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  • Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait
    Breakfast

    Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait

    Hello to today’s recipe: Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait, Vanilla Chia Oats, layered between fresh Blackberries, yoghurt and Blackberry Compote.  You heard that right: a Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait because breakfast doesn’t have to be boring brown oats. Blackberries are one of my favourite fruits and they seem to still be available at Woolies, so I grabbed a punnet to make this breakfast jar. Making the Parfait This recipe uses a quick sautée method to cook the blackberries and you can easily double this recipe if you want to make a bigger batch, and save half to put over your morning yoghurt. Once that’s done, we move onto the oats, which…

  • How to make Chocolate Milo Cookies
    Sweets & Snacks,  Dairy Free

    How to make Chocolate Milo Cookies

    A delicious and easy recipe on how to make Chocolate Milo Cookies that are flourless, crunchy, delicious and the best part – you don’t need to chill the cookie dough!  This weekend Shaun and I created a new recipe for the blog together – these Flourless Chocolate Milo Cookies. Now I know Milo isn’t Gluten-Free, because it contains malt, but as I have said many times before on the blog, I am not allergic to gluten, but rather sensitive to it. I believe in everything in moderation, and I also try to substitute flours whenever I can for gluten-free versions, and that’s exactly what I did in this recipe for…

  • Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns     
    Sweets & Snacks,  Gluten Free

    Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns     

    Today’s recipe is for my Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns – just in time for your Easter baking. There’s nothing better than the aroma of hot cross buns wafting through the air. Especially when they have been toasted and lovingly smothered with butter.  But before we get to that, let me be honest with you – it took three attempts to get this recipe right. It is never easy to cook with gluten-free flours, especially when creating doughs because yeast needs gluten to rise. No gluten = very little rise, meaning very dense crumbly buns. However, there is a way around this problem. A few tweaks to a recipe can help the…

  • Maple Glazed Carrots with Thyme 18
    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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