Some of my favourite dishes are Thai: Satay, Pad Thai, green curry, … you name it. While I’m still experimenting with pad thais (pads thai?), I’m getting pretty close to perfecting my green curry… Even the Northerner prefers it to restaurant curries. If you are lusting after a delicious dish of hot, sweet, sour and…
Category: Hearth
Banana almond bread
Compared to the bready banana bread recipe elsewhere on Growing Up and Liking It, this is a a light, cake-like and extremely moorish version. As you can tell by the featured image, even though this banana bread is certainly satisfying by itself, I couldn’t help but top it with cream cheese and a hazelnut-chocolate spread…
Granola
I’ve got to be honest with you: Breakfast is not my favourite meal of the day. Although I’m sufficiently hungry – especially now that I’m nursing at night, I don’t have an appetite for anything. I much prefer lunch. With a hungry baby relying on his food coming from me, there’s no way I can…
Maple almond ice cream
We would have walked down the aisle yesterday if it wasn’t for a squishy little someone making an appearance. So instead of nursing a hangover from the wild bohemian wedding party we would have thrown, the Northerner is having a lie-in on his very first Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day, daddies, it’s going to be…
Fish & chips with remoulade
Eating out is a bit of a challenge, not gonna lie. The other day, I had dinner with friends and the places around work (off London’s Oxford Street) that are usually safe for me wouldn’t take bookings. Thus, the search began. Both my bestie and I had mild anxiety just playing through the options. It…
Rumkugeln
As my diet has become more and more restrictive, I had to sit myself down and talk shop: what do I enjoy eating (rather than what can I have) and what does it need to make them Low FODMAP? Right at the top of the list: Rumkugeln. A bakery in my mother’s hometown, Schneverdingen, made the…
Green smoothie with chia
If you are a breakfast lover or loather, if you like to take your time in the morning to enjoy an elaborate meal or rush out of the door, a smoothie is a great way to get your daily vitamin boost – even on the go. I’m pretty frugal, so for me, a smoothie is…
Cheesecake
I had just given birth and my body was awash with adrenaline. I didn’t sleep… Why waste time sleeping when I could lovingly gaze at this little bundle of flesh and bones instead?! My mind and hormones were all over the place, so it didn’t come as a surprise to me that my mind…
Bready banana bread
Banana breads are a great way to use up brown bananas left over in your fruit bowl. Frugal much?! Some recipes get you a rather cake-like banana bread that goes well with a cup of coffee as a sweet treat in the afternoon. Nothing wrong about that. But not this guy. This guy is the…
Mayonnaise (low FODMAP, gluten-free, dairy-free)
I’m really picky when it comes to mayonnaise. Sure, that’s a pretty unusual thing to say, but I am. In fact, eventually, I’d rather not have any shop-bought mayonnaise if it wasn’t for Tesco’s organic brand. But why buy mayonnaise, if it’s so bleeding easy to make your own?! Ingredients 1 large organic egg 1-2…
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