I was looking for a treat for the coming weekend that would also double-up as a breakfast grab and go meal option too. These oaty, nutty and fruity squares deliver! Made with oat flour (I made my own by whizzing some ordinary oats in my food processor – 1¼ cups oats made the 1 cup[Read More]
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Weetabix Fruit Cake
Sometimes it’s good to revisit some recipes and this one, for a Weetabix Cake, is worth the return. It featured in our free Bariatric Newsletter back in 2011 but didn’t appear on the website. It’s a recipe that came from my cherished Bariatric Buddy Tom and we tinkered with it to reduce the sugar and[Read More]
Let’s Celebrate Mother’s Day
As a child we always celebrated Mother’s Day with some kind of cake (along with the obligatory home-made card). My mother now in her 80’s still enjoys a slice of cake on special days – and although not as sprightly as she was, and with a diminished appetite due to illness, can demolish a treat[Read More]
Oaty-Licious Cookies!
It’s the start of half-term here in the UK which means I shall have a number of visitors over the coming two weeks (often with little ones in tow) who will, if previous years have anything to go by, welcome a biscuit or cookie during their stay. I have a cat-shaped (don’t ask!) cookie jar[Read More]
Eat Now, Eat Again Later Raspberry Flapjack Bars
These make great breakfast bars for those who need fuel on the run, but to be honest they are also great as a lunchbox item or as an afternoon treat – so they really are cut and come again, and again, and again bars! Very moreish, don’t be tempted to cut them[Read More]