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30+ Low Sugar Recipes for a Healthier Christmas

Are you looking to have a slightly less unhealthy and sugar-packed Christmas season? Hoping to keep the kids’ sugar highs and crashes to a minimum? Trying to find out if having a healthier Christmas means compromising on flavour or decadence? I am here to tell you you can eat all of the luxurious-tasting, indulgent, traditional…

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Buttered Sprouts, Chestnuts & Bacon

Ah, the perfect Christmas side dish. A classic for a reason. I was never a massive fan of sprouts growing up, but this was the dish that converted me. Buttery, sweet, and delicious piled alongside some perfect roast potatoes and a large helping of roast turkey or goose (yes, goose… I’m French… plus it tastes…

Spinach & Ricotta Baked Pancakes

So I gave you my cheat’s 20 minute homemade ricotta recipe. But what to do with it? I have the answer: French buckwheat pancakes (galettes) stuffed with spinach, ricotta, peas & nutmeg, rolled and baked in a tomato sauce and grated cheese, all served with a generous grind of black pepper. Incredibly cheap (especially if…

Seriously Easy Homemade Ricotta

Homemade ricotta? Seriously Claire, I have better things to do with my time! I know, I know, it sounds like I’m taking this making things from scratch drum I bang on too far. That’s certainly how I felt about this idea until I gave it a go. I figured the worst I could lose was…

Leek & Potato Soup

Soup is one of the easiest ways to get vegetables in my children. Maybe you’ve found the same thing? Once the veggies are softened until sweet and blended until smooth, kids just seem to eat things they might never consume in a different form! There are lots of soup recipes out there, especially in these…

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Sugar Free Cold & Flu Remedies

At the weekend I got to go through yet another round with stomach flu…eurgh. Anyone who has young children knows the perils winter brings. Flu, colds, sickness, norovirus. From November through to February can feel like a string of illnesses that spread through the house like wildfire. Sadly, when this hits, the classic remedies tend…