Bacon and Egg Pie – Grain-free and Gluten-free

20 Monday Jul 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Lunch, Main Meals, Savory Bakes

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clean eating, free range bacon, free range eggs, gluten free pastry, gluten free pie reciep, grain-free pie recipe, LCHF, lchf recipe, primal recipe, whole food

The one merit of gluten is that is does make sensational pastry – what a pity it is massively high carb, contains anti-nutrients, adds to inflammation, which isn’t a great thing to have quietly burning away so, for me gluten-based pastry is really not worth eating.

But even after giving it up I still miss a good pie.

In previous posts I have conquered pastry and used this for tarts and quiches, but never for a fully enclosed – pastry top and bottom, pie.

Well, that’s changed now. Bacon and Egg pie – nailed!

Rustic looking and totally delish!

This recipe needs care and patience. It is fiddly, it tears easily and can burn quickly but if you keep your cool, (and watch the oven) then a reallyo, truleyo gluten-free, grain-free pie is the result.

So what are you waiting for?

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Pumpkin, Leek and Ginger soup with Cheesy Rolls – Grain & Gluten Free

12 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Lunch, Soups

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LCHF, Leek, primal recipe, pumpkin, Roast Pumpkin Soup, soup

Soup and rolls – no grains, no gluten, low carb, healthy fat and lots of lovely veggies. Perfect for lunch, especially this weekend in Auckland with the temperature dipping to -1C. But first up I must admit to two things!

The soup is just a different version of my other post. But, to be fair I have added a leek and ginger and changed the stock. So I say it’s a new recipe!

And the cheese rolls; well no credit to me for the original recipe, but to the awesome folks from What the Fat (incidentally, this is a book you must buy, their Rocky Road Slice is to die for!). I have changed out the Psyllium Husks – for Chia Seeds and divided the mix into muffin pans then topped with a coating of cheese.

Anyway this is what it looks like on a fancy plate. So let’s just get going.

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Slow Roasted Lamb with Ginger, Garlic and Gin.

05 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Lamb, Main Meals

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garlic, ginger, grassfed lamb, lamb rub, organic lamb recipe, roast lamb recipe

I haven’t made roast lamb for a while now and I’m not sure why as it is so easy and tastes so great! We are so very lucky in New Zealand as our lamb, indeed all our meat is generally grass feed and very tasty!

So I decided to get out an old recipe which I last used a decade or so ago and give that another try. This recipe has a surprising addition, a great slug of gin! But don’t be frightened by the gin, the alcohol is burnt off during the cooking. And it is optional, so don’t worry if you don’t have any or prefer not to use it. However, it does add a little something different to the long slow roasting which is the key.

Enough said let’s go to it!