Sharabelle bakes

I follow a  Low Fodmap diet  to manage my IBS.  It's not a diet for losing weight, it helps you avoid foods that can make your IBS symptoms worse.   I started it last July and have found it really helpful.  I already knew I was lactose intolerant, so following the diet wasn't that big a change.  Although giving up Gluten did pose a few problems for me, since I love to bake.   Gluten free baking is not easy and can be expensive so buying Free from products is more cost effective.  My local Morrisons has recently expanded its Free from range .  So I've had more products to chose from.  I've been like a kid in a candy store xxx Morrison's Free from Bakewell tarts Short crust pastry, jam, almond frangipane, icing and lets not forget the cherry on top.  I really enjoyed these, they are a bit sweet but ohh so tasty.  I have to limit how many I buy or I would have them everyday.  It's hard to find Gluten, wheat and...

I remember sitting on the balcony of our time share apartment in Paris, watching the city wake up.  An old woman going by, still in her slippers carrying fresh baguettes. Some things are universal, my grandma would go to the same baker shop every morning for Buttries (Aberdeen rolls). In Fife where I live now, you'll see people buying there fresh bread rolls with their morning paper. No matter which country you are in around the world, they will have their own form or version of bread and their own daily morning ritual.  I'm both yeast and lactose intolerant. Since my IBS has become worse and new trigger foods discovered and removed from the list of foods I can not longer eat.   It's the simple things I miss....... I miss bread, I miss the fresh baguettes we would buy in Paris.  The buttries we would toast and slather with butter and home made raspberry jam.  I miss tearing open a fresh baked morning roll and eating it simply w...

Something from a lot of nothing I made a small batch of vegan Lemon Curd yesterday, unfortunelty I made it too thick.  The plan had been to use it to flavour my Soy yogurt for breakfast.  I hate anything going to waste, so I needed to find something I could do with it.   Today is also not one of my good days, forgot to re-order my pills from the doctor and run out this morning.  I also have a large red spot on my chin, not an attractive look.    In times like this there is only one thing that can be done, BAKE.... Basic Biscuit/cookie Recipe 4 oz Dairy free margerine 2-4 oz caster Sugar (depending on your own taste) 1 egg or egg substitute (Linseed/flaxseed egg subb) 8 oz Flour soy milk to mix if required Using an electric food mixer Cream Marg and sugar together for a few minutes.  Next add a small amount of flour along with egg or subsitute.  (This will stop the mix curdling) Slowly add rest of flour till the mix st...