Enjoy my recipes and cook your way to a healthier life.

Smashed Potato Fry Up

September 22, 2017

Fancy a fry up this autumn? This one is as good tasting as it is good for you? Transform your everyday spuds into a hip easy peasy comfort food that can be served from breaky to the evening meal!  Crispy outsides give way to creamy insides that are tucked between lightly sauteed wild mushrooms and […]

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Mum’s Deviled eggs

April 14, 2014
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Nobody makes deviled eggs like my mum! She has been making them for as long as I can remember and constantly gets requests to bring these to ‘dos’. They are always the first things to be gobbled up!  Now Easter and eggs, whether it be chocolate or chicken, go together like bunnies and carrots so I […]

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Good For You Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 7, 2014
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It was April fools day however this ‘good for you chocolate chip cookie’  is no April fools joke! They are as delicious as any decadent homemade favorite but packed  with  protein, fibre, vitamins, and minerals too! These cookies are gluten free and  really low in sugar,  so no brain fog or tummy troubles after munching […]

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Springtime Spinach St Patty’s Day Roulade

March 18, 2014
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Springtime is here they tell us and yet looking out at my car the image coming back does not match! A cold and frosty day is in store in the South on this St Patrick’s Day. Typically people do all kinds of crazy things on this day from pinching anyone not wearing green to dying […]

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Ginger Cookies

March 8, 2014
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It’s this  time of year that bugs abound and I’m not talking about the summertime squashable ones! Everywhere people are sneezing and feeling peeky so I created this ginger cookie to tempt even the dodgiest  of tummies. It is full of protein, vitamins,  minerals, some antibacterial properties, and is low in sugar too with no […]

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Chocolate Good For you Truffles

February 17, 2014
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It’s Valentines Day and choccie heaven day too! The problem with showering your loved one and yourself with choccies is that most of them are filled with all kinds of little nasties that may taste good but not be so good for you. No need to despair there is a delicious choccie solution here! This […]

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Tomato Soup – Roasted and Five Minute

January 26, 2014
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Soup is such a comfort food when you are cold, sick, or just in need of a warm soothing blanket to wrap around your stomach and  soul! Lately I have needed such a soup and this is one of my favorites! When I was growing  up, tomato soup meant a can of  condensed cream of […]

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Sweet Potato Slice

November 26, 2013
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This is the time of year for sweet potatoes!  Sweet potatoes are incredibly good for you containing beta carotene which is a boon to your skin, 65% of your daily dose of vitamin C, and potassium which is often depleted during stress.  Among root vegetables they offer the lowest glycemic index so they keep your […]

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Gangster Crackers

November 11, 2013
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Now there are crackers and there are crackers!  Why Gangster crackers?  Thanks to Ramona Holloway (cohost of Charlotte Today) as she was munching these during my recent demo she said, “These are just too gangsterish!” She went on to say, “Making your own crackers is like making your own panties!” Normally, in the interest of […]

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Sweet Potato Slammers

October 21, 2013
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Autumn is here along with beautiful fall foliage, football games, Halloween, bonfires, Thanksgiving and, family dishes that appear only once a year.  For us right now it also means college applications.  This has been a time of reminiscing, recalling all my son’s adventures, and in pulling out old photos.  It really makes one feel the […]

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