Sugar free Pumpkin Brownies with Stevia

Sugar free Pumpkin Brownies with Stevia

  Super food pumpkin brownies, all the goodness without the sugar crash after indulging. When you sweeten your brownies with natural stevia-sweet sweetener, you save calories whilst enjoying what you like best - sweet treats, yum yum. You are not a fan of pumpkin? These moist, smooth, creamy pumpkin brownies are the best way to disguise pumpkin and reap the nutritional benefits. Pumpkin is high in vitamin A, potassium, calcium and zinc, and has a low sodium content. Due to the low levels of protein, fat and carbohydrates it is a low calorie vegetable. The protein contained is very high quality and promotes the formation of insulin. Cooked pumpkin meat is easily digestible and high in fiber. Citrulline, an amino acid contained in the pumpkin promotes the excretion of metabolic waste products and detoxification. The high content of potassium, calcium and zinc is striking, alongside a low sodium content, makes the pumpkin a great tool for combating high blood pressure as well as bladder and kidney  problems. The pumpkin I used looked like a flying flower shaped saucer, the flavour was very mild to non existent. Lets look at the recipe, I cooked...
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Sugar free Junket, historic milk pudding dessert with strawberries

Sugar free Junket, historic milk pudding dessert with strawberries

Junket must be the most basic pudding there is, no starch or gelatine involved, making it a perfect dessert for Vegetarians and Celiac disease sufferers.  This Junket recipe  is also sugar free, sweetened with natural zero calorie stevia sweetener, which makes it suitable for stage 3 of Candida diets. Earlier this year I got bitten by the bug to want to make my own stuff like my parents did when I was little. I am getting fed up with store bought products that have an endlessly long list of strange unspeakable ingredients in them. I am pedantic about knowing what I am putting in my body in the quest to practice perfect dammage control in all areas of my life. How lucky we are that the internet has a large host of recipes and ideas to improve life and food. Now, I have been testing a lot of ice cream parlours that have established themselves as part of dairy milk farms. Most of them also sell a few other products like milk,...
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Italian Castagnaccio Chestnut cup cakes

Italian Castagnaccio Chestnut cup cakes

  A gluten free birthday treat for fit and health conscious individuals, sweetened with natural zero calorie stevia sweetener. I came across the Castagnaccio – a traditional Italian dessert cake based on chestnut flour - when looking for a baked birthday gift for my super fit Italian friend Martina; she is from Tuscany, so I thought I'd make her a birthday treat that is from her region since she had to celebrate her birthday in England away from family and friends. The recipe was perfectly suited for what I wanted, it is traditional to Tuscany, has healthy ingredients that are great for any health conscious eater and it's suitable to make in small portions and keeps for a few days as we were going out for food she would have to keep it for later. The chestnut flour cake originating from the Tuscan region uses mainly chestnuts, which represented an important widely available food source for the poor peasants and farmers. Even the other ingredients are all locally...
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Silky Chocolate Orange Tofu Dessert

Silky Chocolate Orange Tofu Dessert

  5 minute Silky Vegan Chocolaty dessert sweetened with natural zero calorie stevia sweetener. I recently started to experiment with Tofu, and because I have a preference for sweet dishes I whipped up this luxurious cocoa orange cream. I must admit I was a bit apprehensive how tofu would work in a sweet dish, until now I have only had TVP cubes and marinated & plain Tofu for savoury dishes. It did work a treat, the Tofu has not really got a taste of its own so it's the perfect base for any dessert - watch this space, I am sure I'll discover more way of using the Silken Tofu for healthy sweet treats. The texture was thick and creamy which resembled my favourite childhood dessert: Chocolate Pudding cream.   I am not a strict Vegetarian but I do like to keep meat to a minimum and enjoy having options and alternatives. Last week I visited a friend that turned out to be Vegan, I thought that must be a little restrictive...
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Lemon Lavender dessert- sugar free

Lemon Lavender dessert- sugar free

Smooth refreshing lavender quark dessert sweetened with natural zero calorie stevia sweetener. Here is another luxurious recipe to celebrate lavender season and enjoy the calming fragrance of our lavender plants. It’s a super easy dessert that can be whipped up in minutes, has no added sugar and get it's sweetness from the natural Stevia-sweet sweetener. It can make a great finish to a summer dinner garden party, with it’s unique, unusual flavour it will definitely leave your guests with a taste to remember.   Makes approx. 4 portions Prep time: 5min Refrigerate: not necessary, but can be prepared in advance and cooled until serving time. You need: 500g – Quark or Natural fromage frais 1/2 teesp. Dried lavender petals 1x juice of whole lemon 100ml – skimmed Milk – I used skimmed 0.3% fat. 2-3 knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller amount of...
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