Jun 23, 2019
Chocolate Babka
This is a bit of a wide ball. It contains wheat flour for a start…. Eek!
AND….it’s got a tiny teaspoon of molasses in it… What???? Read more
Jun 12, 2019
Cream Tea - the healthy version
I’m pushed to think of a more heavenly way of passing a Summer afternoon than feasting al fresco upon a glorious cream tea. The genteel tinkling of cutlery on china, birdies chirruping in the shrubbery, may be a stream doing a spot of babbling in the background…….
I assumed those days were gone for me -- given that conventional scones and jam are enough to send blood sugar levels to the moon and back. But thankfully I've created this low carb recipe that's every bit as delicious (if not - dare I say - even more delicious) than the wheat flour ones I used to make. Read more
May 31, 2019
Chia Pudding
If like me, you’re trying to keep sugar out of your diet, it isn’t just the dessert course that presents a challenge. Most breakfast choices are majorly sugar and carbohydrate laden, unless you go for the full English without the toast. Read more
Mar 5, 2019
Vegan Coconut Brownie
Let me introduce you to one of my recent cake making triumphs – this cracking little vegan brownie!
Low carb, zero/low sugar cake baking is an intriguing and sometimes elusive art. For example, finding a successful low carb replacement for wheat flour in recipes can pose as much of a challenge to the intrepid sugar free baker as learning how to achieve a healthier sweetness and flavour. Read more
Jan 25, 2019
Chocolate Orange Ganache
I confess I had no idea what a ganache actually was until Anna Middleton, raw food chef, gave me this vegan version of one. I’m so happy she enlightened me.Read more