Just before being diagnosed as Type 2, I was experimenting with:
- porridge
- marmalade
- grated orange peel
- squeezed orange juice
- egg white
- dash of salt, pepper cinnamon, ginger and cloves to taste
When thoroughly mixed and dried in an oven at around 70 to 100 c, this was actually quite tasty. I gave some to a professional chef who was impressed enough that she went off and refined the recipe for her own use.
Since moving into my new flat, I have been thinking about adapting the recipe to use berries with finely ground almonds and walnuts instead of oranges, porridge and marmalade. However, what with all my electronic kit, I am really looking for ways to cut back on my electric bill, hence I am very reluctant to turn on the oven, or even, for that matter, the cooker. ( I am primarily using my microwave and Foreman grill for cooking.)
Thinking about it as I write, I might be able to get away with drying out the mixture on the Foreman grill? All i would really need to do is just turn it off every time it starts to get too hot.
Edit:
As an alternative to making an actual bar that I can store in a cookie jar, I have been mixing the defrosted berries and ground nut flower into a thick paste which can be stored in the fridge and scooped like ice-cream.
