Chocolate & Banana Cake Fiber Points 4+ 200g flour (white/plain flour no fiber points, whole wheat flour, rye, bran, seeded etc fiber points) 1 ½ tspn cinnamon powder 120ml olive oil 150ml liquid sweetener – I use honey or maple syrup 3 or 4 medium bananas (I use 4 if I have no eggs) 1 […]
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Gut friendly Kitchari (Lentil Dahl)
Happy Saturday Kitchari is something I was introduced to when I started studying Ayurveda (the healing sister science of Yoga). In Ayurveda, this meal is used to detox, reset, and heal the gut – and you know how that is a big focus for me these days. This recipe is really easy, I drop it all […]
Make your own Kimchi
If you don’t know what kimchi is, it’s probably best to start there… Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish made from fermented vegetables, with napa cabbage and Korean radishes being the most common ingredients. I struggled to get napa cabbage, so used sweetheart cabbage instead and I don’t like radish. so I swapped that out […]
Super Lime Pickled Salad Sub
I hope you are well and enjoy these Saturday Kitchen posts… Eating is a joy… Which is not something I would have said 8 years ago. I had what I would now consider a lousy relationship with food for a long time. I would get stressed if I went somewhere for food and didn’t know […]
Thai Style Salmon With Veg
Thai Style Salmon with Veg Fiber Points 10+ Salmon Filet 1 tsp crushed ginger 1 tsp crushed garlic 1 tbsp soy sauce Juice of a ½ lime (or tbsp apple cider vinegar) Toasted shredded or desiccated coconut (preferably unsweetened) Salad Onion (red or shallot) Mini Cucumber Carrot Juice of ½ Lime (or tbsp […]
Summer Spring Rolls
Summer Spring Rolls Fiber Points 10+ Spring Roll Ingredients Round rice paper sheets 100g Angel hair or Glass noodles Veggies of your choice that you like raw, chopped into thin sticks I use: Carrot finely Bell Peppers (each colour is a fiber point) Spring Onions Cabbage Chilli peppers Button Mushrooms Fresh Basil […]
Chocolate Goodness to start your day !
Chocolate Porridge Fiber Points 4+ 35 – 50g rolled oats (organic if you can get them) 200-300ml milk of choice Pinch sea salt Tsp sweetener – maple syrup, honey, and coconut sugar are good options Tbsp cacao or cocoa powder (or a couple of squares of dark chocolate, if you use milk chocolate, you probably […]
Cous Cous Salad
Couscous Salad Fiber Points 12+ 1 cup couscous 2 peppers (any colour) 3 spring onions 1 can chickpeas (drained) 1 chilli (or more if you like hot food) 2 cups veg stock 1 tbsp basil (fresh or dried) 1 tbsp oregano (fresh or dried) Make the couscous – the easiest way in a container that […]
Saturday Kitchen – Thai Lentil Soup
Over the last few years, I have got serious about doing everything I can to support my gut health. You may or may not be aware that I have Crohn’s disease which is an inflammatory condition of the bowel and early 2022 I got very sick, ended up in the hospital, on very potent antibiotics, and had […]
Vegan Friendly, Fiber Fuelled Granola
Saturday Kitchen Hello, A very long time ago, on a Saturday, I used to share a favourite recipe or something I had made that week… It was a very popular email… but then I stopped doing it… If it’s of interest I will restart it. My focus on food is how to improve my gut […]