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Before having kids, I used to love to bake to impress. To bring out a pudding that had serious wow factor and that made people ooh and aah as they ate it. Between having children and cutting back on our sugar intake, I’ve had moments where I wonder if those wow-ing dessert days are behind…
Do you ever have that moment where you go to make a great-looking naturally sweetened recipe and realise halfway through that it calls for unsweetened applesauce that you definitely don’t have in your kitchen? I’ve had that moment a few times too many, but instead of learning from my mistakes and reading the recipe through…
I’ve been meaning to work out a truly yummy low sugar flapjack recipe for ages now. I love flapjacks (and to US/Canadian readers, I mean the sweet oat and syrup snacks, not the pancakes!). My dad’s always loved them, and I loved sneaking bites off him as a child. The combination of oats, butter and…
I know, I know, avocado brownies sound disgusting. I thought so, too. But after realising how delicious black bean brownies and beetroot & chocolate cake could be, I figured it was worth at least attempting. Truth moment: it won’t be for everyone. As with beetroot chocolate cake, you cannot tell at all that there is a…
I’ve been making a lot of muffins lately. They are just such a simple thing to make, can be made low in sugar and sweeteners much more easily than cupcakes, are a perfect grab-and-go breakfast, filling snack, great lunchbox filler or even a weeknight dessert. I love that muffins are usually a one-bowl made-in-minutes kind of…
I do enjoy winter jumpers, hot chocolates, Christmas and coziness, but sometimes on a dreary winter’s day, I long for a little sunshine, don’t you? I have been experiencing the highs and lows of settling both my children into a new school and an old preschool without the beloved sibling, and it has been a…