Baked plums with cinnamon and honey

by sophie on March 11, 2007 · 7 comments

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The only seasonal fruit growing in the UK in March seems to be rhubarb (and even that is technically a vegetable!). Last week therefore we bought some plums from South Africa (the very plums in the photograph). You can see that that they’re not the worst plums ever but they weren’t really juicy or sweet enough to be enjoyable on … Read the full post

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Quick Thai Mango Chicken

by sophie on March 1, 2007

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This one is for when you really fancy something with a thai curry vibe but without the calories and fat of coconut milk which is very high in both of these things but particularly saturated fat (shame!). The recipe is an adaptation of a mango chicken recipe I saw the wonderful Mary Berry making on TV a while back, a … Read the full post

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Macaroni Cheese is one of those foods that many of us have placed on our mental ‘banned substance’ list because of the stonkingly high saturated fat content from all that cheese and butter and cream. But everybody loves it, including my other half who specifically requested macaroni cheese (and shepherds pie, but we haven’t got round to that one yet). … Read the full post

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Storm in a teacup

by sophie on February 8, 2007

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First of all, an apology for the appalling article title ☺

Being from Yorkshire, tea is a subject dear to my heart. I’ve noticed a few bloggers writing recently about a piece of research published in the European Heart Journal which found that adding milk to tea completely removed the beneficial vasodilation effect seen when the same black tea was … Read the full post

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