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My children have taken to yelling “CHOCOLATE” at random intervals without prior notice, usually when other people are around. It appears they take after their mother in their mild full blown chocolate addiction. This newfound exuberance about cocoa is one I don’t discourage. I feel it keeps me grounded. Sometimes I think I can get…
Hands up who dreads Halloween? If you are a parent trying to keep your children’s (and your own!) sugar intake to the World Health Organisation recommended daily allowance, then Halloween can be a nightmare, in every sense of the word. It’s the most sugar-laden celebration of the year, and candy is worshipped then in a…
My baby girl is off to nursery! Ok, so she’s not been a baby for a while. And it’s only 2 mornings a week. And she’s been at home longer than most kids are before nursery. But still… I’m sure every mother who has ever had to drop their child off at nursery for the…
I wasn’t actually intending to post another hot chocolate recipe. I mean, I only just posted my yummy low sugar indulgent hot chocolate recipe a few weeks back. And it is oh-so-good. But I wanted to make something special to serve with my spiced Christmas biscuits on Saint Nicholas Day, and thought it would be nice…
Move over eggnog, there’s a new kid in town. I first heard of horchata a few months ago, and immediately warmed to the idea of sweet cinnamon-spiced rice milk, which sounded truly delicious to me. After having put it to the back of my mind as something to do “at some point”, this traditional Spanish…
This low sugar hot chocolate feels indulgent, but is low in sugar and deep in chocolate-y flavour. A perfect treat for a cool autumn evening. Were you aware that a Starbucks hot chocolate contains 43g of sugar (that’s 11 teaspoons of the white stuff)?! I never exactly considered it a health drink, but I certainly never…