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Gluten Free Carrot Cake (really healthy!)
Healthy Gluten Free Carrot Cake Another dose of ‘have your cake and eat it’ with this delicious and healthy gluten free carrot cake. Once you pass the age of 12 and no longer favour chocolate and multicoloured sprinkles my studies show (as in my very scientific studies involving asking the Mums at toddler group) that […]
Continue readingHealthy Hot Cross Bun Recipe
If you love Hot Cross Buns (and I certainly do) but are trying to eat healthier right now then this Healthy Hot Cross Bun Recipe is for you! There’s nothing more comforting on Easter morning than warm Hot Cross Buns drenched in butter, But if you’re trying to lose weight then the combination of refined […]
Continue readingSugar Free Icing with Cashews (Great on Carrot Cake)
Sugar Free Icing with Cashews This goes amazingly well on carrot cake in place of cream cheese icing – click here for a delicious carrot cake recipe. Not that there’s anything wrong with cream cheese unless you have a dairy intolerance, in fact I love cream cheese or cottage cheese, especially mixed with protein powder, […]
Continue readingGluten Free Cheese Crackers
This recipe has a family story behind it. When I was little my Granny (known as Gangy, because little people can’t always get their words out, of course), would make us oaty cheese crackers made of oats, flour, cheese and butter, nothing else. All wholesome goodness, and very easy for small hands and toothless mouths […]
Continue readingChocolate Orange Truffles
So once I’d made all that Chocolate Orange Marmalade, I had to eat it, obviously. Waste not want not and all that. Thing is I had quite a bit, so came up with the idea that maybe, just maybe, I could turn them into bars or truffles or something using Protein Pow Cooking Mixes. I chickened […]
Continue readingHemp Energy Balls
Hemp Energy Balls Makes 32 INGREDIENTS 180g hemp seeds 100g hemp protein (Pulsin’ do a nice one; get 20% off orders over £20 with code PTC20) 100g almonds, soaked in water overnight then drained 100g sesame seeds 60g honey 60g coconut oil, melted Many of the ingredients can be found on buywholefoodsonline here, […]
Continue readingGiant Protein Pow Cookie
INGREDIENTS 60g Protein Pow Whey Cooking Mix 15g nut butter 1 egg white Stevia to taste Splash of almond milk, just enough to make it into a ‘dough’ METHOD Mix all the ingredients together to form a stiff dough. Roll the mix into a ball, then place on a square of baking paper on a […]
Continue readingProtein Pow Seedy Bread
Bread is difficult to make when you’re not using wheat flour & yeast. Trust me I’ve tried every gluten free baking brand going, and multiple recipes from scratch. They either turn out one of soggy, dry, hard, flat, chewy, burnt, or just down right disgusting. So when I find a recipe that’s edible it’s worth […]
Continue readingProtein Pow & Green & Blacks Devil’s Food Cake
I can’t take credit for this recipe entirely – that must go to Green and Blacks, who include this recipe in their original book, available on Amazon and from all good bookstores should you wish to purchase it. Like my other Green & Blacks post where I put the Protein Pow Whey Cooking Mix to […]
Continue readingProtein Pow + Green & Blacks Chocolate Cupcakes
Protein Pow + Green & Blacks Chocolate Cupcakes I wanted to see if I could literally take any cake recipe and just swap the flour for one of Protein Pow’s baking mixes. So the rest of the ingredients are exactly the same as ‘traditional’ cake – butter, sugar etc. I used the whey one but […]
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