Live For Food

I’ve been trying to cut back on refined carbohydrates recently, but find myself faced with a lack of dessert and cake.  So I’ve tried this recipe out with the aim of making a cake that doesn’t include any flour or sugar.  Wishful thinking?  Well, here goes.  I’ve based my recipe on Nigella’s Gluten-Free Venetian Carrot […]

Yet another quick and easy weeknight chicken breast meal.  This particular recipe is good if you are eating late in the evening, because the chicken requires marinading first, and then is quite quick to cook.  View the original recipe here.  I have as usual made a few amendments. Ingredients (serves 2): 2 boneless chicken breasts […]

I’m eating some low carb meals at the moment and fancied having a go at a dessert that was nominally low carb.  So truffles seemed like a good idea as dark chocolate is allowed on some low carb diets in moderation.  There is no other refined sugar involved in the recipe, or any flour products […]

This is a recipe for oven-baked salmon.  I prefer oven baking salmon to frying it, as it seems to come out softer, and the coating in this recipe looked like it would stop the fish from drying up.  Normally I would bake it in foil, but I don’t think that would have worked with the […]

I was looking for a recipe that involves avocado and smoked salmon, but I wanted something that was a bit more impressive than chopping them up and putting them on a plate.  I came across this recipe from BBC Good Food for Smoked Salmon and Avocado Terrines and decided to give it a go. I […]