Cat Barker, Author at Le Famished Cat

Sweets & Snacks, Gluten Free, Vegan
4-Seed Parmesan Crackers and Homemade Hummus
Today I wanted to share a recipe that Shaun’s mom passed on to me – 4-Seed Parmesan Crackers and Homemade Hummus. These are great to make in advance and keep in an airtight container, and they stay fresh for two to three weeks, so you will have a decent amount to snack on. And considering most of these crackers cost a fortune at the shops, this recipe is one I am sure to hold on to! These 4-Seed Parmesan Crackers are sugar, gluten and dairy-free. I am also sharing my recipe for FODMAP friendly Hummus, which doesn’t contain any garlic. (Garlic is HIGH Fodmap and not good for your tummy…
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Lifestyle
Stop Using Plastic Straws!
If there is one video you need to watch that will make stop using plastic straws indefinitely, it has got to be this one. It’s a disturbing footage of a sea turtle, with a stream of blood running down his face and straw lodged in his nose, while two researchers work to extract it. It is one of the saddest things you will watch on the internet and it makes me kind of hate to think I ever sipped a drink with a straw. Why do you need to say goodbye to plastic straws? Traditional plastic straws are one-time-use item and cannot be recycled, so they wind up in…
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Lifestyle, Travel
How not to be a Butt-head in the Kruger
As promised in my last Kruger article, I wanted to write a blog post about How Not To Be A Butt-head in the Kruger. There are a lot of regular Kruger goers, old-timers and veterans, who have been going to the park for years, who respect the rules and etiquette of the Kruger and who constantly have to deal with butt-heads who show no respect to the park and animals. Butt-heads everywhere in the Kruger What we have come to realise in our time visiting is that nobody reads or respects the rules they receive from SAN Parks when driving into the park. With that in mind, here are a…
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Dairy Free, FODMAP, Gluten Free, Sweets & Snacks
{Gluten & Dairy Free} Orange Sweet Potato Crumpets
Happy Monday Guys and it’s a four day week so no reason to feel the Monday Blues 🙂 So, over the weekend I had a beautiful bag of these bright orange Sweet Potato chunks that were just staring at me from the fridge that I thought I’d experiment with. First – lets have an honest moment here. Truth: Probably only about 60% of what I make, do I blog about – the rest is just a gold old fashioned flop! The thing is, when you substitute milk and flour with other alternative ingredients such as soya, almond and gluten free flours, it is a very difficult balancing act and sometimes…
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Sweets & Snacks, Dairy Free
Delicious Creamy Ice-Cream with Crushed Oreo
Who wants to make Creamy Ice-Cream with Crushed Oreo? 😍 Over the weekend we hosted a special dinner for Shaun’s mom’s birthday. I decided it was time to take out the ice cream maker, which I purchased last year from Yuppie Chef, but haven’t really had a chance to use. It’s a Krups Ice Cream and Sorbet maker and its super easy to use. After leaving the ‘bowl’ in the freezer for 24 hours, you make your ice cream mixture and pour it into the frozen bowl, while the paddles stirs the mixture until it resembles ice cream. Has to be on of the best kitchen gadget purchases I have ever…
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