As a self-taught baker, I don't follow rules. My food has to taste amazing, look good and be a little healthy. I love baking with spelt and buckwheat flour and sharing delicious easy dinner ideas.
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4 Ingredient Yoghurt Cake
Ingredients
Thick Yoghurt, Greek or Turkish – 500g
Sugar – 150g (3/4 cup)
Eggs, large – 4
Cornflour – 30g
Optional Flavouring: Vanilla extract or lemon zest – 1 teaspoon
Kitchen Love: August 2023
So much has happened since my last newsletter in June.
Teff chocolate chip cookies: gluten-free
Yes! This recipe can be easily adapted to make it vegan, by using vegan spread and vegan chocolate. For an extra tang add a little salt to the top before baking.
How To Prepare to Move House
It's almost time to move house again, I have counted up and this might be around my 23rd house move. I know that's a lot of moving. I have moved countries twice from Australia to the UK and then to Sweden last year. In my 20's I rented a lot and for various reasons, I moved every year or so.
How to Make Teff Pancakes without Eggs
I discovered that teff flour is naturally gluten-free, with a smooth texture and a slightly earthy yet sweet flavour. For my first recipe, I thought it would be perfect to make pancakes.
What is Teff?
Teff is a super tiny grain from Ethiopia and is known for making injera. What is injera? Injera, a flatbread with a spongy texture made with teff flour, an ancient gluten-free grain, is usually served underneath savoury Ethiopian dishes.
Spiced Oat Breakfast Cookies
This spiced breakfast cookie recipe was dreamt up when I wanted to bake cookies to take camping. I merged a few recipes together and this is my creation. These breakfast cookies are soft yet chewy and remind me of ANZAC biscuits but with delicious spice, fruit and nuts.
Buckwheat Bread test 2: no yeast, no rise, no kneed
This buckwheat bread recipe is a low-carb version without too much flour and is made soft and has a really thin crust. Perfect toasted for breakfast.
Takes = 15 minutes
Bakes = 60 minutes
Makes = 10-12 slices
Soft Cinnamon Cranberry Spelt Bread
A perfect soft spelt bread spiced with cinnamon and delicious dried cranberries added. Easy to make and bake. A perfect spelt bread toasted for breakfast.