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3 Ingredient 100 Calorie Chocolate Fudgsicle

3 Ingredient Chocolate Banana Ice Cream Bar

February 7, 2016 by Elizabeth

Satisfy your chocolate cravings without breaking your healthy eating plan with this delicious chocolate banana ice cream bar recipe. When you have those chocolate cravings and don’t want to break the healthy eating plan! Prep Time: 5 minutes Freezing Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy I’m not on a diet. I don’t even like the word …

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S'mores Granola Clusters

S’mores Granola Clusters

January 16, 2016 by Elizabeth

x My husband likes granola with his yogurt in the morning. We’d run out of the coconut almond granola clusters with blueberries I made last week. The conversation went something like this: “Do we have any granola?” he asks. <rummaging sounds emerge from the pantry> “No, it’s all gone,” I reply. <two minutes later> “Is …

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Coconut & Almond Granola Clusters with Blueberries

Coconut and Almond Granola Clusters with Blueberries

January 9, 2016 by Elizabeth

I’m not a boxed dry cereal with milk for breakfast kind of gal. I used to be. When I was a child I loved my Alphabits, Froot Loops and Cornflakes (sprinkled liberally with sugar – ah the things we did in the 80s!), but as an adult… I’m not. I’m not sure when that transition …

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Raw Chocolate and Clementine Cheesecake with a Chocolate Hazelnut Crust

Raw Chocolate and Clementine Mini Cheesecakes

December 20, 2015 by Elizabeth

The idea for these raw chocolate and clementine mini cheesecakes with a chocolate hazelnut crust has been bumping around inside my head for quite some time now, ever since I tried The Rawtarian’s raw cheesecake recipe a few months ago and was really impressed with how light and creamy the cashew based filling was after blending …

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Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Fried Sage and White Truffle Oil

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Fried Sage and White Truffle Oil

October 25, 2015 by Elizabeth

Fried sage and white truffle-infused olive oil transform this soup into something really special. I’m not a big fan of dried sage. There’s something stale and unpalatable about the herb, I feel, so I tend not to cook with it. That was until fresh sage leaves began appearing in my veg box and I discovered …

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Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake

Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake

October 17, 2015 by Elizabeth

aka how to salvage a failed attempt at making chocolate hazelnut spread. I like experimenting in my kitchen, I really do. Sometimes (quite a lot of the time, if I am to be honest!) it doesn’t quite go according to plan. I had a notion to make some homemade chocolate hazelnut spread recently. Ok, if …

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Hummus Recipe

My Simple and Incredibly Creamy Hummus Recipe

October 10, 2015 by Elizabeth

Freshly toasted and ground cumin and a touch of cayenne give this hummus recipe a nice kick. There must be at least a hundred different ways to make hummus, and we each tend to have our favourite version. Mine includes plenty of toasted and freshly ground cumin seeds and a generous pinch of cayenne for …

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Kohlrabi and Cucumber Quencher

Kohlrabi & Cucumber Quencher

August 17, 2015 by Elizabeth

A refreshing blend of kohlrabi, cucumber, celery and apple. Ah, the humble kohlrabi – the sputnik of the vegetable world – what do we do with you? I have to confess that when this bizarre vegetable first made an appearance in my vegetable box I had to take to Twitter to identify it. I had …

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Blackberry Breakfast Pops

Blackberry Frozen Yogurt & Granola Breakfast Pops

August 10, 2015 by Elizabeth

Perfect for those hot summer mornings! These popsicles came about by accident, really. Not being one to refuse a reduced price bargain I found myself with a few punnets of blackberries in my shopping basket – best before that date. They were needing used up. I sat there eating my lunch pondering what I could …

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Fruity Lemonade Ice Lolly

Fruity Lemonade Ice Lollies

July 27, 2015 by Elizabeth

Summery, refreshing and slightly shilpet. My children absolutely love lemons. Serve some lemon wedges at mealtime with some salmon or with pancakes and you’ll find my younger two children sucking the juice out of the wedges with positive glee. They’ll nibble away at every bit of the fruit so that there is only a bare …

