So my doctor recently told me that I might have a peptic ulcer. All this rich tasty fine dining has caught up with me at the ripe old age of 24. This means I have to stay away from caffiene (easy), alcohol (not so easy) and chilli (what am I going to eat??)! Plus no really fatty fried food or really uncooked vegetables. Minimal chocolate. This sounds like it's going to be boring ...
However, I've decided not to let this get me down. I am making do quite well. My lovely friend Rachel made a roast vegetable feast, with sweet potato, tomatoes, leeks, pine nuts and a tiny sprinkling of feta with a couscous and rice base. Then Lucy suggested a left-overs soup recipe with broccoli, leek, potato, pesto and creme fraiche which was so tasty and my stomach held it together.
I've also recently found an app that gives me loads of recipes and blogs to my phone. This is feeding my food addiction. But it also gave me a wonderful recipe for blueberry muffins, which I had never made before, where the key ingredient was sour cream. I changed this to creme fraiche and the results were soft and squishy fruit goodness.
So this is a thank you note to creme fraiche. It's light enough for my stomach to cope and has given flavour and texture to this week's meals. I recommend using this ingredient more often. I certainly will be .
