Category Archives: Vegetarian

Wheat Free Banana Bread

In the last 2 weeks I haven’t been as vigilant as I had been in not eating wheat products. I have said before that I find it much easier to go without dairy but I love nothing more than warm … Continue reading

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Spelt Naan Bread

Every 5 or 6 weeks we have an Indian Night here in Casa GraciesBakes. I adore Indian food and we are lucky enough to have a good one in Drogheda – Punjabi House – that do take out. So every … Continue reading

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Lentil, Beet & Red Onion Salad

I have been on my holidays for the last week. I didn’t go anywhere but had a blissful week off work which I spent cooking, gardening, baking, working out and getting my island/baking station fixed, during which I discovered I … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Pancakes

I just can’t believe it is already the latter end of February. Where have the last 2 months gone? I just blinked and they are already over. I started a new job just after Christmas in Dublin and I must … Continue reading

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Christmas Cake Pops – A perfect Gift

Around this time every year, I do a clear out of my freezer. Due to limited space, I couldn’t get a chest freezer when I moved into the house – which bugs me to this day – and I had … Continue reading

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Raw Cacao Snack Bars

Mr C. and I are going travelling soon and part of that trip involves a long flight and a layover for a couple of hours in a mainly business flight airport. Now I don’t know about you but airport food … Continue reading

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Spicy Butternut Ginger Soup

Last year when I announced I was giving up eating meat, my lovely friend, Mrs. D, for my birthday, sent me a beautiful book called Love Soup by Anna Thomas. Containing 160 vegetarian recipes, the title (rightly) suggests that the … Continue reading

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To V or not to V – my decision to stop eating meat.

A Year ago, on May 17th 2010 I gave up eating meat and became a vegetarian. I will still eat fish but will not eat meat. In the year since I have eaten meat on 2 occasions. The first was … Continue reading

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