I love Pancakes, they are one of my favourite breakfast foods, and favourite puddings. 

When I found out I couldn't have dairy, I decided to just try out pancakes by replacing the cows milk content with Almond milk. 

It works amazing and the pancakes cook well (but slightly quicker) and they have a great taste.

I love this recipe: Basic Pancake Recipe and all I do is substitute cows milk for Almond milk. Infact, you could try it with other dairy free milks too!

Do you change your pancake recipe to accomodate your food intolerance? 

If you have tried Pancakes with different Dairy Free milks I would love to hear from you. Leave me a comment letting me know what you used and how it went.

xoxox

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I love to make a milkshake to have with my breakfast in the morning, and being that I can't tolerate dairy these days I have had to find me a replacement. On a day to day basis, on cereal and such, I use Almond milk (which by the way... AMAZING) however, the taste of the almond overpowers any milkshake, so when I am making a banana milkshake I have started to use Vanilla Rice Dream.

The consistency is a lot like that of Yazoo (the UHT milkshake drink for those of you who don't know it), very thin, and the vanilla flavour also adds to the overall taste of the milkshake. 

(You can get Rice Dream in its regular flavour too).

To make the Milkshake:
1. Peel and slice a banana.
2. Add it to the blender and blend until soft.
3. Add milk.

Love, Amybecca.... x

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In February this year I turned 27, and rather than the usual birthday antics (a meal and then drinks) this year I wanted to try something a little bit different with just my closest girls. So after umming and ahhing about what exactly I was going to do, I settled on the idea of a cutesy tea party for me and the girls.

Planning was easy, and my best friend offered to help with the cake making (her cakes look & taste amazing – and I for one totally think she should set up her own mini business!) which helped me out massively! I decided Tea would be served at 3pm, with finger sandwiches, cups of tea (in cups & saucers), then scones with jam and clotted cream, and then the gorgeous cakes for pudding.

I took many pictures on the day, so I am going to share them below!

Its not easy to prepare a tea party, even for just a small number of guests!

One of our many stands, this V&A collection stand was used for our finger sandwiches.

We all had gorgeous cups and saucers to drink our tea from.

Every guest had a beautiful napkin within a napkin ring.

Each guests place setting; a tea plate, cup & saucer, napkin in napkin ring, tea spoon, knife and cake fork.

Mum took care of the table arranging, and I think you’ll agree that it looks pretty stunning.

These were the scones that we served, they are a Weight Watchers recipe that my mum found, and they are a very small and cute sized and they taste delicious. Perfect for a tea party.

 Here is a selection of Jam we served, with clotted cream (tut tut) on our weight watchers scones.

We offered our guests a selection of teas.

We served finger sandwiches, with a few different fillings, on white and brown bread. We also had a small selection (you can see in the background) of sandwiches made with wheat, gluten and dairy free bread, for those in the group with allergies and intolerance’s.

These are the beautiful cupcakes which were made by my best friend. The top ones with the sprinkles were lemon flavoured, and the bottom ones were toffee apple flavoured. Both were absolutely amazing, but I think my favourite ones were the toffee apple ones.

My best friend also made this gorgeous red velvet cake.

Love, Amybecca x

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There is nothing I love more in the morning than a yummy smoothie. What I love the most is how you can just chuck in most fruits and they taste amazing!

Here was this mornings breakfast smoothie, packed full of goodness!

Read below for Recipe!

1. Take a ripe Mango and cut it open, spoon out the insides into your juicer/blender.

2. Blend Mango until a fine puree is left.

3. Cut open a Nectarine and again spoon out the ingredients, blend this into the puree.

4. Remove the skin of the Kiwi and cut into small cubes, add to the mixture and blend until smooth.

5. Cut a slice of Melon, cut flesh of Melon into cubes and add to the mixture. Blend again until a puree.

6. Add orange juice depending on how thick you would like it.

7. Enjoy!

Love, Amybecca x

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Tonight I decided to do a little experimenting with Shepherds Pie. I am Dairy intolerant so I find it very hard to find meals which don't include dairy. Even food you wouldn't think would include dairy do, so I am learning that most things will need to be made from scratch.

 1. Pick up some lean lamb mince, place in a pan, and brown off.

2. In a separate pain boil some water, ready for your Sweet Potato.

 3. Peel and chop your sweet potato into chunks.

4. Put your Sweet Potato into the boiling water, and bring to the boil until sweet potato is soft.

 5.  Using stock, marmite and cornflour to make your gravy, add to the pan. Add carrots and peas and bring to the boil.

 6. Pour the mix into an oven proof dish and leave to cool slightly. Drain the water from the Sweet Potato when boiled until soft. Mash.
(Because Sweet Potato is slightly wetting than regular potato you won't need to add anything else to it - good for people who are Dairy intolerant).

7. Cook in oven for 30 minutes.

Love, Amybecca x

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