family life & travels
I love, love, love, having overnight oats for breakfast. Not only are they ready to eat (as you make them the night before, hence the name), but they are so tasty. I love how versatile they are too. There are a few base ingredients, like milk, yoghurt and oats, and then you can mix in
I think that at this time of year, it isn’t quite Christmas without some mince pies. I know they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but I am partial to a mince pie or two. But when you are cutting out refined sugar-free from your diet, having traditional mince pies isn’t too much of an option.
In order to keep my PCOS symptoms at bay, I have been cutting out refined sugar from my diet. A lot of people think that it just means cutting out traditional desserts, pudding or bags of sweets. But if you check the label on a lot of savoury things, you can see that there is
After a little bit of an Indian summer last week, I think it might be safe to say that we are now fully into Autumn. Autumn always has me thinking of pumpkin spice, apple crumbles and plenty of lovely pies! So with a bit of a twist on some of those things, I have got
There, I’m at at again, talking about my ‘journey’ to being healthier. Again, please slap me for calling it a journey! But it is a bit of a voyage of discovery eating a dairy and refined sugar-free diet. Having PCOS means making lots of different changes in my lifestyle. I want to reduce the symptoms
Since embarking on a bit of a journey to improve my health (sorry, slap me for calling it a journey), I have made and discovered lots of delicious recipes and have even been making my own dairy and refined sugar free chocolate bars. At first it was a bit of a drag as snacking was
if you read the blog regularly, you will know that I am an a bit of a ‘journey’ to eliminate refined sugar from my life (sorry, cringe at using the word journey haha). As part of my PCOS diagnosis, I have been advised to steer clear from refined sugar and dairy, so for me that
Fig rolls are very popular in our house. When I look at the ones that we get in the supermarket, though, there is very little fig and lots of sugar instead. this recipe is for sugar free fig rolls, that are just as sweet. I use maple syrup to sweeten the dough and the filling
If you know me well, or read this blog regularly, you will know that I am a bit of a nut butter addict. Can’t get enough of the stuff. I’m so happy for our Costco card so we can buy it in those 1kg tubs! I am always trying different ways to incorporate nut butter
