tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91619399798997217422024-03-13T04:51:33.824+02:00Nourishing Nibbles in the CapeRecipes with love and humour for the conscientious cook wanting to nourish themselves, and their families, with allergy friendly and delicious wholefoods.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-83588314782643480182017-05-13T10:31:00.001+02:002017-05-13T10:31:20.182+02:00My Happy Tummy Camel Milk Smoothie
The
eternal search for ultimate health, vibrant energy and self-healing has recently
led me to the most interesting article I've read in a while. It’s an article
about the amazing health benefits of CAMEL MILK!
Yes…
camel milk. Ta-daaaaaaa!
I first read about it here on Wellness Mamma's blog, and then found a more scientific article with studies
and all the science behind it hereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-79560995453191471652017-05-10T14:18:00.003+02:002017-05-10T14:18:29.816+02:00Irresistible Rocky Road
This is a lovely no bake treat
you can make with your kids in no time.
It’s great for the holidays
and the kids ask to make them for parties, especially.
And the best part is… you can
choose which ingredients suit your taste and diet preference.
We opted for blueberries over
those awfully sweet, and artificially red, glazed cherries usually found in traditional
Rocky Road. Blueberries, areAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-69962792970197135722017-05-08T17:43:00.002+02:002017-05-10T17:02:55.985+02:00Itty Bitty Chocolate Mini Cakes - in a cup - in 60 seconds!
Here's my little itty-bitty chocolate cake, baked in a cup, and in 60 seconds!
Nut-free. Gluten-free.
Grain-free. Sugar-free. Low-carb. Dairy free options.
Afternoon
tea-and-cake just got REAL, people.
Real quick. Real easy. And Real healthy too.
You cant even
call this a cheat meal (although it tastes like a sneaky, naughty cheat)
because it’s all within the rules of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-31239186022749196912017-05-08T12:57:00.001+02:002017-05-10T16:45:49.096+02:00Best Pouring Custard... like, ever! (Sugar free, Dairy free)
If you are like me, and your gut gets into a knot at the very site of cream or too much milk, then this recipe is for you, baby!
Or, if you can handle dairy (which is annoying), but you have a cold or a chesty cough and you don't want to exacerbate your symptoms, then this warm, soft and velvety custard is just the thing to make you feel so much better.
When warm, it is the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-24761710375330154612014-08-12T10:44:00.003+02:002014-08-13T12:23:25.766+02:00Rendered Beef Tallow. Oh dear, Im turning into Martha Stewart!
I've just rendered my very own, highest grade, beef tallow... and made my Victorian Great Grandmother, Grace, very proud.
In case you didn’t know, Tallow is beef FAT, in the same way
that Lard is pig fat and Duck Fat is, well um... duck fat.
I’m lucky enough to be friends with an awesome woman who just happens
to supply local Cape Town restaurants with the most amazing Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-65834071948485161872014-06-20T15:48:00.002+02:002014-11-05T13:01:32.522+02:00Beautiful Birthday Cupcakes in Vanilla and Chocolate (Gluten+Grain+Sugar Free)
Grain + Gluten + Sugar Free with Dairy Free
cake option.
You’ve pestered and pestered (and yes, I reveled
in the suspense) but now, my eager friends, it’s time... Time to put you out of
your misery, and introduce pure delight. Delightful deliciousness and
delectable decadence in every bite.
I bring you my Best in Show: My Two’s Birthday Cupcakes with creamy butter cream Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-41264860310695369102014-05-29T15:28:00.002+02:002014-05-29T15:48:34.252+02:00I Pimped my CHAI - Nourishingly Warm and Creamy Chai Tea
Sugar Free + LCHF (With a Dairy Free Option)
It’s cold outside… nay… Its freakin’ freezing
outside (well by Cape Town standards anyway) and I want warm stuff - on me, around me and definitely IN me!
Enter: my warming and very creamy, dreamy Chai Tea.
I’ve never really been one for flavoured or
herbal teas. I like Rooibos tea, served black, and that’s it. And I drink loads
of hot Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-14617971322077158632014-05-28T12:48:00.002+02:002014-05-28T12:48:12.748+02:00Gentle NUTTY ‘BRAN’ MUFFINS with COURGETTE & CINNAMON
Grain + Gluten + Sugar + Dairy Free... and Gentle, too
When baking, I often think of my ‘old ways’
of eating. How much it’s changed and evolved. I started about 10 years ago playing
with the idea of going wheat free. I went to an iridologist and he said I was
too acidic and should look at eating differently. Fast forward to a year ago, a
well-meaning surgeon telling me he thinks it could Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-59574861724162608372014-05-20T11:40:00.001+02:002014-05-20T11:45:34.149+02:00‘No-Pea’ Green Soup with Spicy Chorizo and Feta! Mmmmmmh...
