Blueberry Pecan Crumble 

Punnet of Blueberries 

60g S.R.Flour 

25g Non Dairy Sunflower Spread 

25g Soft Brown Sugar 

25g Chopped Pecans 

In a mixing bowl add flour, fat and rub together until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add sugar and pecans, and give the mixture a good stir. Empty blueberries into the cooking dish and cover with the crumble mix. Cook in a moderate oven until cooked. Serve with Cream. Serve 2

Apricot Tart 

Short crust pastry made with 175g flour (wholemeal or plain flour) using non dairy fat. 

175g low fat quark Cheese 

25g ground almonds 

1 tbps honey 

Can of apricots in natural juice 

6 tbps no added sugar apricot jam 

Roll out the pastry and use to line 20cm tart tin. Bake blind in oven for 10mins at 200⁰C. Remove paper and beans and return to the oven for a further 5-10 minutes, or until crisp and beginning to brown. Cool. Remove from tin and place on serving plate. Meanwhile cream the cheese, ground almonds and the honey together. Spread this mixture over the pastry base. Drain apricots and place on top of the cheese mixture. Place jam in a saucepan and heat gently over a low heat. Brush it thickly over the apricots. Leave tart for at least 30-40mins for the glaze to set.   

Roasted Peaches with Almonds

8 Peaches, unpeeled, halved and stoned 

4 Tablespoons oil 

Slivered almonds 

Balsamic Vinegar 

Brown Sugar 

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

Fresh Basil Leaves 

Arrange peaches, cut side up, in the baking dish.  Mix oil, vinegar sugar and cinnamon together. Scatter slivered almonds and basil leaves over the peaches. Drizzle the oil and vinegar mixture over the peaches. Roast uncovered for 20 minutes. Serve with soya cream or goats cream.

Apple and Ginger Crumble 

2 Bramley Cooking Apples(Peeled and Sliced) 

60g S.R.Flour 

25g Non Dairy Sunflower Spread 

25g Soft Brown Sugar 

2tsp Ground Ginger 

Place the peeled and sliced apples in a cooking dish. In a mixing bowl add flour, fat and rub together until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add sugar, ginger and give the mixture a good stir. Cover the apples with the crumble mixture and bake in a moderate oven for about 30minutes. Serve with Cream. Serves 2 

Ginger Meringue Iced Cream

6 ready-made individual Meringues 

375 ml Goats Double Cream 

2 dessert Spoons Caster Sugar 

4 pieces of Stem Ginger in Syrup chopped 

 

 Break the meringues into chunks. Whisk the cream until stiff, then fold the sugar, ginger and meringue pieces and 2 tsp of the ginger syrup. Spoon the mixture into a round dish and put into freezer for at least 4 hours.

Roasted Fruit in Honey 

 4 Nectarines halved and stoned 

Carton of Blueberries 

2 fresh figs quartered 

3 tbsp Honey 

 

 Arrange fruit in a shallow baking dish in a single layer. Drizzle over the honey. Roast for 20-25 minutes until fruit is tender. Serve with goat’s cream, soya cream or soya natural or vanilla yogurt. 

Blueberry Yogurt Brulées

1 box of blueberries
500gNatural Yogurt/Vanilla (soya or goat’s)
 75g Dark Brown Sugar
Water

Divide the blueberries between 4 ramekin dishes. Spoon over the yogurt to cover blueberries. Just before serving, sprinkle with the sugar and place under a hot grill to caramelise.

Ginger Highland Crème

40g Medium Oatmeal 

2tbsp Clear Honey 

3tbsp Ginger Syrup 

4 Pieces of Stem Ginger chopped into small pieces 

250ml Goats Double Cream 

 

Pre heat a grill to moderate. Spread oatmeal on a baking tray and turning frequently with a fork, toast under grill until lightly brown. Leave to cool. 

Pour goats cream into a mixing bowl, add honey and ginger syrup and whisk until mixture holds a light trail - take care not to over whisk as the mixture will thicken when oatmeal is added. 

