Trying to get southern fried chicken that isn't deep fried and is gluten free is impossible unless you make it yourself. I've created the following recipe and it is so easy to make and much better than a well known fast food. Oven Baked - Southern Fried Chicken Ingredients 3 legs of chicken - cut into thighs and drumsticks 1 oz lactofree butter 1 egg Coating 6 oz plain gluten free flour 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp dried sage 1 tsp dried thyme 1/2 tsp ground mace 1/2 tsp umami dust (Waitrose...

There was some riced (mashed) potato left after dinner the night before. Wondered what to make with it, bright idea, Tuna Fishcakes. A light lunch served with salad. Tuna Fishcakes (serves 3) Ingredients 1 medium potato (mashed) 1 tin tuna drained and flaked 2 spring onions, finely chopped 1 free range egg, beaten 1 tablespoons capers 2 oz self-raising gluten free flour salt and pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil Method Mix the all the ingredients together in a bowl, lightly season. Divide into...

Time to raid the freezer, when fish is what you fancy, there is nothing like lots of different types available so everyone has what they want. Hubby = cod, daughter and me = plaice. Yet again, the potato was put through the ricer, leaving it light and fluffy, so much easier to serve and less "claggy". The fish can be backed in individual foil parcels in the oven. Peas can be boiled on the top. If you like sauce then the following is so easy to make, I always use the all-in-one method, it's simple...

Gently does it When you aren't feeling quite as good as you should, slightly off colour then soup maybe all you fancy. Hubby was feeling a bit grotty today, didn't fancy food, but had to eat to enable him to take his meds. I needed to have something ready for him to eat if he started to feel like it, what to cook, I decided that very simple Leek and Potato soup would be a failsafe, plus I could put into a pour and store bag and pop in the fridge for later. Leek and Potato Soup Ingredients 1lb...

A very successful dinner last night. As our daughter has an intolerance to wheat, gluten and dairy, we had bought a Fajita Kit a couple of weeks ago. Tonight I used this to save some time and create a healthy dinner for all of us. The kit came with the tortillas, salsa and the fajita spice mix. I used one chicken breast, plus a red and a green pepper and one onion to make the fajitas. I added some salad leaves and slices of avocado when building the fajitas with the salsa. A big hit, the aromas in the kitchen were wonderful....

Lunchtime Dilemma I'm used to cooking lunches for my daughter and me, but not for hubby. Yesterday it was salad, but today I thought I'd cook a little something. What did I have left, 1/3rd tin tuna (well I did leave for daughter yesterday, but she didn't get back until tea time), also had a box of cooked pasta left from yesterday? I didn't want to waste this and came up with the following dish and whilst it was cooking, I could nip outside into the garden to grab the fresh flat leaved parsley. Pasta...

For the first evening meal for my hubby, I decided that a simple chicken dish would be the best, but with lots of different vegetables to ensure that we were all following the recommended diet. I also stretched the chicken to feed 3 of us, so it was economical. I bought a whole free range chicken and then took the breast off for our meal.  Electric Steamer We were lucky to receive an electric steamer last year from my sister-in-law, which is brilliant for cooking the vegetables to serve with the dinner, just pop...

The Heart Manual provided by the hospital recommend the Mediterranean Diet to help protect against further heart attacks.  We are now following this diet more closely, the main difference will be the red meat level for us as we have had more red than white meat every week. "Research has also shown that following a Mediterranean diet can reduce the chance of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and even Alzheimer's disease. See separate leaflet called Health...

Yes, dreams can come true.  After the events of the weekend, today, my hubby was discharged from hospital and I can now start caring for him and helping him get his bounce back. Through the lifestyle profiling done whilst he was in Bournemouth Hospital Critical Coronary Unit it looks as though his heart attack was due to genetics, not lifestyle. This is a relief as we have always been careful with our meals. Still, there is always more to be done, improvements to be made. The team...

Excuse the pun, but I need to fill the fridge/freezer with food that meets the Mediterranean Diet requirements, so my bags were full of chicken, fish and lots of vegetables. It was difficult to know what to buy, whether hubby would be discharged from hospital this week, so I decided to fill the freezer with fish and pop a fresh chicken in the fridge. Trying to remember what is allowed in the vegetable list was fun, I remember after Dad's heart op that he wasn't allowed grapefruit or lots of green cabbage, broccoli or kale...

It takes a life changing moment to make your realise that perhaps we aren't fuelling our bodies effectively.My husband suffered a Heart Attack on 13th December 2014, luckily I have somehow remembered indicators to watch for and managed to get my husband into A&E within 25 minutes of noticing. Luckily it was 5am, roads were clear of traffic and still sticking to the speed limits, I managed to get him to hospital faster than an ambulance could have.The good news, he was seen quickly, the ECG showed that he was in the...