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  1. WhitbyJet

    Thinking about christmas

    Bake a low carb sponge for your base, top with fruit (and jelly??), make custard, top with whipped cream - enjoy!! Low carb custard is not difficult to make, but you need a little patience when making it: best use a thermometer for this 300ml single cream 3 egg yolks or more depending on...
  2. WhitbyJet

    Low Carb Recipes

    Baked Vanilla Cheesecake This is so simple, but ever so lush 4 tubs of quark sweetener to taste 1 heaped tsp vanilla powder 4 tbsp coconut flour t tsp butter, melted 6 eggs berries, or tinned peaches or mandarins - optional or you could make a raspberry coulis, set with a little jelly or...
  3. WhitbyJet

    Thinking about christmas

    Have a look at the low carb recipes section, I have posted a lower carb mince pie recipe, I also have a lower carb Christmas cake recipe if you are interested.
  4. WhitbyJet

    Eat, Fast and Live Longer

    My fasting day yesterday: Got up at 7.30am, fasting bg 4.7, weight 62.5kg - large mug of ginger & lemon tea Prepared fasting soup = organic courgette, celery, carrot, leek, cabbage, pepper, onion, cauliflower, home made bouillon powder, home grown herbs Meditating for half hour, all relaxed...
  5. WhitbyJet

    Sugar-free Sloe Gin?

    Ok this is how we do it and it makes a really nice sloe gin, much better than shop bought, first we freeze the sloes over night, they burst and we dont have to stab them before we put them into the gin. For a 1.5 litre jar, fill it two-thirds with sloes, add 2 tsp of glycerine and 300ml of...
  6. WhitbyJet

    Sugar-free Sloe Gin?

    Yes we make Sloe Gin every year using Splenda and you cant tell the difference from the sugary gin, tried it with Stevia last year YUK. Remember though that the sweetener substitutes sugar by volume and not weight. Sugar is heavier than Splenda, you need to find out the volume the amount of...
  7. WhitbyJet

    Low Carb Recipes

    Mincemeat/Pastry/Marzipan A lower carb mincemeat recipe (use almond short crust pastry for mince pies) 220g cooking apples 150g stewed rhubarb 45g sultanas 45g currants 50g melted butter finely grated zest of 1 orange finely grated zest of 1 lemon 1/2 tsp mixed spice 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp...
  8. WhitbyJet

    Low Carb Recipes

    Pumpkin Hungarian Style Peel pumpkin, remove seeds and cut into strips 1 packet lardons 1 onion finely chopped 2 fat cloves of garlic, minced 1 tbsp paprika 2 tbsp tomato puree 1 pot soured cream Bouillon powder Ghee or a mixture of oil and butter for frying Heat ghee in a pan, add onion...
  9. WhitbyJet

    Low Carb Recipes

    Fried Pumpkin Pumpkin cut into 1cm slices For the coating: 1/2 cup coconut flour 1/2cup parmesan garlic powder (optional) salt, pepper 1 egg beaten with a tbsp of cream creme fraiche and chopped fresh herbs or use a mixture of frozen herbs (they are usually on offer in the big supermarkets)...
  10. WhitbyJet

    Low Carb Recipes

    Low Carb Risotto Its possible to make delicious risotto using the ever so versatile cauliflower... First you need to make the sauce, quite thick, for example if you make a mushroom risotto: Fry onion until golden, add sliced mushrooms, fry until lightly brown, add dried porcini mushrooms (if...
  11. WhitbyJet

    Low Carb Recipes

    Faux-Rice Pudding Chocolate Faux-rice pudding: 100 grams Ricotta Cheese - drained 1 egg 1 tbsp double cream vanilla cinnamon & Splenda to taste 1tsp cocoa powder mix ricotta, egg, and cream till thuroughly blended add vanilla, then cinnamon, cocoa, and splenda to taste micorwave on high for...
  12. WhitbyJet

    aarrgggggg Banana Cake

    Awww bless, your Mum was a special lady, she brought you into the world, and I can tell she did a pretty good job raising you, she lives on you know, in your heart, in your children, in your new baby, I have sent you a PM, a little story that I find very comforting when I think of loved ones I...
  13. WhitbyJet

    Risotto Rice problem

    Lucy, you can make a seriously nice risotto using cauliflower rice, you just need to think 'back to front' - first you need to make the sauce, quite thick, for example if you make a mushroom risotto: Fry onion until golden, add sliced mushrooms, fry until lightly brown, add dried porcini...
  14. WhitbyJet

    STEVIA orange cream chocolate!!

    Stevia & Erythritol are ok, but vegetable fat?! And paprika and fibre in your chocolate?! Well the only worry is the vegetable fat really, the rest would be ok I guess, but I personally would never feed those kind of chocolates to a sheep....
  15. WhitbyJet

    STEVIA orange cream chocolate!!

    Eeeh Gods, the ingredients list reads like a horror story?!
  16. WhitbyJet

    Christmas Cake

    :lol: :lol: YES as long as I can bring my husband along
  17. WhitbyJet

    Christmas Cake

    Of course :)
  18. WhitbyJet

    Psyllium Husks

    Lemonie, dawn is right, you need to be careful with psyllium husks, too many of them and you will end up with tummy ache!! If you fancy rice pudding, try these instead: Chocolate Faux-rice pudding: 100 grams Ricotta Cheese - drained 1 egg 1 tbsp double cream vanilla cinnamon & Splenda to taste...
  19. WhitbyJet

    Do you ever treat yourselves to bad things?

    I make so many low carb goodies, I dont crave anything thats considered to be 'bad' for me.
  20. WhitbyJet

    Christmas Cake

    No worries, sent it :)
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