Recipes for Special Health Needs

Gluten and Diary free One of my favourite pastimes is cooking and entertaining guests at our home. Over the last number of years we have been entertaining people with special diets and are unable to eat certain products. This has presented a challenge which I was not expecting. The major part of this challenge was to present a desert (I am big on deserts) which fulfilled the guests eating restrictions and one that everyone without the eating restrictions would enjoy. Each of these cakes are for people who are gluten and diary free, but I have a few tasty extras for those who have no problems ... more

I’ve put together a small collection of recipes that are suitable for those who cannot have dairy, Soya or gluten rich foods. Whilst some of them may seem like obvious choices, it can be hard when faced with a limited source of ingredients to think of meals, snacks or puddings that are suitable or than can provide a balance diet. If you chose to leave out the optional meat products these recipes are also suitable for vegans. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Main courses ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ***Tomato and cucumber side salad*** 1 whole cucumber 6 good sized tomatoes 2 fl oz vinegar (malt, white wine or balsamic) 2 fl oz olive ... more

Vegetarian, Vegan and Special Diet Recipes can be a pain. Especially when in the supermarket trying to find the few items needed for your health in mind. So what do you do ? Get right out of that supermarket....... Head for the Health Food Shop, the local Farmers Market , Farm Shops and anywhere else that sells healthy foods. Various diets for various reasons......No one recipe will ever suit all..... Every menu has to be varied to suit individual diets. The basis of all these recipes are healthy, vegetarian & vegan. Plus, they are all healthy, tasty and easy to cook. Out of the window goes ... more

I prefer baking my own biscuits and cakes as then I know exactly what goes into it and it means no E numbers! I had a challenge though before christmas as a friend was coming to dinner with her new partner who was vegan. The main course was the easy bit, the dessert a little harder! So after enlisting help from another friend we came up with the following recipe. Ingredients:- 125g soya margarine 300ml unsweetened soya milk (split into 250ml and 50ml quantities) 2 tbsp golden syrup 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 250g plain flour 50g cocoa 250g sugar Toppings:- Choose from Dairy-free chocolate ... more

I have recently bought a book called "1000 low fat, sugar and cholesterol healthy recipes". So I thought it would be helpful to give you a couple of recipes from this book. Especially if you have to watch your salt or sugar intake, and of course your cholesterol. TOMATO & PASTA SALAD Ingredients ~ 175g/6oz dried pasta shapes ~ 1 yellow pepper, halved and deseeded ~ 2 small courgettes, sliced ~ 1 red onion, thinly sliced ~ 125g/4.5oz cherry tomatoes, halved ~ salt ~ fresh basil sprigs, to garnish DRESSING ~ 4 tbpn olive oil ~ 2 tbsp red wine vinegar ~ 2 tsp lemon juice ~ 1 tsp mustard ~ half ... more