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Strawberry Polenta Cake 175g polenta (cornmeal), 75g plain flour, 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder, 175g unsalted butter 250g caster sugar, 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract, 125ml low-fat natural yoghurt 1/2 punnet sliced fresh strawberries Ingredients Serve Six People.
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Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease and flour a 23cm round cake tin. Sift together the polenta, flour, salt and baking powder, set aside. In a medium bowl, beat together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the yoghurt, stirring after each addition. Finally, fold in the strawberries. Pour the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer or a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool cake in the tin on a wire rack for 30 minutes then invert onto a serving plate. Serve with ice cream or cream.
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you how to exercise or perform an activity safely, advising on correct sports equipment, work place ergonomics etc). Traditional treatments have only tackled the symptoms of tendonitis (ie the inflammation) with painkilling drugs. But if you do not address the underlying cause of the tendonitis the painful symptoms will keep returning. So what exactly is the source of tendonitis? It is thought that an imbalance in the way that your muscles are used can lead to stress on the tendons which can eventually tear them. To move your limb, you make use of two opposed muscles, one muscle needs to tighten and the other needs to relax. Your nervous system constantly monitors the loads placed on your muscles and if it detects that you are overloading one muscle it sends signals to stop you consciously using that muscle. When this happens, other muscles work harder and take up the load instead. In turn, this creates an imbalance which alters the way your joints move and puts abnormal stress on the tendons. Avoiding tendonitis 1. Learn and religiously perform stretches before you attempt exercise or any activity that involves repeated movement (eg playing a musical instrument or long hours at the computer keyboard, gardening, DIY etc).
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