Gluten Free Lemon Drizzle Cake

Lemon Drizzle Cake has been one of my family’s favourite cakes for years now. It is loved so much that my daughters have even asked me a few times to make it for their birthday instead of any other creamy or chocolate birthday cakes. The recipe for the very much loved cake comes from a magazine from many years ago and it has been perfect until I thought of making it healthier and gluten free. I was a bit anxious about the result of replacing...

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Roasted Asparagus with New Potatoes and Poached Egg [vegetarian]

May is a wonderful month for many reasons: the weather is in general much better than earlier in the year, grass is finally lush green and so are trees, and even better - they are not only green but also colorful as many of them bloom beautifully. But there is another reason I like May so much: asparagus. Since it was pictured on an Egyptian frieze from around 3000 BC, we know that asparagus have already been cultivated for thousands...

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Can Detox be a Solution to How to Lose Weight Fast? (Part 3)

Week 2 The first week of my detoxification diet is now behind me. To be honest, I haven’t really noticed any results of it so I decide to check my weight and I am nicely surprised - I have lost 3kg! Realizing it helps me carry on although I do feel a bit bored by having very similar food every day. That is why in the second week I have a more liberal approach to my detox. I follow the directions regarding breakfasts and having...

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The First Week of My Detox - will I stick to the rules and survive? (Part 2)

Day 1 I feel great about starting this detox diet. After breakfast – I choose the avocado option – I make my own almond paste as I want it to be as healthy as possible and without any unnecessary additions. So I process 200g of almonds for approx. 10 minutes till I get a thick but amalgamated paste. I also cook my 2 soups. I don’t add any salt to either of them and I think this is now for me the biggest problem: I unfortunately like salt...

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Lemony Soup with Kale

I am still a novice as far as kale is concerned. I have started to use it fairly recently after I heard how healthy it was, and my brief research has confirmed it. Kale has many health promoting properties but I would like to focus on only one, very important to me right now: support in the body’s detoxification process. Plant food contain lots of different chemicals called phytonutrients that help protect these plants from various...

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Detox - what are the benefits and what should you eat? (Part I)

Spring has always meant for me spring cleaning at my home and this year, I decided to extend it also to my body and go on a detox diet. Detoxification in general means having high quality (preferably  organic) unprocessed food, drinking lots of water or green tea and complete elimination of bad food for a certain period of time to allow your body to get rid of those toxins. I have read articles about cleansing diets and opinions...

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