Peanut Butter on Low Carb Toast with Fresh Apple Slices Patrick is missing his blog terribly. But we both agree that it is better to have me writing than for the blog to be neglected. Besides, we eat the same food, it’s just my style of writing and views that are different. I love love …
Ingredients for low carb baking I’ve been working this basic recipe for a while now. Read more – here. I’ve got it waxed and it works perfectly. I can vary the flavourings. This mixture makes either cake, bread or muffins. They always turn out perfectly. And the best bit is the resultant food is sooo filling. One or two slices …
Fresh fruit and yogurt with nuts and seeds This is Patrick’s morning creation. Every now and again Karen needs a break from what Patrick would happily eat every single day of his life – muesli. We know muesli is good for you but most commercial muesli’s are full of sugar and refined carbs. Patrick makes his own low carb …
Orange Choc Chip low carb muffins Orange Choc Chip Low Carb Muffins Since I read in Colette Heimowitz New Atkins Cookbook that chocolate is still on a low carb menu, well I’ve been experimenting with chocolate. The trick is to buy unsweetened cooking chocolate and I found unsweetened chocolate buttons in the baking section of …
This bread is more like a rich moist cake. It’s yummy and filling. The recipe is from Colette Heimowitz Atkins Cookbook in the breakfast section. Lemon Poppy Seed Bread My version of this bread had a few changes to accommodate our store cupboard. I didn’t have poppy seeds so I used black sesame seeds, which …
Vegetarian ‘fry-up’ Karen (my vegetarian wife) and I are back in Scotland again. This time we have taken a flat of our own rather than sharing or staying in hotels. So we can cook again! We are amazed at the selection of vegetarian products available in the supermarkets here. From vegetarian haggis to smoky bacon …
Amsterdam! We fared (pun intended) better than anticipated here. We spent one night in an hotel in Amsterdam before heading off on our boat on the waterways, (which I will cover in the next post) and three nights in a self catering apartment in the city centre afterwards. Bagels and Beans – Vegetarian Restaurant in …
Al fresco healthy breakfast in Finland Finally arrived in Holland for our boating holiday. But we had a whirlwind week in Stockholm before that, and now feeling rather fat and unhealthy! And Karen had a few days there before me, so she is really feeling it. Dont get me wrong – we had a wonderful …
Scrambled Tofu with salad Back home in Cape Town now, and back to eating healthily again. Karen, my vegetarian wife, loves buying cook books, and yesterday came home with one called ‘Yummidy’ – Not only meatless, but low carb as well. We have been trying to follow a low carb diet for a while now, …
Our homade muesli mix Still on the move trying to earn a living. In UK at the moment about to go offshore again. I really miss our kitchen with all the useful ingredients and utensils to prepare my favourite dishes. One meal I miss most is our homemade muesli for breakfast. Back home I usually …