So
its getting colder here… and in my household that means two things:
Mommy wants
her electric blanket, and...
Mommy’s Cooking Soup for Supper! Yay! (I can actually
hear my Six groan as I type this). I think, with my kids, it’s a texture thing?
They don’t like anything soupy, mashed or too saucy (yes, I feel sorry for me
too...) But that’s okay because, if its Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-1739108831340210072014-05-19T14:23:00.000+02:002014-05-19T14:55:56.634+02:00Thick Chocolate Cloud Mousse (Immediately!)
Gluten + Grain+ Dairy + Sugar
+ Egg Free
Its eight o’clock at night. The kids are
snoring. You’re getting ready to settle down for your highly anticipated grown-up hour of … (fill in the blank), but something is missing... Could it be
Chocolate Mousse? If you are me, the answer is a resounding “Hell Yes Please Now!”
This recipe takes exactly five
minutes from conception of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-47270640984912270072014-04-16T17:15:00.003+02:002014-04-16T17:48:14.981+02:00Easter Weekend = Less Sugar + More Fun!
Easter Weekend is around the corner...
... and to be honest, it usually fills me with dread! All too often it becomes about how many chocolates my Little Six can shovel into her mouth at once.
[Look, there is a reason we have
sweet taste buds - so we can taste sweet things right? So I’m not about to deny
my Munchkins the opportunity of using these taste buds every now andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-54884085347167136912014-03-10T20:47:00.000+02:002014-03-10T20:53:00.364+02:00THE ENGLISH MUFFIN (a.k.a. Toast)
THE ENGLISH MUFFIN (a.k.a. Toast)
Gluten+Grain+Dairy+Sugar Free
Sometimes you just need to put
your breakfast’s egg on something. I don’t miss bread that much anymore,
but I seem to have a bit of a mental block when it comes to eating a fried egg
without something underneath. Often, I use a big mushroom. Sometimes, a
bed of spinach. I've even used left-over ratatoullie shaped Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-24988347019973444072014-03-09T15:01:00.001+02:002014-03-09T15:01:15.309+02:00Sunday's Benedict Breakfast (the cheat’s version)
Grain+Gluten Free and Low Carb
I Love Breakfast! (I think, if
you look at my list of recipes you will have already established that) And Eggs Benedict is at the very top of that list, especially when eating out. Yet, I
don’t make it at home very often because it can be a bit of a pain to make hollandaise
sauce from scratch at 9am in the morning!
So I took inspiration from a
sauce Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-65231403736257174932014-03-08T16:03:00.002+02:002014-03-08T16:03:48.961+02:00MINI CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH CAKES
Mini Morsels of Chocolate Cake with a Crunchy Peanut Butter Topping
Baked in 60 seconds
Gluten+Grain+Dairy+Sugar Free and Low Carb
A
simplified version of my Nutty Choc-Chip Cappucciono Cup Cake. This is more kiddie
friendly as I have omitted the coffee, and my Six loves anything with peanut butter
- this one’s dedicated to her this time (the last one was just for Mommy) - andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-39561454306258630872014-02-28T14:10:00.001+02:002014-02-28T14:10:32.451+02:00Banana Cinnamon Muffin for Little Ones - In a Cup and in 60 seconds!
Banana Cinnamon Muffin
Gluten+Grain+Dairy+Sugar
Free
Yet another
adaptation of the 60 second muffin - in a cup. I’m going to work as many
variations of this little beauty as I possible can! Click here for the decadent Nutty Choc-chip Cappuccino Cup Cake variation, and here if you want a Blueberry Bombe 60 second muffin for breakfast.
Today’s Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-91121864031728916172014-02-24T13:40:00.000+02:002014-02-24T13:48:42.556+02:00Perfect Pilau Cauli-Rice (for breakfast, lunch and dinner)
No-Grain Rice for Curries
Made from wonderful Cauliflower!
Grain+Gluten+Sugar+Dairy Free + Low Carb!
If you are following a Grain-Free
eating plan like me, yet you miss rice, terribly, well then, I have some good news, you can have your rice,
albeit… “myy waaayyyyy” *SING IT LIKE FRANKIE!*
I was in the mood for some curry
this weekend. “Whaaa?” I know, it’s crazy. 30 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-7796128473453057942014-02-19T18:33:00.001+02:002014-02-19T18:33:45.858+02:00The Portable Frittata!
It’s like an omlette… It’s like a quiche… It looks like a muffin…but it’s a frittata?
Gluten+Grain+Sugar
Free + Low Carb.
