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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…
My parents love to remind me of the time, as a child of four, I insisted that the waiter at a restaurant in Italy brought me fresh strawberries and cream for pudding in December. I could be quite bossy forceful determined at that age…ahem…ok, maybe still now… While I may still stubbornly dig my heels…
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…
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…