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Mains, Sweets & Snacks, Vegan
Healthy Three-Course Valentine’s Dinner
Today’s post is my how-to guide for creating a Healthy Three-Course Valentine’s Dinner … Either you hate it or you love it – but February is here – aka the month of love. I have never really been the biggest fan of Valentine’s Day, mostly because I think it is far to commercialised. Do not even get me started on the retail madness that ensues on the overpriced (ugly) flowers, chocolates and teddy bears. 🤢 Even if Shaun and I did choose to partake in the madness, we have a wedding to save for, so we are eating in a lot this year! Which brings me to this dinner. Eat at…
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Sweets & Snacks, Dairy Free, Vegan
4 Ingredient Lemon and Basil Granita
Today’s recipe is a very simple 4 Ingredient Lemon and Basil Granita. As temperatures continue to climb, I naturally reach for colder treats and granita is one delight that ticks all the refreshment boxes for me. Cold, icy, crunchy and fruity. What I like about this 4 Ingredient Lemon & Basil Granita is that it is lower in calories, dairy-free and vegan. This icy concoction was invented in Sicilia, Italy’s southernmost region, which is a very dry and hot – so granita is a go-to treat. 😎 It is made from fresh fruit and water, mixed together and frozen until icy. It is then flaked with a fork and frozen…
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Sweets & Snacks
Maple Glazed Carrots with Thyme
Today we are going to be creating these Maple Glazed Carrots with Thyme. These are a delicious FODMAP friendly, vegan side dish to add to your christmas lunch table. Just a quick recap that we are six recipes down and I am loving creating these Christmas inspired recipes for you – I hope they are inspiring you to get cooking these holidays. We have already done Festive Gluten-Free Cupcakes , a Caprese Wreath, a Thyme and Strawberry Gin cocktail, Chocolate Pretzels, as well as a Christmas Tree waffle. Creating a recipe every day hasn’t been a walk in the park. In fact, last week I tried to do a 6 a…
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Lifestyle, Gluten Free, Sweets & Snacks
{Gluten Free} Chocolate Birthday Cake and 30 things I now know!
Ok as of this moment – I am officially 30 years old, so I made a Chocolate Birthday Cake to celebrate. Before I get to the chocolate cake though, I have to take a moment to acknowledge that this is happening. I am 30. That feels so incredibly strange to type out. “Hello, my name is Cat and I’m 30 years old.” I think it isn’t really the number that scares me, more so the fact that I feel as though I celebrated my 21st just a few years ago. It was Arabian Night themed and the Disney lover inside of me made sure that everybody dressed up. This party really does…
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Gluten Free, Lifestyle, Sweets & Snacks
{Gluten Free} Baking with Ruby Chocolate
Ever heard of Ruby Chocolate? After dark, milk and white, ruby is the most uncommon chocolate discovery in 80 years. That’s right – there hasn’t been a chocolate discovery this ground breaking for over 80 years! Towards the end of 2017, Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut announced the discovery, as well as the fact that his company would be producing this fourth type of chocolate. Joining dark, milk and white, ruby has now entered the chocolate family, meeting many chocolate lovers excitement and of course, sceptics criticisms – (many believe white chocolate isn’t even chocolate and they classify ruby’s strange taste in the same league as white). For Chocolate Lovers, we…
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