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Summertime: sun, beaches, holidays, and of course, BBQs. Unfortunately, we are still a long way off getting together enough money to do some work to our garden and make more of a “patio” space that will hopefully one day include a BBQ. I look forward to that day, but for now, summer BBQs are spent…
While we try and eat fish (particularly oily fish) a couple of times a week in our house, it can be tough to do this on a tight budget. We have managed to incorporate some organic produce, free range meat, organic milk and occasional organic nuts, grains and eggs by doing pretty much entirely cooking…
“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,…