Tag: pudding

13Jan

Recycling Christmas: Spelt and marmalade apple crumble

Merry back to normal. And I am actually glad Christmas is all over. It did not feel like Christmas to me as I was working and then as soon as I got my first day off of the season my immune system gave up. I have never been that ill, can’t-get-out-of-bed ill, the kind that you want to kick yourself for not appreciating all the days you were healthy. Even after what seemed like recovery I did not feel like myself. I decided to get back on track this week and it was hard, had to peel myself off bed to put my running gear on, and quite frankly felt sick and had to stop halfway through. Another thing that I had to tackle was the massive amount of leftovers in my fridge. I had my in-laws over and they brought a very, very generous amount of food. So trying to figure out what to do with it all has been a creative challenge, which I decided to call recycling Christmas! This is for sure the ultimate crumble recipe, and I say this as someone who has made many, many crumbles before and never got the crumble ratios of flour
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31Mar

Banana and dark chocolate chia pudding

I  laid in bed yesterday thinking since when did I become such an angry, inpatient person? I have been snapping at everyone recently and even beeped my horn at a slow driver yesterday – a big no-no in England. The feeling of guilt ate me up afterwards. How must I have made that driver feel? What if it was an old lady or a teenager learning how to drive? I am a strong believer in “owning up”, in the sense that I don’t like using external reasons to blame for my own actions. But this week I am going to have to make an exception and blame my period. The changes are palpable, not only in terms of emotions but also in regards to my stomach. My diet has changed considerably in the last few months, I have been trying to cut down on refined sugar and starchy foods and as a result I have been craving chocolate less and less, or in fact any sweet stuff. Result! But do you ever feel like sometimes food rules your emotions? My period then came and like clockwork, chocolate is all I thought about. Food is an emotional thing, and my body
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