A Busy Mum’s Guide to Cutting Out Sugar

Are you a busy parent looking to cut down your family’s sugar intake? Why not hop on over to Netmums to read my Q&A with them on how to do just that.
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I’m on a bit of a lemon & poppy seed binge at the moment. It’s one of those classic combinations that just never seems to get old. It’s one of my husband’s favourite, and has definitely become one of mine, too. While my lemon & poppy seed muffins are still my favourite recipe using these…
While we try and eat fish (particularly oily fish) a couple of times a week in our house, it can be tough to do this on a tight budget. We have managed to incorporate some organic produce, free range meat, organic milk and occasional organic nuts, grains and eggs by doing pretty much entirely cooking…
We try to prioritise savoury over sweet in our house. That includes breakfast and snacks. We sometimes fail with breakfast, mostly for convenience sake. So we make sure we always have Shredded Wheat, Weetabix and porridge oats or Ready Oats on hand, as well as peanut butter (and occasional other homemade nut butters) for toast. That…
Looking for an easy one-bowl chocolate fudge cake that happens to be low in sugar? This indulgent but not-entirely-guilt-inducing cake is perfect for a special treat without the sugar crash, cravings for more and tummy aches that inevitably follow! Sometimes, even when most of the time you are very happy with the yummy food you…
This low sugar cherry pie slices into beautiful bars and tastes amazing! Bonus: it has less than 1 tsp sugar per serve, is made with just 8 ingredients, including the 1-minute wholegrain pastry, and is packed with melatonin-inducing cherries for a good night’s sleep! I remember vividly the day a friend very kindly offered my…
In my pre-sugar-detox days, I used to snack on chocolate-covered-raisins. All.the.time. Because, well, healthy! Right? It wasn’t until I started reading labels when we quit sugar that I realised how high the sugar content of those so-called “healthy snack packs” was. I was gobsmacked. “Dark chocolate” meant 55% cocoa solids (and so 45% sugar), wrapped…