I keep getting asked about sugar-free breakfasts for those who work at
an office, or who don’t have the time to prepare and eat a cooked breakfast, before rushing to sit in traffic (crazy humans we are?).
So here I am,
giving you Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-43213058171807289492014-02-18T14:18:00.001+02:002014-02-18T16:52:08.184+02:00My Caramelised Omlette. Sweet, savoury and cheesy. Y.U.M...
My absolute favourite, savoury breakfast to date!
Gluten+Grain+Sugar Free + Low Carb.
It has only taken me about 15 YEARS, but I have finally mastered… (pause for emphasis)… The *Omelette! Ta daaaaa...
*About that spelling 'Omlette'. “…American publications prefer omelet, and this is the spelling recommended by most American English reference sources. In Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-79686703655498713982014-02-14T12:40:00.001+02:002014-02-14T13:00:04.088+02:00Blueberry Bombe for Breakfast - cooked in a Cup - in 60 seconds!
It’s
a Muffin - in a Cup - in 60 seconds!
Gluten+Grain+Dairy+Sugar
Free and Low Carb, of course!
You gotta make this…it’s a no-grainer!
Here is another itty
bitty cake made for two, in the microwave, in just 60 seconds. I did not
cut this one in half and share it, but if I were making this for a tea time snack,
I might have shown more restraint and portioned it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-72663714740663914122014-02-11T15:48:00.000+02:002014-02-13T16:06:49.122+02:00NUTTY CHOC-CHIP CAPPUCCINO CUP CAKE - cooked in a cup - in 60 seconds!
Nutty Choc-chip Cappuccino Cup Cake!
Cooked in a cup in 60 seconds!
Gluten+Grain+Dairy+Sugar Free + Low Carb to boot!
You gotta make this…it’s a
no-grainer! (Too much? Enough with puns?)
OK, I might be SUGAR FREE now… And
I might only nibble on pure 90% Lindt chocolate every now and then… And I might
have obliterated my sweet tooth cravings… but a girl still has to have Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-87017743405647018262014-02-06T13:34:00.000+02:002014-05-29T15:32:49.939+02:00Yes, I put butter (and EGG) in my coffee... Milk is SO last season!
Hot
Buttery Egg Coffee
Gasp!
Horror! Now just let it sink in…and stop pulling that face…I know it sounds
weird and even ‘eeeuuww’ but trust me, if you like custard, ice-cream, eggnog
etc then you can like my Hot Buttery Egg Coffee - it’s the same principal. The
egg is 'cooked' in the boiling water. And the fat from the egg and butter
(you could add coconut oil as well, or insteadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-12904256892238459072014-02-03T16:50:00.001+02:002014-02-03T16:50:13.362+02:00*SWEET BERRY ICE CREAM* [Sugar and Dairy Free, that is!]
I scream! You scream! We ALL scream for ICE CREAM! (I mean, who doesn't love the stuff?)
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This has got to be one of the most
coveted/begged for foods in our household.
And it’s probably because I don’t buy it
(because then I will eat ALL of it). Therefore it’s Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-87687757199145630012013-08-28T12:44:00.000+02:002013-08-28T12:44:08.034+02:00Home Made BAKING POWDER: Aluminum/Starch/Gluten/Grain/GMO Free.
Home Made Baking Powder
Aluminum Free. Starch Free. GMO Free. Gluten Free.
Today you get to play
like a chemist and ‘make’ your own stash of home made BAKING POWDER!
Ta daa…
What is it, really?
Baking powder is a leavening (raising) agent used in most baked goods. It lightens the texture and increases the
volume in our cakes, muffins and even bread by releasing carbon dioxide Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-61428882627654365162013-08-03T17:17:00.001+02:002013-08-03T17:17:11.512+02:00Little Lemony Carrot & Apple Rye Cakes WHEAT & DAIRY FREE
Today is a special blog inspired by amazing and
special women who always bring out the special in me… who wouldn't want
that? And throw in a moreish recipe? Oh, my day is complete!
I had three friends over on Thursday morning
for a catch-up breakfast. The four of us shared some very special times
together about a year ago. We embarked on a journey of self discovery via aAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161939979899721742.post-74028323747616718112013-07-24T13:01:00.004+02:002013-07-24T14:16:47.337+02:00My Little Pillow Puff Pickelets - Wheat/Gluten/Dairy/Grain Free
I've found the MOST amazing recipe, like ever!
It's amazing for a few reasons - not limited to its deliciousness taste, the fact that there is no added sugar, its soft pillowy cloud-like texture, gluten free, dairy free, grain free (just about everything free) to name a few exceptional reasons, but mostly because... [pause here for emphasis]... it has only two ingredients. You Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05234515230165381221noreply@blogger.com0