I've loved sharing my recipes with you since starting this blog in 2010. My aim has always been to show that healthy eating is easy as well as appetising. I have a lot of fun making each dish look tasty and tempting in the photos and now there's a chance for you to sample the food too!
It's free to enter and there will be a variety of events going on each day so do come along if you live in North Wales. I'll be there around 3pm on the Sunday and, if you like chocolate, you definitely won't want to miss sampling my Extra Special Chocolate Brownies!
Click here for more information about the Festival and, if you are there, do come and say hello!
Rhona's Cookery Course
In October, I'll be teaching a one day Cookery Course at the exclusive Bodnant Cookery School in Conwy. If
you would like to cook alongside me in the wonderful
facilities, this is your chance and I would love you to join me.
The course takes place on Saturday 19 October 2013 and is all about baking the dairy free way. As it's National Baking Week, it seemed like the perfect time to offer some healthy alternatives to traditional baked recipes which are so often loaded with sugar, eggs, cream and fat.
Over the years, I've lost count of the number of times I've been asked "How ever do you make cakes without eggs?" so I'm really happy to share with you my tried and tested methods of making cakes and cookies as well as savoury scones and tartlets. As with all my recipes on this blog, you won't find any eggs or dairy ingredients and very little sugar too.
To me, choosing what to eat has everything to do with the impact it has on my health. I love food and I love the pleasure I get from growing, preparing and eating it. It's really not that difficult to enjoy eating a healthy diet. It's just a simple commitment to eat food that does my body, mind and soul good.
We all have different body types and different responses to food so no one way of eating is right for everyone. As more people are being diagnosed with food intolerances, it's even more important for each of us to adapt our eating habits to meet our individual health needs.
Far from being restrictive, changing our diet can be an opportunity to try out new ingredients and new methods of preparing food. It can revitalise our taste buds as we become more conscious of each mouthful of food we eat. It can also open up a whole new way of cooking that can transform our life as well as our health!
When I stopped eating meat and animal products thirty three years ago, there were few cookbooks that could teach me how to cook food free from animal ingredients. However, I loved cooking (and eating!) so it didn't take me long to find new ways of making fantastic meals that even my meat-eating friends enjoyed!
The course starts at 10 am and finishes at 3.30pm and, at the end of the day, you'll take home a wonderful assortment of baked goodies that you have made yourself, including:-
A light lunch is included which we'll eat together in the spacious dining area overlooking the beautiful Conwy estuary.
Click here for all the details on the Bodnant website and to book your place. While October may seem like a long way off, make sure you reserve a place for yourself now as numbers are limited.
The course takes place on Saturday 19 October 2013 and is all about baking the dairy free way. As it's National Baking Week, it seemed like the perfect time to offer some healthy alternatives to traditional baked recipes which are so often loaded with sugar, eggs, cream and fat.
Over the years, I've lost count of the number of times I've been asked "How ever do you make cakes without eggs?" so I'm really happy to share with you my tried and tested methods of making cakes and cookies as well as savoury scones and tartlets. As with all my recipes on this blog, you won't find any eggs or dairy ingredients and very little sugar too.
Eating Well is a Way of Life
To me, choosing what to eat has everything to do with the impact it has on my health. I love food and I love the pleasure I get from growing, preparing and eating it. It's really not that difficult to enjoy eating a healthy diet. It's just a simple commitment to eat food that does my body, mind and soul good.
We all have different body types and different responses to food so no one way of eating is right for everyone. As more people are being diagnosed with food intolerances, it's even more important for each of us to adapt our eating habits to meet our individual health needs.
Far from being restrictive, changing our diet can be an opportunity to try out new ingredients and new methods of preparing food. It can revitalise our taste buds as we become more conscious of each mouthful of food we eat. It can also open up a whole new way of cooking that can transform our life as well as our health!
When I stopped eating meat and animal products thirty three years ago, there were few cookbooks that could teach me how to cook food free from animal ingredients. However, I loved cooking (and eating!) so it didn't take me long to find new ways of making fantastic meals that even my meat-eating friends enjoyed!
The Joy of Baking
Baking can be a wonderfully absorbing and creative hobby. When
we bake mindfully, we put something of ourselves into the mixing bowl
and this expression of love and care is like a magic ingredient that
produces amazing results!
This course will appeal to anyone who cares about what they eat and who loves making food delicious. Whether
you are a complete novice or an experienced cook, newly diagnosed with a dairy intolerance or well accustomed to eating dairy free or maybe you simply want to expand your cooking
repertoire, you will be inspired to create some fabulous food.
Hands-On Experience
You will have plenty of hands-on practical experience as you prepare light and crispy pastry without animal fat, bake scrumptious cakes and savoury scones without milk or eggs and produce a creamy dessert without cream!
The course starts at 10 am and finishes at 3.30pm and, at the end of the day, you'll take home a wonderful assortment of baked goodies that you have made yourself, including:-
- Basil, tomato and olive scones
- Butternut squash and mushroom tartlets
- Baked lemon tofu cheesecake with summer fruit topping
- Blueberry muffins
- Apricot and pecan cookies
A light lunch is included which we'll eat together in the spacious dining area overlooking the beautiful Conwy estuary.
Click here for all the details on the Bodnant website and to book your place. While October may seem like a long way off, make sure you reserve a place for yourself now as numbers are limited.
Look forward to seeing you there!
A friend* (one of my yogini's) who is part of the Health for Life group passed me the details of this cookery course however, I was not free on the 19th October. Could you please let me know whether you are planning another such course(either at Bodnant or elsewhere) and details of where and when the Health for Life group meet. I live in Deganwy and teach *Yoga here and in the Llandudno area and I am interested in finding out more about making changes to my diet. many thanks, Patricia... patriciarooney@aol.com
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for getting in touch Patricia
ReplyDeleteYes I’ll be teaching more cookery courses on healthy eating at Bodnant in the New Year. The first one is on Saturday 11th January 2014. The Cookery School are just finalising next year’s programme so I’ll have full details soon which I'll be posting here.
Do come along and try out the Health for Life Club too. We usually meet on the first Saturday of each month and our next meeting will be on 7th December. We’ve recently moved the venue to the DPLA centre in Deganwy. Just go to my website and look under Events at www.newthinkingnewliving.com Hope to see you there!