Day 9:  Sunday, 26th May, 2013

Slept well, I needed it.  I have noticed that I am not getting up in the night to go to the loo any more, and I am not waking in the middle of the night/very early morning.  It is quite a novelty.  I am still feeling well, healthy and energised.  My leg continues to heal rapidly.  It is good.

I start each day with an organic rice cake spread with a little local honey.  This gives me an energy boost and helps protect me from hayfever allergies.

Lunch today was a simple salad of gluten-free rice pasta (30g) tossed in a teaspoonful of pesto sauce and mixed with 25g of soft goat' cheese.  I accompanied this with a green salad of mixed leaves, watercress and a couple of spoonfuls of sprouted green lentils, which I have been growing in a glass jar.  The sprouts added a lovely sweet, crunchy texture to the meal which was very enjoyable.

My evening meal was a little lean roast chicken served with green cabbage, carrots, braised celery and steamed parsnips.  Of course, everyone else had stuffing, roast potatoes and roast parsnips with theirs.  As an 'A' Blood Group, anything from the Nightshade family is to be avoided. So no potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, chillies etc. for me.

ROMAN SPELT BREAD

Ingredients:  500g Dove's Farm Spelt Flour
                   1 tbs each of olive oil and honey
                    400ml warm water (the mixture was a bit wet so less could be used)

Mix together, knead well.  Put into two oiled tins and allow to ride until double in size.
Bake at 180 deg. for about 30/35 minutes.  Delicious.  Sweet and nutty and not heavy.  The texture is quite 'crumpety' as it says on the flour bag.  Calories are about 224kcal per 100g.