Recipes

Sneaking fluid in through food is a great way to do things.  These are so easy, and can be calorific or zero calorie, depending on the type of jelly you use. These are not like adding glycerine to make the firm jellies which are like the harder Haribo type sweets, and they're simply a way to change up the diet and make jelly more appetising. Using the usual concentration, … [Read more...] about Getting Water In The Easy Way – Water Jellies

Mushy peas are easy to make.  The ones you buy in the shops are usually made with marrowfat peas, but make your own version with any frozen peas in the freezer.  It's a nice easy option. Ingredients 300g Frozen Peas (any kind) Use marrowfat peas to get a similar effect to tinned mushy peas 30g Butter Tablespoon Double Cream (Optional) Water Half Level … [Read more...] about Mushy Peas Recipe

Batch cooking is usually good for us her in our household, but as I also have an advanced dementia patient to feed, as well as the teens, I do like meals that can be versatile.  This recipe is a 30 minute cook in the pressure cooker, and I can take some aside to blend smooth for my mum.  It's very much like a meal in a pot, as it's fairly filling and adding milk at the blending … [Read more...] about Tomato, Cucumber and Rice Soup (Pressure Cooker)

Prep time:  2 mins Total time: 2 mins Recipe Type: Spreads / Dessert Sauce / Butter Cuisine: Dessert INGREDIENTS 12 Large Medjool Dates, preferably with dull skin, not shiny Water INSTRUCTIONS Destone the Medjool dates and chop them up into small segments, leaving on the skin. Add them to your blending jug, with a little water, and … [Read more...] about Date Sauce / Date Caramel Sauce / Date Butter

I’ve tried making ice cream like this several times, and once had a wee gadget that did the job, but broke very quickly.  It just was not powerful enough to pulverise the frozen fruit on a regular basis.  I’ve found that adding banana to any fruit, gives it the taste of ice cream, and sometimes a little avocado thrown in can help as well. Ingredients 350g Frozen … [Read more...] about Strawberry and Banana Nice Cream