Skin beautiful prawn oatmeal curry with turmeric
Skin beautiful prawn oatmeal curry with turmeric It’s Day 6 of Oat Week at The Curious Giraffe! When you think of oats, savoury dishes don't immediately come to mind. Most people think of pairing them with sweet things like apples and cinnamon however they are much more versatile. If you think of [...]
Gorgeous vanilla apple crumble (wheat free, sugar free, and gluten free)
Gorgeous vanilla apple crumble (wheat free, sugar free, and gluten free) It’s Day 5 of Oat Week at The Curious Giraffe! One of my favourite ways to use oats is in an apple crumble. The trouble with most crumble recipes is the addition of wheat flour, sugar, and margarine. This recipe cunningly [...]
Oatcakes with garlic avocado and egg rocket toppings (gluten free)
Oatcakes with garlic avocado and egg rocket toppings (gluten free) It's Day 4 of Oat Week at The Curious Giraffe! Today is less about cooking, and more about snacking. Oatcakes with garlic avocado and egg rocket toppings (gluten free) Oatcakes could just be your new BFFs, but wait! Just be [...]
Zesty apple cranberry oatmeal bars with almonds
Zesty apple cranberry oatmeal bars with almonds It's Day 3 of Oat Week at The Curious Giraffe! These chewy wheat free bars are full of apples which are nutrient-dense without being energy-dense, so you can get your sweet tooth on, while still maintaining a healthy weight! I often throw one [...]
Blender pancakes with oatmeal and banana (gluten free, heart-healthy)
Blender pancakes with oatmeal and banana (gluten free, heart-healthy) It’s Day 2 of Oat Week at The Curious Giraffe! I am a sucker for pancakes. I think it's because they drop me right into "weekend mode". But the regular wheat-y kind give me a sugar low about 20 minutes after eating them, and [...]
Banana oat muffins with almonds and blueberries (wheat free recipe for cholesterol reduction)
Banana oat muffins with almonds and blueberries (wheat free recipe for cholesterol reduction) It's Day 1 of Oat Week at The Curious Giraffe! Today we are making muffins with oat flour and absolutely NO wheat. Before Oat Week gets underway, I wanted to clarify something. Why all this fuss about [...]
Going beyond oatmeal: A week of recipes featuring oats (to reduce cholesterol)
Going beyond oatmeal: A week of recipes featuring oats (to reduce cholesterol) When you are serious about staying healthy and trying to figure out how to reduce your cholesterol (as so many of us are these days), you realise quickly that sugar and flour are very dangerous to your health [...]
Turmeric onion eggs with garlic avocado tomato and olive oil salsa (heart friendly)
Turmeric onion eggs with garlic avocado tomato and olive oil salsa (heart friendly) Eggs can be part of a healthy eating program to help lower your cholesterol naturally. Yes, I know it goes against much of what you've probably heard, but as I find through my food research on almost [...]
Grains are a tricky food when eating for heart health
Grains are a tricky food when eating for heart health When you’re eating a heart healthy diet, you want to be choosing your grains with extreme care. I like this quote from Jonny Bowden Ph.d, who put it this way: “If you ate a great balance of foods from the [...]
Sitting at work is killing you! My journey to standing at work
Sitting at work is killing you! My journey to standing at work I almost spit out my morning green smoothie when I read this sentence a few week's ago: "Your job is killing you. If you sit at a desk for more than four hours a day, you increase your [...]