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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An aubergine chocolate cake that tastes surprisingly delicious (and not a bit of aubergine/eggplant)! Fudgy, rich, flourless, gluten free, dairy free, and more-ish. We all know how difficult kids can be about vegetables. Do you have one or more children who are picky over a certain veggie (or lots of them)? I’ve been working with…
We had a pretty great food day on Father’s Day. Lunch on days like Mother’s or Father’s Day in our house is usually a pretty big affair. Sometimes we’ll head out for a delicious brunch somewhere. But occasionally, you just cannot beat an amazing home-cooked meal. And last Sunday’s was just that. Amazing. I had…
Before having kids, I used to love to bake to impress. To bring out a pudding that had serious wow factor and that made people ooh and aah as they ate it. Between having children and cutting back on our sugar intake, I’ve had moments where I wonder if those wow-ing dessert days are behind…
Going gluten free, even temporarily, has been easier than I thought. But baking has been an issue. Bread crumbles and dries out too quickly, wraps are hard and tend to snap, muffins can be gritty, and sometimes I make my 90-minute bread or a sourdough loaf for the family and ache for that delicious smell…
I often make chocolate cakes for my birthday. My low sugar chocolate fudge cake and flourless chocolate cake are firm favourites, as are the sugar free iced chocolate cupcakes from my Party Survival e-course. I am a firm chocoholic and so my birthday treats usually reflect this. But not this year. No, this year, I…
If you think you don’t have the time, energy or skill to make bread, then you can’t have met the soda bread. Baking’s answer to the lazy way to make a loaf, this bread is soft, comforting, fluffy and filling, and can be made in little time with basically no energy. You mix a few…