Sharabelle bakes

Its that time of week again, where I blog about the latest recipes/meals Iv made using my favourite fruit the Banana.   I admit some of the recipes I have tried have been ......well strange.  But if you don't try something how will you know if it works? This week I made   Banana coconut muffins   using a recipe I found on www.vegetarian.about.com.    I love muffins, bananas and coconut so why not all three together?   They turned out great, however It's not a food combination am a fan of.  I much rather have an all banana muffin or an all coconut muffin.  Puting the 2 together in a muffin just didn't work for me.   However they did work together in my next experiment.   Banana omelet Did I mention I'm not afraid of trying strange recipes?  So making a banana omelet held no fear for me, no matter how weird is sounds. I'm lactose intolerant and only like to cook with free range eggs, if there the sta...

10 Ways to Cook Sweet Potato - Dairy free Sweet potato's are a very versatile vegetable, as they can be used to make both Sweet and Savoury dishes.  There also not really a potato, while a potato is seen as a carb a sweet potato is a vegetable.  Which means they can count towards the recommended goal of  eating 5 fruit and veg a day.  1. Baked sweet potato Baking sweet potato's has got to be the easiest way to cook them. You don't even need to peel them.  Just place them in your oven and bake till soft on the inside.  No need to par boil them before baking.  - Cook whole and serve as you would a baked potato  - Cut into wedges and toss in a little veg oil, along with some herbs or spices for seasoning. - Cut into Chips or Fries , then toss in oil with salt and pepper. 2. Fried Sweet Potato Oily food is a major trigger for my IBS, so I pretty much stay away deep fried fo...

My Any Berry Muffin recipe.                   Preheat oven too 190 oc       Bake for 23-25 mins 2 Cups Flour 3/4 Cup Caster Sugar 1 tbsp Baking powder 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 Cup Soya Yogurt 1/2 Cup Soya Milk 1/2 Cup Veg Oil 2 Cups Frozen/Fresh Blueberries 1 Lemon - zest Only Since having to give up dairy due to the wonders of being lactose intolerant, iv had to totally re-think the way I bake.  Iv had a lot of failures, but this recipe is not one of them. Even my full dairy eating mum loves them xx I combined the Flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and give it a whisk to loosen.  I have the Food network to thank for this tip, saves me having to sift the flour. In a separate jug I measure out my soya yogurt, milk and oil.  Give it a good mix together, then stir in the Lemon zest.  I added the Wet mix t...