Using a large tablespoon, very gently fold in the chopped ginger and the toasted oatmeal. Divide into 4 serving glasses. Cover and refrigerate until serving. You can reserve a few pieces of ginger to decorate.

American Cheesecake with Blueberry Sauce

 American Cheesecake with Blueberry Sauce

Base 

3oz Non Dairy Fat 

6oz Oat Biscuits (organic) 

Filling 

300g Extra light Cream Cheese (softened) 

250g Double Goats Cream 

Vanilla Essences 

1 box of Blueberries 

1oz Golden Granulated Sugar 

A little water 

Melt fat and mix with the biscuit crumbs. Press into the base of a loose bottomed cake tin. Leave to set. Whisk the goat’s cream until thick and stir in the cream cheese. And stir in a few drops of vanilla essence. Spread over the base and leave in refrigerator to set. 

Place blueberries in a saucepan, sprinkle over the sugar and add a little water. Cook the blueberries until soft. Transfer to a jug.  When ready to serve, slice the cheesecake and pour over the blueberries sauce. 

Cherry Cheesecake

Cherry Cheesecake

Base 

3 oz Non Dairy Fat 

6 oz Organic Ginger Biscuits (crushed) 

2 oz Light Brown Sugar 

Filling 

500g Extra Light Cream Cheese 

250g Double Goats Cream 

2 tsp Gelatine 

3 tbsp Water 

Topping 

Can of Cherry Pie Filling 

Melt butter and mix with biscuit crumbs and sugar. Press into the base of a loose bottomed cake tin. Leave to harden. 

Mix the cream cheese and goat’s cream together. Dissolve gelatine in water in a double saucepan of hot water. Then stir into the cheese mixture. Pour over biscuit base and leave in refrigerator to set. 

When ready to serve remove cheesecake from tin and spoon over the pie filling. 

Apricot and Ginger Cheesecake

Base 

3oz Non Dairy Fat 

6oz Ginger Biscuits crushed (organic) 

Filling 

½ oz Gelatine 

Extra light Cream Cheese 

Double Goats Cream 

3or 4 pieces of stem Ginger in syrup 

Tin of Apricot Halves in natural juice 

Melt butter and mix with crushed biscuits. Press into the base of dish (can be loose bottomed). Leave to set. Drain apricots and use a little of the juice to dissolved gelatine. 

Whip the goat’s cream until thick, soften the cream cheese and gently combine the whipped cream with the cream cheese. Gently stir in the stem ginger which has been chopped into small pieces, also stir in a couple of teaspoons of the ginger syrup. Add the gelatine which has been melted with a little of the apricot juice. Leave to set. Just before serving decorate with the apricot halves.

Beef and Fennel Pot Roast

Beef Joint (Silverside) 

125ml Dry Red Wine 

500ml Beef Stock 

Thyme 

Oregano 

1 ½ Fennel Bulbs 

½ Onion (as tolerated) 

Garlic (as tolerated) 

Oil 

 

Sauté onion and garlic in a pan with oil until soft. Remove the onion garlic from the pan, and add the meat turning to brown. Return onion mixture to the pan and add the herbs, wine and beef stock and cook covered over a low heat for 1 ½ hours, turning the beef 2-3 times during cooking. Cut the fennel into wedges and place in pan with the beef and cook for a further 30 minutes or until the beef and fennel are tender. Remove beef from pan to stand for 10 minutes before serving. Serve beef sliced with fennel and some of the cooking liquid. 

