Since becoming a mother I have become more aware of what we put into our bodies. I know that large amounts of our fruits and vegetables are sprayed with pesticides. These pesticides could cause a number of health issues in …
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How to Cook Dried Beans from Scratch
For me, beans make a brilliant substitute for meat. I’m not vegan or vegetarian. Yes I do enjoy meat but occasionally I like to swap it out for beans, chickpeas or lentils. When I first started to eat more vegan …
How to make healthy Butter
My son Ted, who is 10, likes a little butter on his toast in the morning. When I remove the butter from the fridge it’s always hard. If I were organised I would take it out the night before. I …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Stewed Apple and Blackberry Toffee Crumble
My husband Howard loves a crumble. Howard often informs me of how he would like me to make crumble more often and not just for a blog post or video. He says it’s ok to cook crumbles more than twice!!! …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Apple Jonathan Cake
So my husband has been asking me to make an Apple Cake from, what feels like, the day we met. Finally, after nearly ten years of being together I got around to trying it. To be honest, I was slightly …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Spicy Fruit Compote
Spicy Fruit Compote is a great go-to food to have in the fridge if you want to jazz up a plain yogurt, muesli or your porridge in the morning. I normally serve this to my hubby in a glass jar …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Basil and Tomato Pinto Bean Burgers
Burgers and herbs are not two ingredients I would have thought to put together. We have been growing basil in the garden this year. There is so much of it but we are a little tried of pesto. Therefore I …
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Sweet Chicken and Egg Fry Rice
My son Ted, who is 10, will be making his way back to year 6 soon. I know from past experience the first few weeks of our school routine, after a long break, can be challenging. It can be hard …
Googie’s Kitchen presents How to Cook Tasty Brown Rice
For a few years I have been cooking rice quite differently from the way I used too. I used to leave rice to boil until it was soft then I would pour away the excess water. Then I learned a …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Soft Almond Cookies
When I make cookies/biscuits they are normally always hard. Therefore I felt I needed to try a soft cookie. We have a lot of almond flour in the house at the moment. I know that when I have used this …
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