All-purpose 100% dark chocolate icing mousse – no added sugar but sweet as heaven

All-purpose 100% dark chocolate icing mousse – no added sugar but sweet as heaven

by Marie Mann1 Comment
Creamy, melting, divine, luxury dark chocolate icing for every occasion. Once you've tried this, you’ll ask how you lived without it. Here are the instructions so you can finish that Valentines goody for your loved one. Makes 120g (small breakfast bowl) Prep time: 2min Cook time: 5min You need: 60g 100% Chocolate (I use Baker's Unsweetened Chocolate) 1 teesp. Instant coffee 60ml Water  (can be replaced with 30ml water & 30ml amaretto mix for a different flavour) 2-4 knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder 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 whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or tabs (need to be dissolved too), adding more is easier than diluting – you could end up with a huge amount of treat -Don’t have any Stevia yet? – you can always use normal sweetener products until you are set up. Instructions: Start by roughly chopping the chocolate to aid...
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Valentine’s Day treat for lovers: Diabetes friendly – moist Dark Chocolate cake for two with 100% chocolate icing.

Valentine’s Day treat for lovers: Diabetes friendly – moist Dark Chocolate cake for two with 100% chocolate icing.

by Marie MannNo Comments
Be my Valentine; make this divine gateau knowing it’s a healthy gift of love. This recipe is great for Diabetics as it uses Stevia for sweetening which is a non-calorific, naturally sweet herb from Paraguay. It is said to encourage the release of insulin and normalizes the response to glucose, particularly in type 2 diabetes. In Latin America, it is utilized as an inexpensive therapy for hyperglycaemia. I have been making this particular recipe nearly every weekend since I developed it for my husband’s birthday, his comment: “it’s the absolute best cake you made yet”. Note: I make cakes all the time, with and without sugar. With is usually when it’s for the general public like my husband’s work colleagues who may not be open minded enough to try a naturally sweetened cake. I have found in the past that people’s expectation of the level of sweetness is the main downfall when looking to get the thumbs up on your stevia sweetened cake....
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Roasted onion apple dip – fat free and sugar free

Roasted onion apple dip – fat free and sugar free

by Marie MannNo Comments
Great company for raw vegetable snacks, drown them in this flavoursome dip. Here is part two of the savoury approach to using stevia to add sweetness to your food. This one is nearly as quick as the spicy ketchup; you only need to put the quartered onions and apples under the grill for a few minutes whilst you get the raw vegies cut and sliced. Makes a small bowl Prep time: 5min Grill time: 5-10min You need: 1-2 apples with or without skin (100-200g) 2 onions (200g) (I prefer red onions as they are slightly sweeter) 50g Tomato Puree double concentrate (no added salt) 3 teesp. Lemon Juice (fresh or from the bottle) 2-4 knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water 50ml hot water (approximate – use more if consistency is not as required) ¼ teesp. Black pepper ½ teesp. Thyme ½ teesp. Rosemary 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 whatever Stevia you...
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Sugar free Spicy Ketchup – sweetened with Stevia -sweet

Sugar free Spicy Ketchup – sweetened with Stevia -sweet

by Marie MannNo Comments
Savoury saviour for any condiment lover – no cooking involved – delicious sweet tangy flavour. Do you love adding condiments like ketchup and chutneys to your meals to spice things up? Are you convinced you have to cut back on this treat because you know that the food manufacturers add heaps of sugar and salt to these indulgent seasonings and the health advice is to cut back on salt and sugar? Are you on a mission to get healthy or lose weight this year and feel all you are allowed to eat tastes bland and you are missing out on all what made eating enjoyable for you? Stop there! You don’t have to miss out at all. I am in love with sauces and dips and wouldn’t miss them for the world, not even for losing a pound or two. Let me show you a couple of condiment recipes I use that are quick, easy and full of the flavour you expect...
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No added fat baked cheese cake – no base needed.

No added fat baked cheese cake – no base needed.

by Marie Mann3 Comments
Awesome! This cheesecake recipe saves you calories without compromising the classic flavour. Now, as you can see – I am not an expert in avoiding a cracking cheese cake. Mine usually crack and that’s ok with me – I am not entering a cheese cake beauty contest – I just want to eat it. I know there is a lot of info out there to help you make the perfect cheese cake, so help is available if you don’t like the rustic home-made look. You can always cover the cracks up by decorating the well cooled cake with fresh fruit - adding another dimension. What I like best about my cheese cake is that I know that it does not contain any nasty ingredients that could jeopardise my diet goals. As you already know from my Super light dark Cocoa/ Chocolate mousse post, I don’t want any unhealthy fats in my food. So I stripped an already lower calorie no-base cheese cake recipe, where...
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