March 18, 2008
Eat Healthy! Issue #023 18 March 2008
The regular newsletter from Healthy Eating Made Easy, sent to confirmed subscribers only.
It's Easter - Chocolate Time!
Love chocolate, but think it's a no-no for healthy eating? The good news is, you CAN eat chocolate, as long as it's the right sort. This page on the Chocolate Facts tells all.New on Healthy Eating Made Easy
Does your brain ever cry out for mercy when you try, yet again, to come up with an idea for a healthy meal? It's a challenge to feed yourself and your family healthily, for meal after meal, and stocking your storecupboard and freezer carefully can really help. Here's what you need to make sure you can always come up with Healthy Dinners.
Home-made soup is one of life's great little pleasures, and this Vegetable Soup Recipe is particularly quick and easy.
Nearly No-Fat Carrot Cake
My local supermarket had fresh carrots on a 2-for-1 offer this weekend, so I looked round for ways to use them, and gave this almost-no-fat recipe a try. The results were surprisingly good. The cake isn't as rich as one made with eggs and fat, but it is pleasantly moist with a dense crumb, and tastes good served warm. You could even serve it like a teabread, lightly spread with butter, or use a simple mix of water and confectioners/icing sugar to drizzle across the top before slicing.
1 large carrot, peeled and grated
160g/5 oz/1 cup sultanas
200ml/7 fl oz/three-quarters cup water
150ml/5 fl oz/half cup runny honey
10g/1 oz/1 tbsp butter
85g/3 oz/three-quarters cup self-rising flour
85g/3 oz/three-quarters cup plain wholewheat flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
generous grating of nutmeg
65g/2 oz/half cup chopped walnuts
- Heat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Grease and base-line a 1 lb/500g loaf tin.
- Place grated carrot, sultanas, water, butter, honey and spices in a pan, bring to boiling point and simmer gently for 10 mins. Leave to cool a little.
- Sift the flours, salt and bicarbonate of soda together, stir in the walnuts, then fold through the carrot mixture to blend thoroughly.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hr until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cover with foil after 30 minutes to prevent the top from scorching.
- Leave to cool in the tin.
Do you have comments, suggestions, recipes to share? I'd love to hear them, so do get in touch.
Happy Healthy Eating!