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milk recipes
Tiered carob fudge cake with banana icing
September 7th, 2009
If, like my mum you are allergic to chocolate, you will know the pain of watching others eat chocolate fudge cake! When mum turned forty, I made a giant carob black forest cake for the party. This year, a smaller, apple based cake very similar to our pear fudge chocolate cake. Melted carob drops, and [...]
Chocolate souffle
September 6th, 2009
I have adapted this dark chocolate souffle recipe I found on a website titled “Cooking for Engineers“. The author of this site has a very interesting approach to recipe blogging – tabulating each recipe into a grid which can be printed. To make it from the “good” fats, I skipped the butter and added an [...]
Ricotta and goats cheese souffle – minus the butter and cream!
August 30th, 2009
Prepare these soft, delicate and fluffy morsels to impress! This recipe removes the cream and butter which souffle is traditionally cooked with, and uses ricotta cheese, which is lower in fat. I find it wonderful experimenting with my favourite restaurant delicacies, and being able to eat them without restraint! This is a lower fat version [...]
Shepherds pie with a twist:
August 11th, 2009
Lentils, pumpkins and cannellini beans…who says just because mashed potato is high GI you can’t enjoy this classic dish! We actually think this version is BETTER than the original, and are once again, happy we started cooking with beans. My mum used to make a delicious lentil shepherd’s pie sourced from a book called “passion [...]
Pear chocolate fudge cake
August 5th, 2009
You’ll really thank yourself for making this one! This is my favourite low GI recipe so far. Do NOT tell your guests it is healthy, or you will find like I did that they hover around it, turn up their noses, feel slightly uncertain, and eventually try it, and then won’t believe you anyway! You’ll [...]
Pistachio apple flan
July 23rd, 2009
This mouthwatering treat combines soft, thin slices of apple with a light custard and a nut base to die for — the pistachio nut flavour really comes through. It’s great from a GI and cholesterol perspective: the nut base has white beans added which are low GI (31), has no butter or oil added, and [...]
Chicken, tomato and asparagus quiche
July 20th, 2009
The pastry in this tasty pie is made from a combination of multigrain sourdough bread crumbs, rye flour and cooked white beans, mashed. You will be surprised by how delicious a pastry can be without added oil or butter. A meal in itself, or serve with a simple green salad.
Apple cake with banana, coconut and ricotta topping
July 12th, 2009
One of the most disappointing things about being on a diabetic diet is missing out on things. Saying no to rich desserts is fine most of the time-particularly if the blood sugar spike makes you feel unwell. There are some occasions though, like birthdays, when it is nice to be able to have a piece [...]
Cauliflower potato bake
July 12th, 2009
Cauliflower is one of those amazing foods that has almost no impact on blood sugar (GI approximates 0) – its essentially free food, so eat it till you grow “cauliflower ears”!! It is very nutrient dense, high in folate, vitamin C and also a great source of fibre. One of my favourite recipes to bake [...]
Low Fat Bread and Butter Pudding
June 27th, 2009
There is nothing like warm bread and milk for a feel good dessert on a cold winters night. This recipe was inspired by a scrumptious version of the dish I had at Forbes and Burton Restaurant on a cold weekend during a welcome long lunch. Their chef’s version at my best guess included cream, cinnamon, [...]
Banana pancakes
June 26th, 2009
Cafe pancakes are a real no-no for low GI and diabetic diets for a number of reasons: processed white flour, high sugar and usually fried in generous amounts of butter and served with syrups. Delicious, but the huge spike in blood sugars may leave you feeling irritable and rotten afterwards if you are diabetic. This [...]
