A Cake whilst Convalescing

On a rainy, windy, mild November day you cannot beat the smell of a chocolate cake baking in the oven whilst you sit and read in the late afternoon light.  The dimness is punctuated by a quietly lit lamp, and my favourite bands are serenading the silence in the background.  Right now, I am convalescing [...]

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Soft Diet Dinner

Continuing with my soft diet, it has taken me 3 attempts at some form of dinner tonight.  My first attempt was a blended salad, which didn’t quite work.  I think I went wrong when I added the tomato.  The second attempt was chocolate mylk from Ani Raw Food Kitchen by Ani Phyo which was great [...]

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Food- What does it mean to you?

Well friends, it is blowing a gale here in Bristol.  The rain is beating against the window, and the wind is squealing in the cracks of the panes.  The severe weather warnings have been released.  I am happy to be indoors sitting in front of my computer screen, even if it is a forced exile [...]

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Some food snapshots

Hello!
A week has gone by since my last post and whilst I have studying to do, I thought I should share some photos of what I’ve been eating over the past week.  Whilst there aren’t any recipes, the photos will give you an idea of what a gluten free, vegan girl eats.  Most days I [...]

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My new kitchen toy!

I finally have a proper food processor!  That is, in fact, mine pictured above, sitting on our now rather cramped work surface.  And, as you can see, it’s not just any old food processor; it’s a Magimix 4200!  After weeks of researching the best value food processors, and scrutinizing my mum’s recently purchased food processor, [...]

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