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One of the problems with eating sweet treats in moderation is that the size of sweet baked goods, whether shop-bought or made from a recipe, is often just: BIG. For a single person, a couple trying to share a date night treat, or even a family of 3 or 4 who have little ones they…
I was planning out upcoming recipes for the website recently, and I was struck by something that probably shouldn’t surprise me, but somehow I hadn’t noticed before: most of my sweet recipes contain chocolate. For anyone who knows me, this will not exactly come as a shock. I adore chocolate. I always said that I…
You know those times when you wish you could go back and do things differently? I feel that way now about growing up in France and Belgium. I didn’t fully appreciate it (as no child ever does), and as a full-fledged foodie now, I sometimes wish I could go back and just taste. Enjoy the culinary…
PANCAKE DAAAAAY TOMORROW! Anybody else adore pancakes? French, American, Scottish, Welsh cakes, Dutch baby, German…whatever form I can have them in, I love them. But there will always be a soft spot in my heart that tells me that you simply cannot beat a truly wonderfully made French crêpe. Personally, I am a savoury pancake girl, but…
Ah, Valentine’s Day. Love it or hate it, it rears its head earlier each year, and the million-and-one cards and heart shaped balloons adorning the shop shelves are inevitably accompanied by scores of sugar laden treats. Candy, chocolates, cakes. That’s what Valentine’s Day is about, right? *ahem* Maybe not. But they do feature heavily on…
Sometimes going sugar free or trying to cut back on your sugar intake can feel totally overwhelming, especially once you start to realise just how much hidden sugar there is in your food. To help make the initial steps a bit easier, I have compiled a list of some of the simplest sugar free swaps…