Recipes

Get some Avo in your day. This delicious vegan recipe is one you will go back to many times as a staple. It is such a good way to get healthy fats and fibre into your diet which is helpful if you are trying to lose midlife belly fat. These versatile fruits of the gods…

Who doesn’t love a good fritter? I grew up on sweet corn fritters made with a can of creamed corn, flour and egg. As kids we loved them. These grain-free zucchini and sweet potato fritters are a step above the corn fritters of yesteryear. As an adult who likes to eat as healthy as possible…

Have you ever wondered what cauliflower brownies would be like, well now is your chance? I love to find healthy alternatives to tried and tested recipes which have been used for years. Cauliflower is so often the replacement for the grain. It is such a versatile vegetable and will take on any flavour. It is…

This chocolate chia seed pudding is rich in selenium so besides being delicious it will support your thyroid function. What other dessert does that? Oh yeah, the Dark Chocolate Brazil Nut and Coconut Bars by Marks Daily do. What is Selenium and why do we need it. Selenium is a mineral needed by the body…

My motto when it comes to cooking is, keep it simple, keep it super easy and when it comes to chicken, well winner, winner chicken dinner. My kids love chicken so no complaints and that also goes a long way to improving my mental status, big plus there! In my last post, I talked about…

We love to plan what low carb Christmas recipes we are going to prepare for Christmas day. Everyone has their input and usually, everyone’s needs are met. The rules are it needs to be quick and simple to prepare but something we wouldn’t usually have. I find preparing low-carb Christmas recipes that don’t include sugar…

At least once a week I make this low carb chilli. It is easily the family favourite.  Pre the low carb diet we always loved our chilli with cannellini beans and generally I would make some sort of bread, preferably cornbread, to soak up the sauce. Now we use cauliflower rice under the sauce to…

When we first started out on our low carb journey it was difficult to find low carb recipes we liked. We treated ourselves to wicked delights on the weekend. How was I ever going to replace those? What was I going to do instead of potatoes, rice, pasta? I was a little overwhelmed by it…

Kombucha is slightly effervescent sweet fermented tea. Some people claim it tastes like dirty sock-soaking water. Others swear by its health properties. It’s about time I find out for myself what all the hype is about and I’m dragging you into this wonderland with me, for company. The creatures in this story would be well…

I remember Christmas days, eating till I couldn’t move and then sleeping while my body digested the carbs. These Low Carb Recipes delicious and super easy and won’t make you sleepy. How good is that? These smoothie bowls are all the rage and are so pretty. This one by Skinny Mom looks so yum and would please…

You can whip these yummy cinnamon spice cookies up in no time flat and with all that lovely cinnamon spice they really add to the Christmas spirit. For even more of a Christmas, vibe roll out the mixture and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter. Stars, candy canes, whatever takes your fancy. Of course,…

Okay here comes a big call. “Low carb minute muffins are tastier and healthier than bread.” One of these graces my plate most mornings. Call me boring if you will. I prefer to refer to myself as ‘knowing what I want’. I will apologise now for my photography but I am learning. It is one…

This 5-minute, raspberry and coconut muffin recipe is super quick to make. Just imagine. It’s Sunday and you’re just settling in for that second cup of tea and a little quiet cruise around the social media sites and the phone rings. The in-laws are coming for a visit. Do you: run from the house screaming…

Spiralised salads are one of the most undemanding and boredom-free ways to get vegetables onto a plate. What you can add to ‘jooj’ them up is only limited by your imagination. A fabulous dressing, some slivered almonds for crunch. Go crazy! This world needs a little more of this kind of crazy. If you stick to vegetables that are in…

Whoever says you can’t do decadent and healthy in one dish hasn’t tried my cashew nut cheesecake. This isn’t something I would eat every day or every week.  It is nice to have a treat though and I love to see non-low-carbers enjoying my food. I might make this for a dinner party or perhaps…

This is the easiest raspberry chia jam. It is so quick you will be enjoying it by the time the toast is done. Remember the days when fruit would be boiled with the sugar until you had setting consistency. Some fruits just took forever and you had much better things to do. Then the jars…

Recently I was researching gut health and how to improve it. On my travels around the internet, I uncovered some delicious recipes for making sauerkraut, pickles and fermented veggies. Most looked super easy and while some were made with makeshift pickling systems such as large jars covered with a cabbage leaf or such like many…

When you are trying to keep to a low carb and grain free diet one of the things you miss is something crunchy to have as a snack or an addition to a platter. After much trial and error I ended up with these healthy grain free seed crackers that won’t bust your diet. I…

So my food photography is obviously not getting any better. Anyone with a brain would know to focus on the food and not the space between the plates. Watch this space for signs of brain returning in future shots. I urge you not to hold your breath though, I don’t want a whole lot of dead…

I am a muesli girl, especially this particular muesli recipe, many aren’t. Others prefer eggs or toast or a fry up but my favourite healthy breakfast is a bowl of muesli with some berry goodness and creamy yoghurt. I call this recipe Muesli Reloaded because it is an update on the version we used to…

Sharing a chia pudding with Molly in a raw cafe was defining moment for our household. Chia puddings became a staple from that day on. They are versatile enough to have for breakfast, snack or dessert. Add fruit and coconut yoghurt and it will keep you satiated for hours. Molly will have one for breakfast with…