Friday 13 June 2014

Dairy-Free Ice Cream Cake with Chocolate and Blueberries

Last weekend was the Queen's Birthday holiday weekend.  We have a tradition in our house which started when my daughter was quite small.  We were invited to go to a friend's house in the afternoon one Queen's Birthday holiday so I thought I'd buy a cake to take over for afternoon tea.  Being the Queen's Birthday holiday I grabbed some candles and we called it the Queen's birthday cake and had my daughter blow out the candles on behalf of the Queen.  The tradition was born . . . and every year since then we have had birthday cake for the Queen and my daughter has blown out the candles on behalf of Her Majesty!

This year I decided the Queen would have a different sort of cake - a dairy-free ice cream cake with chocolate and blueberries.  The recipe comes from theearthearthdiet.com.  I reduced the quantities to one third of the original recipe and used a 20cm (8") pie dish.  I also changed the recipe a little because I didn't have a couple of the ingredients.  My version went like this ...

Wednesday 4 June 2014

Easy Slow Cooked Beef

This recipe comes from the Delicious Obsessions blog.  They call it the "Easiest (and most delicious) Crock Pot Beef Ever".  I tend to agree.  The hardest part of this recipe is peeling and chopping all the garlic!

Slow cooking not only makes meat very tender, it also makes it easier to digest.  I am learning that looking after your digestive system is one of the best things to do for good health.