Whole Food Matters

This soup can double up as a stew as it is thick and chunky and very warming, just what we need with the bad weather outside. Pataks make a very nice paste – not to be confused with the Pataks curry sauces which i don’t use. The paste  has a lovely mix of spices is [...]

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This makes perfect comfort food for a winters evening.
Roast Vegetables
1 medium sweet potato peeled and cut into bite size chunks
1 large or 2 small parsnips prepared as above
1 medium butternut squash peeled deseeded and cut as above
1 tsp dried thyme
4 tbsp olive oil
few grinds of sea salt and black pepper
Put all the vegetables into a [...]

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This is a delicious recipe, use it with salads, as a dip or as a starter with crudite (sticks of raw carrots, celery and cucumber and pita bread.
1 tin of organic butterbeans
2 small avocados or 1 large avocado
2 cloves garlic crushed
juice and zest of l lemon
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt [...]

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These are easy to make and very handy for the freezer. Nut roast is the obvious choice for vegetarian christmas dinner as it goes so well with all the vegetables and roast potatoes etc but it also goes very nicely with the turkey as a sort of stuffing. These mini nut roasts look lovely piled [...]

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This delicious recipe is my own version of the classic. I borowed the idea of caramelising the pecans in maple syrup from Nigella!
It’s other name was given to me by my dear friend Mary P – she called it ‘Rapidly dissapearing banana bread!’.
4 oz oats
4 oz spelt wholegrain flour
4 oz chopped dates
2 oz roughly chopped [...]

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This makes a delicious alternative to mashed potatoes. It goes well with any vegetable dishes especially ratatouille. It is also great for lunch with warmed pita bread and salad – a kind of warm hummus.
1 tin of white beans, drained. Cannelini, haricot or butterbeans will do perfectly.
1 clove of garlic
zest of 1 lemon
3 tbsp extra [...]

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This is a sweeter version of the brown seed bread. It is delicious served with butter or honey – lightly toasted or as it is, and a slice of good cheddar cheese goes very well too.
8 oz spelt flour
2 oz quinoa flour
4 oz porridge oats
2 oz unsulphured apricots chopped into small pieces
2 oz walnuts chopped
1 [...]

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Soya products to avoid include anything that has had powdered soya protein isolate added to it. This is a by product of the soya bean which has had all the fibre removed. It is then subjected to a few chemical treatments which include acid washes in aluminium tanks and added nitrates. The product is then [...]

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This makes a great supper dish for vegetarians and non vegetarians. You can serve it as a side dish with salmon or chicken, or have it as a main course with baked beans, sweetcorn and peas. Serves 4 as a main dish and 6 as a side dish.
8 oz cooked butterbeans or 1 tin (drained)
2 [...]

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If you have been daignosed as Coeliac this is a perfect breakfast for you. It contains no gluten. It is a delicious alternative to oat porridge if you feel like a change! You can cook the millet as suggested below or you can use left over millet from your meal the day before. It keeps [...]

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