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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.
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.
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.
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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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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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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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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Breakfast Ideas
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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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10 Tips for Plant-Free and Carnivore Diets
Read Time: 5 min Lots of tasty ideas for making the most of meat, fish, dairy and eggs. Perfect for #worldcarnivoremonth, and anyone on a plant-free, low-carb or keto diet.
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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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Lunches
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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Curried Eggs
Read Time: 2 min a posh low-carb lunch or tea when you have guests over. Show them how easy and appealing this way of eating can be.
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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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Traditional English Dishes
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Pork Shoulder with Garden Vegetables
Read Time: 2 min This dish, like so many we eat here, is simplicity itself, yet the height of good eating. It shows why the English are famous for the (wrongly) maligned ‘meat and two veg’.
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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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Gluten-free Yorkshire puddings
Read Time: 2 min Can you believe your eyes? Gorgeous golden Yorkies without a grain in sight! These little babies were made with eggs and arrowroot. Here’s how…
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Mediterranean Dishes
Recipes
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.
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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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.
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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Grain-free ‘breaded’ cod with parsley sauce
Read Time: 3 min A quick, easy & presentable recipe. A good alternative to battered or breaded fish.
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Side Dishes
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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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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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Gluten-Free Cake Recipes
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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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Coconut sponge cake
Read Time: 2 min Gluten free, even grain free, doesn’t mean you can’t bake a perfect sponge… try this one and see.
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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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Desserts
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Summer Berry Jellies
Read Time: 5 min Easy to make and classy – low sugar versions of traditional English deserts, including fruit and cream jellies and blancmanges.
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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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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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Ketogenic Diet Recipes
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What’s Better Than Strawberries & Cream?
Read Time: < 1 min ✓Low-carb ✓Gluten-free ✓Nut free ✓Ketogenic ✘Lactose-free
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Chocolate truffles
Read Time: 2 min These delicious after-dinner sweetmeats are a nutritious powerhouse, and can even fit into a ketogenic diet
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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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Snacks
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?
Recipes
How to make your own beef jerky
Read Time: 3 min The original camp-fire and hiking food. Beef Jerky is a dried meat snack with a tangy taste and chewy texture.
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Curly kale crisps
Read Time: 2 min Kale. Yes. I know. It’s got a little halo, but it’s… well, dull. DON’T DESPAIR! This recipe actually makes it worth eating.
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Celebration and Party Food
Nutrition, Recipes
Kombucha Brew Success!
Read Time: 4 min Our first attempt at making this fermented beverage went well.
Recipes
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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Keto-cheesecake tips and tricks
Read Time: 5 min Low-carb and ketogenic cheesecakes are easy and fun to make. With a few helpful pointers you can start to make up your own recipes and create something wonderful.
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Christmas Foods
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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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My Grain-Free Christmas Dinner
Read Time: 3 min Our traditional Christmas dinner worked exceptionally well this year, and included roast turkey with all the trimmings.
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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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