Category Archives: gluten free

Italian Seafood Stew Recipe

We have excellent Seafood Chowders here in Ireland but today I want to introduce you to this Mediterranean Diet, Italian Seafood Stew recipe. Like all the Mediteranean countries, Italy has a huge variety of seafood recipes. This soup is from the region of Tuscany. It’s a combination of seafood and fish with vegetables and actually reminds me a bit of our Irish Seafood Chowder. Unlike our chowder where we use a creamy base to make a rich and filling meal, this Italian Seafood Soup has a tomato and white wine base. It’s simple, lovely and fragrant and taste wonderful as a starter or main dish served with crusty, homemade bread. read more

Gluten free Irish Soda Bread without buttermilk

Why make gluten free Irish Soda Bread without buttermilk?

Many people suffer from food intolerance and find they can’t eat the ready made products for sale in the shops anymore because they contain the things they have a problem with. Bread in particular can a be difficult product to source. If you’ve ever read the content lable of bread you will find that a lot of the breads or bread like products like scones, muffins, rolls, baps etc contain a lot more than just let’s say flour, yeast or some other kind of raising agent and water. Often they contain a bunch of E numbers and other additives and while you think you might be eating a wheat bread these often contain other flours such as soya etc. read more

Vegan Vanilla Custard – a low saturated fat, egg and gluten-free custard

This is a simple, delicious vanilla custard that doesn’t require the traditional egg yolk or cream. It is gluten free and egg free and low in sugar. What’s even better, it can be adjusted to suite people with a soya intolerance by simply switching the soya milk used in this recipe with your dairy milk alternative of your choice. I enjoy this custard with wintery baked fruit desserts as well as with fresh spring and summery fruit such as strawberries or peaches. It is lovely when used as a base for creamy chilled desserts like in the featured ‘peachy fools’ at the end of this post. read more

Race Biscuits – Healthy Homemade Energy Bar Alternative

Healthy homemade energy bar for runners have been the subject of some of my latest posts. I’ve also reviewed some that were featured in a recent Runner’s World article. Today I want to share a recipe with you for a high energy fuel snack perfect for your post run recovery. They are made with high protein egg whites and nuts as well as unrefined brown sugar for quick release carbohydrates. I really like these because next to the protein for tissue repair after a long run your body gets instant fuel instead of having to break down complex carbohydrates. There is a lot of research that suggest to refuel with exactly those to things immediately after a race. Any complex carbohydrates take too long to break down in the initial post run phase (you can read more about refuelling after exercising here). read more

Great Energy Bar – El Guapo’s recipe put to the test

Recipe for Runners

As a long distance runner you have to figure out what to eat when you let’s say set out on a long trail run in the forest, down a quiet country lane, run around the blocks in your neighbourhood or in a city park where you live. You need to replenish your energy stores if you want to be able to sustain training for a long period of time. That’s usually about 3/4 hour to an hour before I personally start to notice that my energy is dropping off. It means my body has used up it’s stored sugars and is starting to fatigue. At that point I need to refuel. Fast. It means my body needs sugar that is easily absorbed. read more

Lotte Wild

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