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Hazelnut Cookies

4-Ingredient Hazelnut Cookies

July 24, 2015 by Elizabeth

My Norwegian mother-in-law’s go-to cookie recipe! I have a confession to make. I haven’t cooked a single thing except for porridge for the kids’ breakfast for nearly three weeks! My mother-in-law had been visiting from Norway for a fortnight, and I’d taken on some extra shifts at work for holiday cover, which meant, to my …

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Bars by Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Bars

June 23, 2015 by Elizabeth

Because sometimes you just have to. I detest food waste. I really do. Back in February this year I made my husband a batch of experimental brownies as a welcome home treat after his adventures in India. The brownies were awful – truly awful. I’d put far too much cocoa powder in it, skewing the …

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Minions Cornsicles

Minions Cornsicles

June 12, 2015 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with Green Giant. Challenge #1 – Green Giant Minions Challenge The brand new Minions movie hits cinemas on June 26th and to celebrate, Green Giant is challenging bloggers to create the ultimate Minion-inspired summer snack. Green Giant Sweetcorn is a perfect ingredient for family mealtimes: kids love the delicious, naturally sweet flavour, and …

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Strawberry Rhubarb Compote

10 Ways with Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote

May 16, 2015 by Elizabeth

Fresh strawberries and home grown rhubarb can be very versatile! Well you’ve gone and done it. You’ve used up a glut of strawberries (known, these days, as buying a whole lot of them at the supermarket on special offer because they’re on their best before date), and you’ve ransacked the freezer for the remains of …

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Almond Pancakes

Grain-free Almond Pancakes

February 23, 2015 by Elizabeth

A grain-free pancake recipe packed with protein! We’re pancake fiends in this house. With three growing children I can stand at the cooker making a batch and they’re devoured within seconds of coming out of the pan. I can barely keep up! Regular readers will know I’m one for trying new things, so when my …

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Chunky Vegetable Soup with Spinach Cashew Pesto

Chunky Vegetable Soup with Spinach-Cashew Pesto

February 2, 2015 by Elizabeth

aka: what to do with all those ignored vegetables at the bottom of the fridge! Let’s talk Lego! My husband, bless his cotton socks, doesn’t do a lot of cooking. He can peer into a full refrigerator and not come up with a single idea for dinner. Shelves of vibrant vegetables get ignored in favour …

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Skinny celeriac and apple soup

Skinny Creamy Celeriac & Apple Soup

January 12, 2015 by Elizabeth

All the flavour and nearly half the calories! I love a hearty, creamy bowl of soup, me. Especially when the winds are howling outside and you want something warm and comforting. Alas, most creamy soup recipes use a ridiculous amount of double cream – something I just can’t afford to eat right now while I’m trying …

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vegan post workout protein bars

Chocolate Covered Peanut Protein Bars {vegan}

January 8, 2015 by Elizabeth

100% plant power! I absolutely love weight lifting. Lifting heavy weights is not something I ever thought would interest me when I was younger, when my active trim self never had to pass a moment’s thought about the food I put into my mouth. I stayed slim naturally. Age, growing three babies, laziness and a …

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roast tomato garlic soup

Slow Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup {vegan}

January 6, 2015 by Elizabeth

Packed with the flavour of lycopene rich tomatoes and slow roasted garlic.   Nothing beats the humble tomato. Packed full of lycopene, its antioxidant properties and health benefits are well documented. Plus, a bowl of steaming hot tomato soup is the perfect comfort food, wouldn’t you agree? Especially when accompanied by a gorgeous, oozing, freshly made …

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peppermint candy cane milkshake

Santa’s Mintshake {A Peppermint Candy Cane Milkshake!}

December 8, 2014 by Elizabeth

Icy cold peppermint candy cane flavoured milkshake – Santa’s favourite! Sometimes an idea just strikes. You’re sitting there, minding your own business and then wham! Discworld author Terry Pratchett reckoned that ideas are hurtling through space and time in little self contained units until bam, they hit a sentient being. Sometimes this being is a …

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