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• Autumn Vegetable Broth

  

  I have to admit that prior to my recent medical diagnosis, I really wasn't eating very well. I only ever very seldom ate any fruit and my veg intake was way dow... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Toffee Apples with Vanilla Mascarpone

  

  This recipe is not diabetic friendly. Todd isn't a diabetic and I can't punish him constantly for my sins. Sometimes I have to treat him to something he enjoys. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Crumb Topped Cornmeal and Molasses Muffins

  

  According to my Diabetes handbook, you need to have breakfast, lunch and evening meals each day. No skipping, and there are really no foods that are forbidden,... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Oatmeal Pancakes with Maple Fruit

  

  I've always liked to pull the boat out a bit at the weekend . . . a nice leisurely breakfast, usually something which we wouldn't have any other day of the week. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chicken Dijon

  

  I love chicken. Next to fish, it is probably the meat/protein I choose to eat most of the time. Oddly enough it wasn't something we had very often when I was a... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• New Cookbooklet "When Life Hands You Lemons"

  

  I'm really happy to be able to show you today my latest cookbooklet, entitled "When Life Hands You Lemons." Yes, a cookbooklet totally devoted to all things... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Snacking with Diabetes

  

  Cuting out sugary foods and high fat snacks is an important way to improve your diet and help maintain good blood glucose levels. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Turnip and Carrot Dish

  

  I've always been a big lover of vegetables. There are not too many I don't like with the exception of tinned peas. This goes back to when I was a child. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Pumpkin Puddings

  

  Ahh . . . Pumpkin Season is upon us. Autumn. That time of year when we start to long for food that is a bit stodgier than the summer fare we've been eating the... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• New Bits for the Kitchen

  

  Hi there peoples! I wanted to tell you about some of the equipment I've been using in my kitchen over this past month. You know a cook is only as good as the... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chilli Bean Soup with an Avocado Salsa

  

  I have to say that although I found the prospect of ever being able to eat anything delicious a little bit daunting at the first of my Diabetic journey . . . Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Popcorn Popping with Portlebay Popcorn!

  

  I really do get sent the nicest things. I was recently sent a box of some really delicious cracklecorn from Portelbay Popcorn. Portlebay is a small company in... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Pumpkin Muffins Two Ways, Diabetic Friendly

  

  I decided to play with one of my favourite Pumpkin Muffin recipes the other day to see if I could replace the sugar in it with a sugar substitute suitable for... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• The Great Cornish Food Festival 2015

  

  The Great Cornish Food Festival – the largest event anywhere dedicated 100% to Cornish food and drink – is back for its 12th year on Truro’s Lemon Quay from... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Plum and Hazelnut Crumble Slice

  

  When we lived down in Kent we were really spoiled. We were surrounded by Orchards and in the autumn had our pick of windfalls . . . several varieties of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Almond Crumbled Cod

  

  We love fish in this house. We don't eat it as often as I would like to, mostly because of the expense, and partially because I am not fond of mystery fish. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Zippy Red Slaw

  

  The challenge with this new diet will be keeping my own sugars in check, and losing weight myself, without Todd losing weight. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Keeping It Real in The English Kitchen, My First Lesson in Controlling Diabetes

  

  Hello everyone. Last Friday I was diagnosed as having Type 2 Diabetes. I don't know how someone goes from being normal to Type 2 overnight, but that's what... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• I Do Get Sent the Nicest Things . . . Chocolate Delights!

  

  I do get sent the nicest things. Look at what dropped through my letter box recently! Cadbury's latest smash hit . . . Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Smashables! Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Brioche Chinois

  

  I had never heard of Brioche before I moved over here to the UK, let alone Brioche Chinois. You would be right in thinking this is not English . . . Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES