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Arthritis Friendly Recipe - Puy Lentil and Walnut Hummus
Some of you may know the charity, Arthritis Action, which has recently had a fantastic relaunch. The charity is really focussed on helping people learn to manage their condition through healthy diet,...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Sweet Potato Caramel Muffins
These yummy sweet potato muffins are like a cross between a very good sticky toffee pudding and a carrot cake. The dark brown sugar and sweet potato combine to create a lovely gooey caramelly crumb...
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Arthritis Gadget Review: Peta Easi-Grip Knives
I have some shiny new kitchen kit to review today - the Peta UK Easi Grip knife range. If you have not come across Peta before (and not, they aren't that PETA - read their hilarious'who we're...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Quick Berry Crumble
We're very lucky that we live by a bramble strewn park full of blackberries, so for the last few weeks the toddler and I have been picking our afternoon snack and coming home with berry-stained mouths...
View ArticleCan following the Paleo diet help arthritis?
The 'Paleo' diet (short for paleolithic) is in the headlines a lot at the moment but it's not entirely new; there have been various similar diets around since the 1970s with names like the 'caveman'...
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Red Velvet Brownies, National Arthritis Week and Time for Tea
The fourth ever National Arthritis Week is just around the corner. From the 12-18th the various charities, support groups and professional organisations around the UK will all be doing their bit to...
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Share Your Day - National Arthritis Week
As part of National Arthritis Week, Arthritis Research UK are asking everyone living with arthritis to share their experience as part of their 'Share Your Day - Shape Our Future' campaign. By...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Black Rice Sushi Salad
Here's a recipe I wrote for the lovely PsAZZ support group's newsletter - you can read about this great bunch of psoriatic arthritis-ers here. Having people you can share triumphs and tribulations with...
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Arthritis Friendly Kitchen Gadget Review: Peta UK Food Preparation Board
This is a long overdue review of a new chopping board developed by Peta UK. I was sent the board to look at back in August and thanks to haring around after my toddler, work projects and a spell of ill...
View ArticleNew Year Resolutions
A belated Happy New Year to you all! We've had a bit of a rough start to the New Year so far - I basically broke my body in 2015 (looking after a toddler full time is an extreme sport) and it has been...
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Arthritis-Friendly Recipe: Wholemeal Flax and Sesame Crackers
I'm an avid reader of the back of food packets: I like to know what we're eating and there are certain ingredients (like palm oil) that I prefer to avoid. Snack foods in particular often seem to be...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Black Kale, Quinoa and Pumpkin Seed Bowl
This kale, sweet potato and quinoa bowl is quick and easy to put together. I like to use leftover quinoa or brown rice that I cooked the night before and leftover roasted sweet potatoes but you could...
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Arthritis Kitchen Gadget Review: The Garlic Card
I have a pile of new arthritis kitchen gadgets to test this year and one of the first I got my creaky joints on was this GarlicCard.What is it supposed to do?GarlicCard is a small brightly coloured...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Cloud Bread
Other than the chocolate variety, my two year old will not normally touch eggs. This is perhaps unsurprising as I couldn't stand even the sight of them until I decided to learn to cook them myself in...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Hot Cross Loaf
Here is an easy recipe for a quick Easter hot cross loaf. At it's heart this is a soda bread recipe so there is no kneading or proving, which is great for arthritic hands. It's best eaten warm or...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Crispy Quinoa and Bean Burgers
This recipe for arthritis friendly bean and quinoa burgers is adapted from 'How to Cook' by Anna Jones which is an amazing vegetarian cookbook. Her recipe uses all quinoa and chickpeas, neither of...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Xylitol and Sunflower Oat Bars
We're cooking with arthritis and a few unusual ingredients today! The first of these is xylitol, a natural sweetener derived from birch trees (you can read more about it's origins and safety on the...
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What's (not) been cooking recently
I am a fountain of idioms and adages - I haven't the 'foggiest' why but I scatter them throughout my daily speech. At breakfast, I 'waste not, want not' by scoffing my daughter's leftovers, driven mad...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Spicy Turmeric Chickpea Fritters
Hello! I'm back in the kitchen after far too long away with an easy arthritis-friendly recipe for these sunny yellow fritters packed with anti-inflammatory turmeric.These little fritters make a great...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Lighter Toad in the Hole
Given it's Guy Fawkes (bonfire night) here in the UK, I thought I would post a lighter, arthritis friendly version of the traditional toad-in-the-hole recipe. It makes a great bonfire supper served...
View ArticleThe Missing Year
Well hello there! Long time no see.I've written and rewritten this post several times as I've tried to figure out what it is I want to say after such a long absence .Around this time last year our...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Avocado Vegan Scones
Bare with me on this one!!! I haven't completely lost the plot over the last year - avocado actually makes a great, healthy substitute for butter in these easy, arthritis friendly, three ingredient...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Healthy Cookie Dough Bites
I say healthy cookie dough bites but I think I should probably be honest and admit that they are 'healthier' rather than downright healthy! I hate it when recipes for claim to be more than they are -...
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Arthritis Friendly Recipe: Sweetcorn Curry
Curry is a popular dinner in our house - the little people are especially keen on it. I probably make some kind of arthritis-friendly but highly in-authentic curry twice a week. Daal is our go-to but...
View ArticleNew Video: Harissa Chicken with Arthritis Action
Some exciting news: Arthritis Action asked me to make some videos with them to show how quick and easy cooking healthy meals can be, even with arthritis. The first recipe, Harissa Chicken and Couscous...
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