Sharabelle bakes

When I first started looking a dairy free baking, I discovered vegan websites and blogs.  I was inspired when I found out that, bananas could be used as a egg substitute in home baking.  Another benefit was that banana's are a great food for those of us with mental health problems like depression.  Thats why it's a great Good mood food. It was then I gave myself the challenge to find out as many things and recipes that used bananas.  Check out my Banana Project page, for a list of my Thank Banana it's Friday blogs xxx Why eat Banana's?  1.  There a tasty self packaged portable snack. 2 . You can use a mashed banana as an egg substitute 3.  They have a natural sweetness which allows me to reduce the amount of sugar I need in a recipe 4.  There high in fibre so there perfect for my IBS 5 . Great for giving an energy boost, that lasts longer than caffeine 6.  A great source of  potassium,  bananas  may also help to p...

Egg Free Baking tip It seems the older I get  the list of things that I'm intolerant too grows.   Apart from a variety of Pulses, fruit and veg I can still eat Fish and Egg's.  After 20 years of having IBS I'm well used to exclusion diets and keeping a food diary's.   Over the last year along with being caffeine and dairy intolerant Iv had to cut out  yeast,  high sugar,  leafy green veg, onions, garlic, meat and poultry.  Lets just say that the person who gave me food poisoning has a lot to answer for!!!!! I love egg's but they have to be free Range and I treat them as a main protein source in my meals.  I'd rather not have to bake with them, and I refuse to buy battery egg's just to bake/cook with.  So iv been looking for egg substitutes for baking.  I did some research and found commercial egg re-placers can be really expensive.  Also not every Dairy free recipe needs an egg, so why spend t...