Lemon, Honey & Ginger Loaf – Grain & Gluten Free, LCHF

01 Saturday Aug 2015

Posted by Wendy Hay in All recipes, Cakes and Bakes

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clean eating, ginger, gluten free, Grain Free, LCHF, lchf cake recipe, lchf recipe, lemon loaf recipe, organic lemons, paleo, Primal, primal recipe, raw honey, whole food

I’m definitely a fan of summer – a long hot day at the beach is more my style than the dark, dull, cold wet days of an Auckland winter. But one bonus of having to endure winter is that at this time of the year my little Meyer lemon tree comes up trumps. This year is pretty exceptional and the poor wee tree is so loaded with fruit some of its branches are bending and in danger of snapping right off!

What to do with lemons? Preserving and baking come to mind and I’ll leave Preserved Lemons for another post. So baking it is, something tangy with a hint of sweetness. A tasty treat to have with morning coffee or afternoon tea or eaten warm with whipped cream for dessert? So how about this then?

A moist Lemon, Honey and Ginger Loaf that is grain-free, gluten-free, LCHF not to mention primally inspired!

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Slow Roasted Lamb with Ginger, Garlic and Gin.

05 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by Wendy Hay 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!

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Balsamic & Rosemary Chicken with Stir Fried Ginger Vegetables

25 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by Wendy Hay in All recipes, Chicken, Main Meals

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balsamic vinegar, brocolli, cabbage, chicken, chicken recipe, coconut aminos, ginger, mushrooms, red peppers, rosemary, vegetables

It’s Labour Weekend in New Zealand, the first long weekend in spring, yay! It’s the weekend where people either relax at home maybe preparing the garden for planting, doing outdoor chores and all those jobs that have been put aside over the winter. Or the more adventurous throw caution to the wind and leave the city, hopeful that the long weekend grid-lock just won’t happen this year! I wish them the best of luck and hope they have a stress free drive. Being the homebody I am, after posting this recipe, I’m off to hit the garden and clean out my chicken coop.

So given that the meat part of this dish is chicken, perhaps it should be whispered about outside so my girls can’t hear and have yet another excuse to not produce any eggs today. Unproductive chickens, yes that is a story for another day.

So onto the food! I love the crunch and colour of stir fried veggies and this dish has plenty. It’s straightforward to make, so don’t let the long list below scare you off, as you will have everything prepared to cook before you even start. And it’s a great dish to make in tandem with a partner who is a whizz at chopping veggies!

Don’t limit yourself to the vegetables I have suggested, add your own favourites. Just make sure that if they take a while to cook they go in first. Then the only thing to watch is to not overcook your yummy vegetables and lose the crunch or under cook the chicken pieces. So get marinading today and you have tomorrows dinner sorted.

Have a lovely long weekend all you kiwis!