Leek and Mushroom Risotto 

Oil 

1 Leek, cut into thin slices 

1 garlic clove  

300g Risotto Rice 

850ml Hot Vegetable Stock 

250g Chestnut Mushrooms 

50g Fresh Parmesan, grated 

 

Heat oil in a big pan and soften the garlic. Add the mushrooms and leeks, saute for about 5 minutes, or until tender. Reduce heat, add rice and give a good stir. Add about 1/2 vegetable stock and simmer, adjusting heat as necessary. Stir often to make sure rice doesn’t stick to the bottom and sides of the pan. Once the rice has absorbed previous liquid, gradually add more stock. Add stock until the rice is tender, stirring often.  You can make an addition of a glass of white wine to the rice. Add half of the parmesan cheese and give a good stir. Sprinkle the remaining parmesan cheese, just before serving

Moroccan Vegetable Tagine 

Oil 

2 leeks sliced thin (as tolerated) 

Vegetable Stock 

2 carrots sliced 

1 peeled butternut squash, cut into cubes 

1 yellow pepper 

1 red pepper 

1 orange pepper 

2 courgettes 

½ tsp Ground ginger 

1 Tin of chick peas 

Coriander 

Basil 

Turmeric 

Heat oil and fry leeks, do not brown. Add stock, squash, peppers carrots, courgettes, turmeric basil and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer until vegetables are still crisp add chick peas and coriander. Serve with couscous and garnish with almonds and rasins. 

Lamb Casserole with Dates

Fillet of Lamb 

Olive Oil 

½ Onion (as Tolerated) 

Garlic (as Tolerated) 

4 Carrots cut into chunks 

1 pint of Lamb Stock 

12 pitted Dates (ready to eat) cut in half 

Coriander 

Ginger 

 

Sauté onion and garlic in the oil add coriander and ginger. Add the meat to seal and brown slightly. Add the stock and the carrots. Bring to the boil, then turn heat down to simmer and add the dates. Cook until the liquid has reduced,  1-1 ½ hours. 

 

Can be served with either Rice, Couscous, Potatoes.

Lamb Apricot and Ginger Burgers 

¼ Onion (as tolerated) 

Garlic (as tolerated) 

500g pack of Lamb Mince 

10 ready-to-eat Apricots –finely chopped 

2in fresh ginger- grated 

Oregano 

 

Place the onion, garlic, mince, ginger, apricots and the oregano in a bowl and combine together. When the mixture is well mixed make burger shapes with hand and place in a dish to dry off slightly. When ready to cook place dish in a moderate oven and turn a couple of times until burgers are cooked through. 

 

This could be made using Pork mince. 

Beef in Beer

½ Onion chopped (as tolerated) 

Garlic 

Braising Steak cut into chunks 

150ml Beer 

3 Carrots peeled and cut into chunks 

1 Bulb Fennel Sliced 

½ pint Beef Stock 

Mixed Herbs 

Oil 

Saute onion, garlic in oil then transfer to casserole dish. Now sear beef in the oil and transfer to casserole dish. Add beer, carrots and fennel sprinkle on the herbs and give a good stir. Cover and cook in a slow oven (150⁰C) giving it a stir occasionally. 

Options: 

Celery and mushrooms can be added.

Pork Normandy

2 Pork Steaks 

2 Eating Apples peeled/cored/wedge 

300ml Apple Juice 

150ml pint of pork stock 

Onion (tolerated) 

Oil 

 

Heat oil in large pan and fry steaks for 3-4 minutes on each side. Remove from pan and set aside. Lower heat and fry onion and apple wedges until golden. 

Pour in the apple juice and stock and bubble for 2mins. Lower heat and return pork, cover and simmer until liquid has been reduced and the pork is cooked. 

 

 This recipe could be adapted to chicken and cider could also be used.

Figgy Lamb Casserole

¼ Onion Chopped (as tolerated) 

Garlic Chopped (as tolerated) 

Lamb Fillet (cubed) 

3 Carrots cut into chunks 

Small tin of Chick Peas 

4 Figs 

Glass of Red Wine/Port (optional) 

Lamb Stock 

Oregano 

Coriander 

Oil 

 

Saute onion and garlic in oil and add meat to seal. Add stock, wine, carrots oregano and coriander. Cook until the meat is tender. Add the chick peas and cut the figs into quarters and cook for a further ½ hour. Serve

