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Food for Thought
Milk
Milk seems to have gone out of fashion in recent years, mostly fuelled by vegetarians and soya supporters. Many people go on dairy-free diets to lose weight and a growing number of people (wrongly) self-diagnose themselves as having a dairy-intolerance.
However we need to bear in mind that milk is a very good source of protein, [...]
Recent Articles
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About Hulababy Lifestyle
The emphasis of this website is definitely on "healthy" but we want to include all things that make us happy and contented.
So we hope to offer something for everyone: whether you're looking for new healthy recipes to try out, information on how to be more health conscious, or just some plain old-fashioned inspiration for projects for your home or garden.
We think that all these elements, together with the choices you make, add up to define what you are - "lifestyle!"
Please do come back often as we will keep adding new material. We hope you enjoy browsing through the site.
Best wishes, Hulababy (and Husband!)
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Recipes
Apple Strudel
Ingredients:
• Ready made organic filo pastry (no added sugar)
For the filling:
• 100g wholemeal bread crumbs (just put a few slices of wholemeal bread into the food processor)
• 5 tbsp light olive oil
• 1 kilo of apples
• 2 tbsp agave nectar
• 3 tbsp honey
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 50g organic raisins or sultanas
To brush:
• soya margarine to brush
Method:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°. Line a baking tray [...]
Almond and Apricot Danish
Ingredients:
Ready made organic filo pastry (with no added sugar)
For the filling:
200g blanched almonds, toasted and ground
2 tbsp agave nectar
2tbsp orange blossom water
60g soya margarine or 4 tbsp cold pressed organic sunflower oil
1 tsp ground cinnamon
a few drops of almond essence or amaretto liqueur
60g organic dried apricots, chopped into small pieces (make sure they are dark [...]
Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
300g carrots, peeled
100g fresh root ginger (if you don’t like the taste of ginger, you can leave it out or you could add 100g crushed, well-drained pineapple – this adds an Hawaiian twist)
225g [...]
Health
Good for your skin! As a long term sufferer of psoriasis I know that what you eat greatly affects the condition of your skin. It is hard to generalise, as every condition is different and every person reacts to certain things differently. However there are some foods that are generally believed to have a soothing effect on your skin [...]
Lifestyle
Top 5 weight-loss mistakes! Mistake Number One: You eat diet food!
Almost every type of food now has a diet or low-fat version. It seems like an ideal solution for the health-minded person to buy ready-made food labelled ‘diet’, but this kind of labelling can be very misleading. Yes, they might have cut down the fat content to less than [...]
General
Veggie Garden 
Wow! Time flies in the horticultural sense of the meaning! Hulababy planted our veggies for this year back in April and now look at the beds 2 1/2 months later – heaving with growth. We are already inundated with mange tout, sugar snaps and courgettes. However it has not all been plain sailing as we [...]
