BLUEBERRY & BEETROOT SUPER SMOOTHIE | DAIRY, SUGAR AND WHEAT FREE If getting the veggies in is proving difficult – for your children, or perhaps for yourself – here’s a smoothie that helps with both the greens and the purples. Because, guess what is hidden inside this Blueberry & Beetroot Super Smoothie? Well, yes; okay. [...]
APPLE & BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE | DAIRY, SUGAR AND GLUTEN FREE Making gluten-free stuff is tough. Have you noticed? Especially when you actually want the gluten-filled food of your childhood memories. The things that were easy to bake and always turned out right. Right? Enter this particular Apple & Blueberry Crumble. Hurrah! *queue the crowd-cheering sounds* [...]
Creamy Rooibos, Cinnamon & Maca Ice Cream Oh, yum. Ice cream that tastes guilty but gives you a grin. It has good fats, superfoods and no dairy. Bonus: using the Drasanvi Birch Sugar your insulin levels don’t do flick flacks. If you’re excited by the sound of creamy rooibos, cinnamon & maca ice cream, I [...]
Chewy Sugar-Free Almond Cookies These were meant to be crisp. But try and try as I might, they just didn’t wanna. And then I realised I had been devouring the ‘mistakes’ with delight. They were delicious, with just the right amount of chewy. Perhaps they were always meant to be Chewy Sugar-Free Almond Cookies. Silly [...]
Pistachio Date Balls Loaded with Superfoods No more date balls, I said; they’re messy to make! So why then, these Pistachio Date Balls with superfoods? Ha. A mom can change her mind, can’t she? Especially when she’s worked out how to keep her hands (mostly) clean… Previously I’ve rolled a batch of date balls and [...]
Carrot, Apple & Cranberry Vegan & Gluten-Free Muffins Vegan and gluten-free muffins are tricky if – like many of us – you grew up in a just-add-milk-and-eggs-to-flour kind of world. Choosing a different food path for yourself is not an easy walk. Especially when, along the way, you encounter unpronounceable ingredients, expensive kitchen flops, and [...]
Vegan Bunny Chow in Sourdough sugar-free | dairy-free | vegan A vegan bunny chow in sourdough? I say, can one be more hippie? Or is it hipster? I forget. I’m not one for labels, but I am one for delightful food which can be translated to cater for different tastes and food preferences, especially if [...]
FATHER’S DAY CHOCOLATE COATED ICE CREAM BARS - sugar-free, dairy-free, vegan Aah, I love an excuse to make splendid desserts and blame it on a day of the year. May gave us Mother’s Day and a reason to splurge on a chocolate tart *dreamy sigh* and June gives us Father’s Day and a reason to [...]
NO BAKE CHOCOLATE TART - sugar-free, gluten-free, vegan Cravings for chocolate don’t subside with me. They are always there. Is it psychological, or a nutrient-need? Probably both. But while the craving grips me and awesome local brands are keeping raw cacao on the shelves, I will keep making chocolate everything. This time I made a [...]
Sugar-Free Chocolate Brownies with Sweet Potato & Butternut I don’t know about you, but I quite like having dessert for breakfast. Dessert that makes my body and mind feel good because of the lovely nutrients hidden inside. I recently adapted my Sugar-Free Chocolate Brownies recipe to include butternut as well as sweet potato. That’s right; [...]
