Creamy Veg-Packed Avocado Dressing
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Creamy Veg-Packed Avocado Dressing

Eating salad has never been so easy. Seriously, this avocado dressing is the creamiest, richest, most flavoursome dressing you can make, and it makes everything better. Ok, so maybe I won’t be pouring it over peanut butter brownies, but in pastas, salads, wraps, sandwiches, over breakfast eggs, or as a dip for veggies? It doesn’t get…

Low Sugar Chocolate-Covered Blueberries
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Low Sugar Chocolate-Covered Blueberries

In my pre-sugar-detox days, I used to snack on chocolate-covered-raisins. All.the.time. Because, well, healthy! Right? It wasn’t until I started reading labels when we quit sugar that I realised how high the sugar content of those so-called “healthy snack packs” was. I was gobsmacked. “Dark chocolate” meant 55% cocoa solids (and so 45% sugar), wrapped…

Gluten Free Savoury Vegetable Cake
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Gluten Free Savoury Vegetable Cake

Savoury cake is a common food in France. Generally simply referred to as “cake” (rather than “gateau“), these baked goods usually include common cake ingredients (flour, eggs, butter) as well as a couple of types of vegetables and often some cheese, as well. I love making savoury cakes, mostly for ease. You can bake a…

Buckwheat Pancakes with Roasted Apricots
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Buckwheat Pancakes with Roasted Apricots

I LOVE pancakes. In any form. French, American, savoury, sweet, for breakfast, lunch or dinner, any time of year. They are a favourite round here. Although I am an especially big fan of savoury French crêpes or galettes stuffed with spinach & ricotta, or ham, cheese & eggs, there is something particularly delicious about fruit…