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  • Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins with Frosting
    Breakfast,  Gluten Free,  Sweets & Snacks

    Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins with Frosting

    These gluten free Lemon and Poppy Seed Muffins with Frosting are the perfect cupcake/muffin hybrid and are moist and bursting with a fresh lemon zing, which is sweetened out by the frosting topping. I recently found out the Nature’s Choice launched an online shop, so I was keen to try out the shopping experience and order some goodies for my baking. I went with their Gluten Free Flour blend as well as their Almond Flour as I wanted to make a batch of Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins. Why a Cupcake / Muffin Hybrid There is a saying that a muffin is basically a cupcake without frosting, so I decided –…

  • Ina Paarman Lemon Meringue
    Sweets & Snacks

    Ina Paarman’s Epic Lemon Meringue made Gluten-Free

    Ina Paarman’s Lemon Meringue made Gluten-Free. Today we are baking a Gluten-Free version of Ina Paarman’s Lemon Meringue. Her easy to bake Lemon Meringue Pie mix contains the lemon curd and castor sugar to make a pie, but not the crust, so I decided to replace the Tennis Biscuits she suggests with Gluten-Free Digestive biscuits. A few weekends back, I spent hours trying to master a very complicated Lemon Meringue recipe. While I was happy with the results (it tasted delicious), it did not make it to the blog because I knew the process was too complicated for a blog that claims to post easy, simple recipes. Ina Paarman’s Lemon…

  • 4 Ingredient Lemon & Basil Granita
    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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