Creamy Mushrooms and Spinach

22 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, More or Less!, Sides and Salads

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clean eating, mushrooms, Primal, shallots, spinach, vegetables

The wonderful thing about not freaking out about fat is that you are open to all sorts of possibilities.

Consider a Tuesday night, you are nearly through to Hump day, the week is still blah! So do you really want to prepare food when, let’s face it, a heathy slug of red wine is so much more tempting. But feed the inner you is what needs to happen at some point. Well, luckily for me our supermarket (food market, call it what you want market), sells BBQ free range chicken and nice and moist it is. But chicken on it’s own, although rather enticing, needs a little something extra. So a forage in my fridge comes up with sour cream, mushrooms and a 1/2 bag of baby spinach.

Brilliant – so here we go!!

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Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies with Bitter Chocolate Ganache

20 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Sweets & Treats

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almond meal, butter, chocolate, clean eating, coconut, cream, gluten free, Grain Free, healthy cookies, Primal

Nearly time for afternoon tea!

In the old eating days this time used to herald the desire for a little or big something sweet. The afternoon sugar cravings started kicking in and as a sugar addict, it was generally overwhelming. Off I’d go to find something sweet and tasty because “I deserved it!” and I had been so “good” all day, or for most of the week – or what ever! Sound familiar?

Dropping the carbs and in particular refined sugar means that I don’t crave the sweet stuff anymore. However, what has happened is a fascination with how you can make primal/paleo, gluten-free, healthy baked treats that don’t leave you craving. For the first time in my life I could, can and do, eat one cookie and save the rest for later!

This is turning into a bit of a ramble so let’s talk about chocolate and other goodies that go into making a healthy chocolate cookie. We know know that quality dark chocolate 70% or higher is really, really good for your body! Add to that healthy fats like butter and cream then mix these all together with almond flour and coconut. While I may not have a sugar addiction any more, you must agree that these healthy treats also look so delicious that maybe you may have to have two.

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Shepherd’s Pie with Cheesy Sweet Potato Topping

17 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by Wendy in All recipes, Lamb, Main Meals

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butter, cheese, clean eating, gluten free, Grain Free, lamb, Primal, sweet potato

Another old-fashioned, comfort food dish is Shepherd’s Pie. Historically made to use up any left over meat, it dates back to 1790’s. There are a number of different variations so when it is made with beef it’s called Cottage Pie and if it is made with lamb, then it’s Shepherd’s pie. That is because shepherd’s look after sheep – how cute is that?

This particular recipe is originally from a well-known diet company, and although it was relatively tasty as a low fat version, there always seemed to be something missing. Pretty obvious what was missing, it was the fat! So adding this back in as butter, cream and cheese not only makes the dish look 100% more enticing, the meal itself leaves you feeling totally satisfied and, not surprisingly, rather full!