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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This birthday cake with no sugar or sweetener is my most popular recipe for a reason. It is sweet but not sickly, super easy to make, and simple to adapt to different tastes. I’ve seen it made into 2-tier cakes, cupcakes, breakfast muffins and more. Give it a go and see why it is so…
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…
These sugar free banana crêpes are fluffy, filling and fantastic! They taste as good as they look, but require little effort and no sugar. Perfect for a weeknight dessert that feels fancy but takes minutes to make. Do your family whinge when you answer “fruit” again when they ask what’s for dessert? We try to…
How has it taken me so long to get this recipe to you all? I’ve had a really really good lemon curd recipe up my sleeve for quite a while now. It’s come out for Christmas presents and occasionally during the year in our house. I’ve missed it, and as lemon season rears its lovely…
I have always thought I had a pretty healthy diet. And, compared to many young people around me, I probably did. But when I quit sugar, I had some pretty serious withdrawal symptoms, and I started to realise just how much my supposedly “healthy” diet had been crammed full of sugar. I would start my…
My husband loves ice cream. He had it a lot growing up, and his mum always seems to have at least one tub in the freezer. It is their family’s standby ‘I haven’t had time to make pudding’ dessert. When we decided to massively reduce our sugar intake, I was determined to find a way…