Lamb Steaks in Apple Juice and Oregano

3 Lamb Steaks 

½ Cup of Apple Juice 

2tsp Oregano 

Sea Salt 

¼ Pint of Lamb Stock 

Oil 

 

Place the lamb steaks in a cooking dish and season with the salt. Pour the apple juice over the steaks add oregano and about 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Cover with cling film and place in the refrigerator  for at least 2 hours. Heat a non stick pan over high heat and brown the steaks on both sides before placing them back into the marinade. Pour in the lamb stock cover the dish with foil and cook till the meat is tender cooking time at least 2hours in oven temp at 160. Serve hot. 

Pork with Mediterranean Vegetables

Pork fillet/tenderloin, cubed 

½ Red Pepper 

½ Yellow Pepper 

½ Orange Pepper 

2 Courgettes 

1 pint of Pork Stock 

1 Glass of Red Wine 

Italian Herbs 

Oil 

Garlic 

 

Saute onion and garlic in oil. Add the pork to seal the meat. Vegetables should be cut into chunks and added to the pan. Add the stock, wine and herbs and bring to the boil. Transfer the pot into a moderate oven and cook for about an hour and half. 

Roast Pork in Grape Juice

Pork Fillet/Tenderloin 

250ml Grape Juice 

Oil 

 

Put oil in a deep pan, add the pork and cook over a high heat. Turning frequently, until browned all over. Add the grape juice, lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 1 ½ hours until the pork is tender and the sauce has thickened. Lift out the meat and crave into slices. Place on a warm serving dish and spoon the sauce over them. 

 

Alternatively 

After adding the grape juice the pork can be roasted in the oven with frequent basting.  

 

Both cooking methods give the pork a different taste. 

Ginger Pork Casserole

Pork Fillet (cubed) 

½ Onion (as tolerated) 

Garlic (as tolerated) 

Oil 

1 Yellow Pepper (chopped) 

1 Orange Pepper (chopped) 

Ginger 

Coriander 

Pork Stock 

2 Bulbs of Fennel (chopped) 

 

Sauté onion and garlic in the oil, add cubed pork and fry until meat is sealed, add ginger and coriander and give a good stir. Add stock, peppers and fennel and place in a moderate oven until cooked. After about 1 hour add more stock if needed.

Chicken Moroc

4 Chicken Breasts  

½ Pint of Chicken Stock 

½ Onion (as tolerated) 

8oz Courgettes sliced 

1 Tin of Chick Peas (drained) 

Coriander 

Ginger 

Basil 

1 tbsp Clear Honey 

Oil 

 

Sauté chicken in the oil with the onion. Add honey, stock, herbs and bring to the boil. Cover and cook gently for about 25mins. Add the courgettes and chickpeas and carry on cooking until the chicken is tender.  

Note chicken breasts can be cut up if required. 

Serve with Couscous or Rice 

Creamy Mushroom Pork 

2 Pork Loin Steaks 

Pack of chestnut Mushrooms 

Small Tub of Goat’s Cream 

75ml of Pork stock  

Oregano 

Oil 

 

Fry steaks in the oil until light brown on both sides. Transfer steaks to a oven proof dish lined with foil. Saute the mushrooms in oil for a few minutes, then transfer to the dish covering the steaks. Pour over the cream and add stock slowly. Sprinkle with oregano and make a cooking tent with the foil. Place in a moderate oven and cook for at least 1 hour. 

 

For a special dinner the pork stock could be replaced with white wine.

Pork with Peppers

¼ Onion (as tolerated) 

Garlic (as tolerated) 

½ coarsely chopped Red Pepper 

½ coarsely chopped Orange Pepper 

½ coarsely chopped Yellow Pepper 

Pork Fillet Cubed 

Italian Herbs 

Pork Stock 

¼ glass of Red Wine (optional) 

Oil 

 

Saute onion and garlic in oil. Add the pork to seal. Add the stock, along with the peppers. Add the herbs and wine if using and simmer until cooked.