When chocolate comes good...

I made a wonderful discovery today and I wanted to share it with you.  These kind of discoveries are up there with sliced bread and Bradley Cooper, GHD straightening irons and the new iPhone 5.

Grab a spoon.....

Ingredients

A tub of Greek Yoghurt
1 tablespoon good quality cocoa powder
3 tsp confectioners sugar.

Frozen raspberries. All you can dip and eat.

Mix together the greek yoghurt and cocoa powder.  Not got cocoa powder? A spoonful of Nutella will suffice.

Stir in the confectioners sugar. (if you want to omit the sugar, go for honey instead.  Or can can just mix the raspberries with honey and then mix into the greek yoghurt.)

At Waitrose supermarket you can buy frozen raspberries.  They are amazing - eat them frozen, dip them in the choccy mixture and enjoy.

What delicious food discoveries have you made recently?  Let me know and I'll share them here!

Reinventing Pasta for the Gluten Free diet

Happy Monday!

I thought today needed something special - so here is a gluten free healthy switch-up that I wanted to share with you.

If you're following a Gluten Free diet, one of the things you'll probably miss (like mad) is pasta. 

But there's no need to panic, because you can still enjoy a delicious pasta meal, because some of the gluten free pastas available on the market today are so great you can totally get your pasta fix and more!

This pasta dish is so simple and entirely made from fresh ingredients, I'm kind of embarressed to share it with you.

Ingredients
Angie's, 'I'm pretending I'm eating this on the balcony of a Tuscany Farmhouse' Gluten Free Pasta

100g gluten free pasta
1 garlic clove
1 jar of fire roasted bell peppers (get these from the antipasti section of the supermarket, they're near the sun dried tomatos)
a handfull of cherry / heirloom tomatos (the little guys)
1 courgette chopped into chunks
A few black olives from the jar
a bunch of fresh basil
salt and pepper
olive oil
A good squeeze of half a lemon
A good grating of parmeasan!


Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil.  When it's rolling, throw in the pasta, add a drizzle of olive oil and a good pinch of salt.  Turn the heat down to simmer.

Finely chop the garlic clove and put a tablespoon of oil in a medium saucepan.  Heat the oil to a medium heat and throw in the garlic.  Let the garlic infuse the oil. Smells good huh?

Now throw into the saucepan your little tomatos and the chopped courgette.  stir and heat up until kind of soft and kind of roasted.  It will sizzle a bit, but that's good.  Give it about 7-8 minutes stirring a lot.

Take off the heat and add a few of the fire roasted bell peppers from the jar and a few black olives from the other jar into the tomato and courgette saucepan mix. Add salt and pepper to taste.

By now your pasta should be nicely cooked, strain the water and add your vegetable mix into the pasta.

Tear some fresh basil and add to the mix, stir it around.

Pile it high into some pasta bowls for you and a loved one.

Squeeze some lemon over the top and grate parmeasan over.

Let it all melt together and serve.

This is Pasta.  Reinvented.

Kitchen Crushes 10.0

One day (I'm not sure when, still trying to figure out this with my fairygodmother, so bear with me) but I hope to have a kitchen like this.

It just makes you want to bake, doesn't it?  I firmly believe the kitchen is the heart of every home - and your environment inspires you to make great food.  Looking at this kitchen makes me want to bake a pie ..... what does it make you want to bake?

I'm been super dooper busy this week, but I did get a chance to experiment baking with some gluten free flour.  I wanted to make a roasted vegetable quiche - but it didn't go entirely to plan.  The pastry was way too crumbly, but the inside was gorgeous! 

Vintage Starbucks Tee, demin shorts and leopard pumps? Yes please!  Which reminds me, if you love putting outfits together or you're a wannabe fashion designer, this cool website 'Clothes Box' are holding a competition and the winner will have their design made!  All the deets are here folks.

Friday morning Farmer's Market on the Cheltenham Promenade.  Queues of people buying local produce from local farmers and sellers - organic, healthy and inspiring.  I love the atmosphere here!

My unsuccessful attempt at a gluten free quiche.  The inside was 'dairy free' and made with Alpro Soya Cream instead of double cream and goat cheese instead of regular cheese  - and it worked great! So tasty.  Just need to work on the pastry.  

Super cute and cool, handmade puppy bunting from the talented Lizzie and Peach  - super handmade gifts that are one of a kind.  Just lovely!  This puppy bunting garland will surely appeal to all pooch lovers.

I hope you're all having a great week - hope to catch you for more kitchen and food adventures soon!