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Feeling Peckish? – How to choose snacks (and foods) that nourish.

October 9, 2017 by Charlotte Markham

When you’re having an overwhelmingly busy day, week, month, it’s inevitable that you’re going to reach for quick and easy snacks. But being hungry and in a hurry doesn’t have to mean being unhealthy… To help you make the right choices I want to share some of my top tips for making great snack choices.

Sweets for my sweet (tooth) – Ever wondered why you feel hangry if you haven’t eaten for a while? Low blood sugar triggers the release of stress-related hormones like cortisol and adrenaline leaving more than your tummy grumbling! A little bit of what you fancy can change your mood in an instant, but beware… That sticky, sweet sugar-licious fix can play havoc with those hormone levels too.
What to avoid:
– Artificial sweeteners: These include aspartame; my general rule of thumb is to ask yourself whether your granny would have used it in her cooking?

– Different types of sugars listed to confuse: Things like high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, glycerol, sorbitol, sucanet and grape syrup may sound harmless, but these highly processed sugars are highly addictive.

– Fruit juice concentrate – Fruit sugar is natural, necessary and normal in the fruit it comes from as you would consume it in small quantities and usually with the fibre, vitamins and minerals, but removed concentrated and refined and then added back into products without the wholefruit it came from, then makes it unnatural and therefore unhealthy and no different from refined sugar.
Better alternatives: Raw honey, Maple syrup, Coconut blossom nectar, Stevia, Dates, brown rice syrup, lucuma, cinnamon and liquorice.

Feelgood fats – Fats are an essential part of your diet, but not all fats are created equal.
What to avoid:
– Trans fats and saturated fats.

Better alternatives:

– Extra virgin olive oil. Use this for drizzling, not for cooking as most nutrients are lost in the cooking process.

– Coconut oil in pure form, not deodorised (this has been through some awful processes including bleaching to strip out the coconut flavours!) Coconut oil can be used in cooking as it retains all its nutrients.

– Raw Avocado, nuts, homemade nut butters and seeds.

Delicious Dairy – Milk and dairy products are a great source of protein and calcium, but if you’re lactose intolerant, some great dairy replacements are coconut yoghurt, coconut milk, nut milk, oat milk or rice milk.

Snack well – Colourful food equals a colourful life! Eat a rainbow and mix up what you eat for snacks. Choose wholefoods and organic, where possible. Locally sourced foods are always a winner. Eat plenty of raw fresh foods, including fresh fruit, juices, eggs, berries, nuts, seeds, raw vegetables, fresh homemade soup.

Choose Frog Hollow Goodness – Frog Hollow super snacks were born out of my frustration when confronted with the sad range of fat-free and diet foods, offered as treats whilst trying to banish the burden of a few extra pounds! I felt that these solemn offerings didn’t fill me with energy and in fact, were causing me harm. I made a conscious decision to step away from artificial sweeteners and consume only nutritious whole foods. With nothing on the market that was completely natural and still able to curb my sugar cravings, I set about creating my own snacks. All Frog Hollow energy bites, superfood cakes and raw cacao truffles are free from dairy, gluten and refined sugar. These nutrient rich delights will help you snack well and ensure your tummy smiles!

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Filed Under: Energy Bites, Gluten-Free, Healthy lifestyle, Ideas and Inspiration, Raw Cacao Truffles, Superfood Cakes

Gluten Free Goodness

May 8, 2017 by Charlotte Markham

This week, 8 – 14 May, is Coeliac Awareness Week. If you’re one of the 1 in 100 people in the UK that this autoimmune disease affects, you’ll be aware of the painful and debilitating symptoms that it can cause. You’ll also know that the only treatment is a gluten-free diet.

Of course, not everybody who follows a gluten-free diet has coeliac disease, you may be sensitive to gluten (different to coeliac disease), have a wheat allergy, or perhaps you’re simply trying to avoid the dreaded wheat belly!

Whatever your reason for going gluten-free I could hazard a guess that whilst looking for the sweet temptation to tickle your taste buds, you have, at some stage, eaten something that resembles or tastes like a brick… But I have good news, it doesn’t have to be that way.  You can have your cake and bake it too!

Here are my top three tips for successful gluten-free baking:

  • Get floury – Experiment with a variety of flours. Coconut flour, almond flour, chestnut flour, chickpea flour and brown rice flour are all good alternatives. Try blending different flours together.
  • Go slow and low – This will ensure that your cakes don’t burn on the outside before cooking on the inside. It takes longer for a gluten free cake to cook compared to a cake using traditional wheat flours. Again there is a degree of experimentation here, it’s a balancing act, you don’t want your cake to dry out in the oven. Just like a good chocolate brownie, you can try turning the oven off a little early and let your cake finish off as the oven cools.
  • Don’t bake at all – Raw cakes are delicious! An added bonus is that I often find there is less washing up. One big bowl to mix it all together and that’s it.

If you don’t feel like experimenting, you’ll be pleased to know I’ve done it all for you. All of the Frog Hollow Superfood Cakes are free from gluten, dairy and refined sugar. We can supply whole cakes (and pies… Did we mention it’s Banoffi… Yum) that feed a family. Or we can supply a selection of individual portions in a variety of flavours. We often add new Superfood Cakes to our range, the latest being Frog Hollow’s peanut butter cup tarts, these are already proving to be a big hit! The produce we use is seasonal and usually local. As we head into summer delicious soft fruits will be taking centre stage.

Contact me if you’d like to find out more about serving a cake at your next party that’s full of gluten free goodness!

 

 

 

Filed Under: Coeliac Awareness, Gluten-Free, Healthy lifestyle, Superfood Cakes

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