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Three and a half years ago I became vegetarian. Three and a half weeks ago, anticipating a certain health diagnosis at any time, I also gave up all added sugar in my diet. My mother is of a certain generation and, although a very good cook, struggles to know what to offer guests with specific dietary restrictions. She once had a vegetarian and a coeliac for dinner at the same time, and nearly lost her reason! So, the idea for this blog was born. Every recipe that features here will be vegan (and, obviously, vegetarian), gluten free, sugar free, lactose and dairy free, and suitable for people on a low sodium diet. That's right, you read that correctly. Even if you have guests with each of these restrictions coming to the same meal, everything here is safe for them. And, before you expect weird and wonderful ingredients to make an appearance, everything I'm using can be bought in larger branches of all major supermarkets - you don't even need to visit health food stores. Try the recipes and tell me what you think!

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Freezer Friday

Hello all, and welcome to the weekend! Today's challenge was frozen food; hints or tips for freezing, meals to make and freeze ahead, ice-cream, etc. Got some great recipes, mostly ice-cream funnily enough... ;) We now have 1656 in total!

Having found these ridiculously hard to judge, I decided to put my favourites to the public vote. Vote for your personal favourite in the comments below by their number, please (and no, you can't vote for your own!) and the recipe with most votes will be declared rockstar on Monday.

1. Sugar High Cake: Mix 2 fave ice creams, add 2 fave candy bars (crushed). Pour into pan. Drizzle choc sauce. Freeze. @HOHWwriter


2. 1 banana, half punnet of strawberries, half a large pot natural yoghurt, blend, then pour into ice lolly molds, freeze @Pamreader


3. Mix 2 eggs & 2 tsp sugar. Dip a scoop of ice cream in mix. Roll in crushed corn flakes. Deep fry for 15 secs & serve w/coulis @EleanorFitz


4. Heat 1/2pt tonic &1oz sugar til sugar dissolves. Cool. Stir in 1/4pt gin. Freeze in rigid container 3hrs. Stir. Freeze overnight. @rosamundi


5. IrishCreamsicles: 2/3c sug, 1/4c cornstrch, 1/4tsp salt, 3c milk, 3 yolks. Whisk&cook til thick. Add 1/2c IrishCream, freeze. @MontanaGael


6. Two frozen bananas-1 frozen mango-all in blender= raw vegan ice cream! :) @olivosartstudio


There's also another challenge for Monday - it's Manic Monday, and I'm looking for lightning-fast meals. :)


Have a great weekend everyone, and don't forget to vote!
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6 comments:

  1. Annette ThomsonJuly 16, 2010 at 10:35 PM

    Number 2. Nom nom nom.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 16, 2010 at 10:38 PM

    My vote's for Number 2, sounds lovely.

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  3. MariaJuly 17, 2010 at 2:56 AM

    Oooh number 3 - deep fried ice-cream! How exciting. It's 3am and I've just come in from a night out. I wonder is it dangerous to operate a deep fat frier while under the influence??? Love Maria xxx

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  4. Jane TraversJuly 17, 2010 at 7:57 PM

    On behalf of @rosamundi who can't comment, No. 6!

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  5. Cee MartinezJuly 18, 2010 at 4:01 AM

    Number 2!!! Sounds so tasty.

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  6. Jane TraversJuly 18, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    On behalf of @LoreleiKing, no. 1!

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