Leftover Muffin Trifle

I made some cinnamon muffins a couple of days ago that turned out a bit dry. Of course being gluten free the following day they were even drier. I hate throwing away food, especially gluten free food as it's so expensive.
        
The solution? To slice the muffins, slice some bananas, get some custard and start making layers. Refrigerate for at least two hours and enjoy a quick pudding made with leftovers.

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Microwave Dairy & Gluten Free Lemon Sponge Cake

Who knew you could bake a pudding in the microwave? It only took 10 minutes from beginning to plate and it was quite nice. Best eaten on the same day though. Another great recipe from the free GoodFood app.

Ingredients:

• 100g caster sugar
• 100g dairy free margarine
• 100g gluten free self-raising flour
• 2 eggs
• zest 1 lemon
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 4 tbsp lemon curd (always check the ingredients)

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together except for the lemon curd. Pour the mixture into a medium microwave-proof baking dish (I used microwave-proof plastic tupperware). Microwave on High until risen and set all the way through. It took 5 minutes on my 800w microwave. Leave to stand for 1 minute. Meanwhile, heat the lemon curd for 30 seconds in the microwave and stir until smooth. Pour all over the top of the cake.

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Dairy and Gluten Free Pumpkin Muffins

I am not sure if pumpkin is a low, medium or high FODMAP food. There are different opinions out there, sometimes the American and the Australian researchers come to different results, I think it will be years before this diet is completely mapped out.
By the way, I can tolerate pumpkin well and I really enjoyed these moist muffins however I can only tolerate a very small, tiny amount of raisins so I only used half the amount stated. Another recipe from the free GoodFood app.

Ingredients:

• 175ml sunflower oil
• 175g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 200g coarsely grated pumpkin or butternut squash flesh
• 100g sultanas
• grated zest 1 orange
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 200g gluten free self-raising flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method:

Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper cases. Beat together the oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla, then add the pumpkin, sultanas and orange zest. Stir in the cinnamon, flour and bicarbonate of soda. Spoon into the cases. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Dairy and Gluten Free Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Another great recipe from the GoodFood free app. I had never made an upside-down cake before but it won't be the last. They are really easy to make and delicious. In fact, the only complaint I have about this cake is that there wasn't enough of it, everyone asked for seconds and my son asked me to make more.

Ingredients:

Topping

• 50g dairy free margarine
• 50g sugar

Cake

• 7 pineapple rings in syrup, drained and 2 tblsps syrup
• glace cherries
• 100g dairy free margarine
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g gluten free self-raising flour
• 1 tsp gluten free baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs

Method:

Heat the oven to 180C. For the topping, beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. Spread over the base and a quarter of the way up the sides of a 21cm round cake tin. Arrange pineapple rings on top, then place cherries in the centres of the rings. Place the cake ingredients in a bowl along with 2 tbsp of the syrup and beat to a soft consistency. Spoon into the tin on top of the pineapple and smooth it out. Bake for 35 minutes. Leave to stand for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a plate.

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I wish I had more willpower

This is my first post for the month of November. We have been taking turns in my house being sick. When we are ill we don't feel like cooking or eating healthy, at least me anyway, so when the original illness goes away here comes the IBS symptoms... I wish I had more willpower. I woke up this morning really tired, with a heavy head and a foggy brain. I have being taking antihistamines lately to control my atopic eczema, could that be it? I have also being constipated, could that be it? I wish I didn't have craving for sweet things, I would probably feel better, but I do. I wish I had more willpower...

Dairy Free Coconut Brownies

I have adapted this recipe from the GoodFood app. It's a free app, with lots of recipes, lots of categories and you can bookmark your favourite recipes.

Does anybody know of good free apps?

Ingredients:

• 250g dairy free spread
• 100g cocoa
• 500g caster sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 100g gluten free self-raising flour
• 100g desiccated coconut
• icing sugar, to dust (optional)

Method:

Heat the oven to 180C. Line the base of a 21cm square tin with baking parchment. Put the cocoa, margarine and sugar in a large saucepan and gently melt, stirring all the time. When the cocoa mixture is melted and combined, cool slightly, then stir in the eggs, little by little, followed by the flour and coconut. Pour into the tin and bake for 30-45 minutes. Cool in the tin, then carefully lift out and cut into squares.

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