With the advent of my returning to work two days a week, the slow cooker has been dusted off and put to good use on the days when I am out of the house, as work is fifteen to twenty minutes away by the time I pick up the girls and get home they are [...]
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Slow Cooked Sausages in Apple Juice
Posted in Food, Recipes, tagged gluten free, recipe, sausages, slowcooking on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gluten Free Mince Pies
Posted in Coeliac, Food, Recipes, tagged baking, Christmas, gluten free, mince pies, pastry, recipe on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an attempt to keep the Tallest on the go today in the hopes of a relatively trouble free bedtime (it worked!). I decided to revisit my mince pie recipe as the pastry in such small quantities just hasn’t been surviving in the oven. Since my diagnosis with Coeliac my pastry making has been the [...]
Edible Christmas Gifts
Posted in Food, Frugality, Recipes, Selfsufficiency, tagged chocolates, easy, fudge, gifts, packaging, wrapping on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Using the recipes in the last three posts, they needed to be prettied up a bit. I was fortunate that I had some Cellophane card sleeves so I folded the bottom corners into themselves to turn it into a tube and then filled with the said goodies. Sealed the top and then gathered with a [...]
Quick and Easy Chocolate Fudge
Posted in Food, Frugality, Recipes, Selfsufficiency, tagged butter, chocolate, easy, fudge, gift, last minute, present, quick on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is so utterly simple it not true, and it never fails to get me out of a tight corner at short notice, these are a real winner to take to any occasion and can be made in the time it takes to do the washing up, its only the chilling which takes time, but [...]
Chocolate Coated Cherries
Posted in Food, Frugality, Recipes, Selfsufficiency, tagged Cherries, chocolate, Christmas, gifts, marzipan, sweets on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Makes 2
You will need:
12 Glace Cherries
250g / 9oz Marzipan
125g / 5 1/2oz Dark or Milk Chocolate
Extra Milk, Dark or White Chocolate to decorate (optional)
Line a standard sized baking tray with parchment paper.
Cut the Cherries into half.
Divide the marzipan into 24 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball, press half a cherry onto the [...]
Rocky Road Bites
Posted in Food, Frugality, Recipes, Selfsufficiency, tagged apricots, chocolate, Christmas, gifts, kitchen, Marshmallows, sweets, walnuts on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This recipe is supposed to be for 18, but I end up with rather more, as I prefer my chocs to be a bit daintier.
You will need:
125g / 4 1/2oz Milk Chocolate
50g / 2 1/2oz Mini Marshmallows (or cut up larger ones)
25g / 1oz Chopped Walnuts
25g / 1oz Dried Apricots
Line a standard sized baking tray [...]
Quick and Simple Gluten Free Fruit Cake
Posted in Coeliac, Food, Recipes, tagged baking, cakes, Christmas, Coeliac, fruit, gluten free on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Apologies for not having been around for the last few days, but I have been going through the controlled crying with the Smallest and it has taken up my time in the evenings when I would generally post…anyway, having decided that nobody in the family actually wants to eat a traditional iced Christmas Cake, I [...]
Grandma Marshall’s Green Tomato Chutney
Posted in Food, Frugality, Home Economy, Preserves, Recipes, Selfsufficiency, tagged chutney, cooking, green tomatoes, recipe on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is an adapted recipe, that my Paternal Grandmother used to make. It is loosely based aroung Mrs Beetons, but has been altered to suit her tastes. My Grandma passed away when I was a very small baby, so making things that came directly from her really make me feel that I have a connection [...]
Basic Biscuits
Posted in Coeliac, Food, Recipes, tagged baking, biscuits, Coeliac, cooking, gluten free, Recipes on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
These are some biscuits that we made in preparation for halloween callers;
You need:
100gms (4oz) Butter
100gms (4ozs) Sugar
200gms (8oz) Gluten Free Plain Flour
1tsp Vanilla Essence
1 Medium Egg
Line baking trays with parchment paper
Cream together the butter and sugar, and add the vanilla essence
Beat in the egg and the flour bringing it together to form a smooth dough
Knead [...]
Coq Au Vin
Posted in Coeliac, Food, Recipes on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is just my Gluten Free variation on this classic dish.
Ingredients:
1 Chicken – divided into quarters or smaller
Chickens neck, heart and liver – if you have them
50g Butter
2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
4 Slices Bacon – chopped
2 Small Onion – peeled and chopped
50g Gluten Free plain flour seasoned with salt and pepper
500ml Red Wine
500ml Water or Stock
Bay, [...]
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