Food Minia

I came up with this recipe for Parsnip Mash on my new blog but thought I'd would share it here as well because it would be absolutely fantastic for babies too. Very simply made and even easier to eat, this would be great for adults or first weaners. Check out the recipe for Parsnip Mash by clicking on the link!

Chickpea pancakes might sound like an odd proposition for breakfast but bear with me.  Chickpea (garbanzo bean) flour or 'Besan' has a distinctive, savoury taste but there is something delicious about that served with syrup, just like that salty sweet combo of bacon and syrup is something fantastic, so was this. The amazing thing about chickpea (garbanzo bean) flour is it has over double the amount of protein compared with wheat flour which makes them amazingly filling so a great start for the day, and, handily for coeliacs (or people choosing to avoid gluten), it's naturally gluten and wheat free. The verdict was "nice but not quite as good as the normal ones" from the household, I disagreed.  I really liked them and I felt seriously full until lunch. Gluten Free Pancakes - Makes enough for 3-4 Ingredients Batter 225g, 8oz Chickpea (garbanzo bean) flour (besan) 2 tsp Gluten free baking powder 1 tsp Cinnamon 2 Apples, grated (including skin but excluding the core...

Custard.  I never make it from scratch but I do make it from custard powder.  It occurred to me when making some custard from custard powder the other day that custard powder is simply cornflour (cornstarch) natural flavouring (vanilla) and colour (normally a natural colour like annatto).  I don't have much annatto floating around the house and there feels like something wrong about making white custard even though that's the colour it would be if not made with eggs, so my idea was to make chocolate custard. This would be great hot with chocolate cake, poured over banana (if you want to keep on my 7 a day routine), on it's own or allowed to cool in small pots and eaten cold like blancmange.  It's pretty low sugar too with only 1 tsp added sugar per portion.  There's more sugar in a fromage frais! Chocolate custard - Makes 2 small bowls Ingredients 280ml, Half Pint milk 1 rounded tbsp cornflour (cornstarch) 1 tsp Cocoa powder (unsweetened) 1/2 tsp Vanilla extrac...