tofu marinated in chilli, kaffir limes and tamarind. I think …

Read more 20 January, 2012