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“Nice cream” is one of my favourite sugar and sweetener free desserts to pull out in the hot weather. I replace one of our portions of fruit in the day (usually we eat 2 in a day, occasionally 3) with the blitzed frozen fruit “ice cream” instead, and it makes everyone feel like they are…
When summertime rolls around, salads are a go-to for me. If you use fresh, flavour-packed good-quality ingredients, they can taste genuinely amazing. The thing is, more traditional salads made with mostly crisp lettuce leaves are not going to go down well with my kids. They don’t mind salad leaves. In fact, they are usually willing…
With a heatwave hitting the UK at the moment, I’ve been stocking our freezer with our favourite ice creams for indulgent (and not so indulgent) treats. I have two types I rely on for different times in the heat: my sugar free vanilla ice cream (or variations on it) for more decadent, soft-scoop traditional ice…
Eating out can be tough when you are trying to keep your sugar intake low. Now, don’t get me wrong, since we don’t eat out that often, we generally don’t get too worried about a little sugar in our meal – after all, it’s a treat. But sometimes I crave a restaurant or takeout night,…
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…
This is my back-pocket biscuit recipe. It is what I make when we are craving biscuits and fancy a weekend treat without all of the sugar. Strangely enough, there isn’t a huge amount I miss from my sugar-laden diet days. I thought I’d seriously struggle without ice cream or jam or hot chocolate or fruit…