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gluten-free | grain-free | ketogenic

low-carb | low-sugar | dairy-free

Rosemary Cottage Clinic Recipes

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Grain-free Muffins — Our best ‘bread’ recipe yet

Read Time: 6 min Our favourite super-quick, grain-free, ketogenic buns/muffins/bread.

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Osso Buco Ragù

Read Time: 5 min This traditional Italian dish includes meat with marrow bones is super delicious and dead easy. Veal and pork version included.

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Grain-Free Wholemeal Keto Rolls

Read Time: 4 min This recipe makes perfect little substitutes for wholemeal rolls, yet is gluten-free, low-carb and ketogenic.

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My recipes are designed to help patients on restrictive diets prepare tasty and family-friendly low-carb, low-sugar, dairy-free and grain-free meals

Afifah Hamilton

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Kitchen Basics

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Clarified Butter (Ghee)

Read Time: 3 min Ghee is a great cooking oil as unlike normal butter it does not sputter in the pan. Easy to make at home.

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Keto bread

Read Time: 3 min WOW! A grain-free white loaf so you can have soldiers with your boiled egg on Easter Sunday. (Phew – Just in the nick of time!)

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Breakfast Ideas

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Keto Pancakes

Read Time: 2 min One of our most popular recipes. Makes low-carb breakfasts a doddle.

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Grain-free bacon and maple syrup pancakes

Read Time: 3 min Breakfast in America? Here’s my grain-free low-carb version of the famous salty-sweet pancake combo. Its basically eggs and bacon with a twist. Delicious.

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Almond & Hazel Bread

Read Time: 2 min This delicious grain-free, low carb bread is easy and reliable. Good for high tea with lashings of butter or lunchtime with pate or cheese.

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Lunches

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Spiced Low Carb Fish Cakes

Read Time: < 1 min This is a very quick and flexible recipe for a posh breakfast, lunch, dinner or tea.

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Recipes, Reviews

Rustic Cold Smoked Salami – review ★★★★☆

Read Time: 5 min I thought I knew what salami was. I thought I’d eaten real salami. Oh how wrong I was!

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Traditional English Dishes

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Lamb shanks with celeriac mash

Read Time: 3 min One of the best cuts of lamb. A dramatic, succulent centrepiece for an English roast dinner.

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Real mince meat pies

Read Time: 5 min The real deal. An update on the traditional 17th century minced pie, with real minced beef (!) in a chestnut and almond shortbread case.

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Gluten-Free Steak and Kidney Pudding

Read Time: 6 min A traditional English dish: rich meaty filling, wrapped in a steamed (gluten-free) suet pastry. Wonderful!

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Mediterranean Dishes

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Five Spice Squid with Roast Aubergine

Read Time: 3 min Squid tubes make a great substitute for pasta, – a real boon for a grain-free or low-carb meal

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Moussaka

Read Time: 2 min This traditional moussaka recipe is a classic for low-carb-high-fat diets.

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Recipes, Reviews

Gluten-Free Green Pea Pasta – Review ★★★★☆

Read Time: 3 min A single ingredient free-from pasta that exceeded our expectations. A useful addition to a grain-free diet and pretty low-carb to boot.

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

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Stuffed (Farmed) Sea Bass

Read Time: 4 min A delicious baked dish using wholesome ingredients that bring out the best in this fish.

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Two seafood products – review ★★★☆☆

Read Time: 4 min We take a look at a couple of interesting products currently on the shelves: Salmon Jerky and Seaweed Thins. Suitable for gluten-free diets these snacks look promising, but will they cut the mustard in our demanding taste tests?

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Five Spice Squid with Roast Aubergine

Read Time: 3 min Squid tubes make a great substitute for pasta, – a real boon for a grain-free or low-carb meal

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Side Dishes

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Bulb Fennel and Wensleydale Sheep’s Cheese

Read Time: 2 min Really quick and easy dish. Two ingredients only. Fool proof!

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Low-Carb Chips

Read Time: 2 min Several low-carb alternatives for you to try; a great accompaniment to many dishes.

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Avocado eggs!

Read Time: 2 min This dish is a revelation – eggs, cheese, avocados – what’s not to like?

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Gluten-Free Cake Recipes

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Cinnamon coconut macaroons

Read Time: 2 min These little tea-time cakes have a lovely crumbly texture. Grain-free and low in carbs. Who wouldn’t like them?

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Moist Lemon and Cardamom Sponge

Read Time: 2 min A succulent sponge, ideal for any special occasion and without a grain in sight!

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Chocolate Almond Torte

Read Time: 2 min A low-carb, grain-free birthday cake fit for a king. Or your little princess for that matter.

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Desserts

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Keto Bounty Bars

Read Time: 2 min Coconut filled chocolate sweet-meats that are suitable for ketogenic diets.

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Keto Pancakes

Read Time: 2 min One of our most popular recipes. Makes low-carb breakfasts a doddle.

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Baked Egg Custard for Carnivores

Read Time: 3 min All of the ingredients in this dish are of animal origin; No vanilla, sugar, nutmeg. Which might make you wonder what the topping is…

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Ketogenic Diet Recipes

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Keto Bounty Bars

Read Time: 2 min Coconut filled chocolate sweet-meats that are suitable for ketogenic diets.

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Anyone for Paleo Pud? (Berry nice thank you!)

Read Time: 3 min Of all the fruits we eat, berries are the closest to their wild counterparts. Here’s a great way to serve them.

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Snacks

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Beautiful Biltong!

Read Time: 2 min One of our foodie friends, Sally, just brought round her homemade biltong – that’s it above – and it was delicious! Her biltong is made from beef and her secret …

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Spiced-up nuts, four ways to make your own super-snacks

Read Time: 3 min Four ideas to jazz up your nuts: Cashews with lemon and black pepper, Tamari 5-spiced mixed nuts, Curried macadamias & Balsamic pecans

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Recipes, Reviews

Two seafood products – review ★★★☆☆

Read Time: 4 min We take a look at a couple of interesting products currently on the shelves: Salmon Jerky and Seaweed Thins. Suitable for gluten-free diets these snacks look promising, but will they cut the mustard in our demanding taste tests?

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Celebration and Party Food

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Cold Buffet: Ideal for Complex Dietary Needs

Read Time: 4 min Here are some ideas for managing a celebration when you have guests with different dietary needs. It’s a great option for any event, summer or winter, Christmas, Birthdays or the New Year bash.

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Quick Spare Ribs and Coleslaw

Read Time: 4 min Finger-licking ribs without the carbs. Always go down well at parties or buffets. Tips for a quick version (under an hour) included.

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Gluten-Free Baked Scotch Eggs

Read Time: 3 min Make your own gluten-free version of this traditional English treat. Perfect for lunches, picnics and parties.

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Christmas Foods

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Roast Leg of English Mutton

Read Time: 4 min Mutton is often thought of as being a tough, second-rate meat, but nothing should be further from the truth. When cooked long and slow it is a rich, melt-in-the-mouth meat with a superb flavour. The secret is to prepare it well and give it time to slowly reveal its wonders.

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Real mince meat pies

Read Time: 5 min The real deal. An update on the traditional 17th century minced pie, with real minced beef (!) in a chestnut and almond shortbread case.

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Grain-Free Christmas Pudding

Read Time: 3 min It’s the traditional pud gone paleo. Soaked fruit, almonds and honey make this rich Christmas bomb go with a bang.

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