Live For Food

This healthier muffin recipe includes some wholegrains, as well as fruit and vegetables.   Ingredients 140g self raising flour 85g wholemeal flour 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground cinnamon A pinch of salt 150ml sunflower oil 100g caster sugar 200g mashed cooked carrots 3 pineapple slices from a can, cut into cubes, plus […]

It fascinates me that once upon a time someone worked out that if you pick ears of corn, squish them, keep the powder that’s left, mix it up with butter and water and other things, and put them in the fire, the result would be good to eat. So what’s the difference between the various […]

I create some Bible craft ideas for the website BibleQuizzes.org.uk and one of the ones I’ve done recently is these Garden of Eden cookies. As they are also rather tasty, I thought I would share the recipe on this blog too! The cookies taste nice whatever shape you cut them into – so you don’t […]

Today I’ve tried out a fruity pudding.  A lot of the supermarkets have blueberries on offer at the moment so I thought it would be a good one to try. Ingredients: 50g caster sugar 50g soft butter, plus extra for greasing 1 large egg 50g self-raising flour 50g dessicated coconut, plus 2 tsp 50g creme […]

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 […]