Healthy paleo waffles-light and crispy

Healthy paleo waffles-light and crispy

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Waffles are probably my favourite Sunday baking treat from when I was a child especially in autumn. We didn't make them very often but every now and then we'd get the idea to makes some and the beautiful thing with waffles is the ingredients are basic so you can just make them on a whim if you bake on a regular basis. When I recently longed for a treat and thought of waffles, I checked my blog for a recipe and was surprised to see that I did not have a tried and tested one to go to. I then tried various gluten and sugar free recipes but most of them were kind of heavy and made you fill stuffed after just on heart. I then developed my own recipe and this one comes out light, little bit crispy, they waffles stay together very well and they are filling enough but not to the point where you can't enjoy a whole...
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August giveaway, the winners are

August giveaway, the winners are

by Marie MannNo Comments
Thank you to everyone that has entered the Stevia-sweet giveaway.  If you missed out this time don't worry, we will run another giveaway soon, keep an eye on your inbox. Not signed up yet and don't want to miss out next time? Head over to the side bar sign up box and get your self on the list before the next giveaway goes live. 3 lucky winner are going to take home: 1x Stevia-sweet Granules 325g, 1x Stevia-sweet Tabs 75g, 1x Stevia-sweet white extract 15g, 1x unfilled Tab dispenser1x Stevia-sweet Tabs 75g, 1x unfilled Tab dispenser 1x Stevia-sweet white extract 15g The Winners are: 1st prize: Kellyjo Walters - UK  2nd prize: Cherie Hadcroft - UK 3rd prize: Leanne Lunn - UK Many of you have told us that you love the stevia-sweet white powder because it is so versatile and efficient. I am not sure about you but I am always amazed how few people know about Stevia even though it has been talked about in the media over the last few years. Most of us have learned about stevia as a healthy natural sweetener...
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Stevia-shop GIVEAWAY

Stevia-shop GIVEAWAY

by Marie MannNo Comments
Sponsored by www.stevia-shop.co.uk   Have you heard of the most natural of all zero calorie sweeteners - Stevia? If you are already using it you'll be familiar with the fact that it is very efficient and that it takes a little practice to get the amounts right when sweetening drinks, desserts and cakes. Yes I generally advocate to make your own treats due to the fact that commercially produced product so often have ingredients that are suboptimal for  anyone who cares about their health. you'll notice how my recipes on this blog have evolved with my personal dietary needs at first I was low fat fanatic, then I realised that fat is the only thing that satisfies my body and my mind, then I went gluten free and recently I also tried egg, dairy and cocoa free. We should always keep paying careful attention to the full list of ingredients of all packaged products, the longer the list and the stranger the words, the bigger the...
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Butternut squash cinnamon cardamom muffins – elimination diet, free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar

Butternut squash cinnamon cardamom muffins – elimination diet, free of eggs, dairy, cocoa, gluten and sugar

by Marie MannNo Comments
Another great option for having cake whilst on an elimination diet. I love how the butternut squash give the lovely orange colour, moisture and volume to the cake. The cinnamon with the cardamom give the muffins a aromatic spicy note without being over powering. These free from -Butternut squash cinnamon cardamom muffins are great for breakfast, on the go or as a snack treat after the gym.   Makes: 5 muffins or a small one piece cake Prep time: 25min-2hours in (depending on whether you have to bake the butternut squash first) Cooking: 30min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf) Cooling time: 60min   Ingredients: 80g Coconut flour 42g Almond flour 9g Baking powder 1/4tsp Cardamom 1/2 tsp Cinnamon couple drops of vanilla essence - optional 1 tsp Xanthan Gum (works also without) 90g Coconut oil 225g Cooked Butternut squash 1 medium finely chopped apple 1-2  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 whatever Stevia you...
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Mini black forest layer birthday cakes, gluten and sugar free with stevia

Mini black forest layer birthday cakes, gluten and sugar free with stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
This years home made birthday cake is based on one of my favourite gateaux's from my child hood. We had no family celebrations without this traditional cake from south germany. I have used the quick and easy moist sponge roulade base recipe and adapted it to be made with cocoa to form the base of my little black forrest layer cakes. This cake actually nearly never happened. I started with cracking the eggs and the 2nd last one of 6 was kind of rotten which I could only see once it had dripped into the already separated egg whites. I thought not problem I have another 6 eggs. I started over on collecting the egg whites and bam just when I nearly had it another wonky egg. I have never had doggy eggs in my entire live - how luck am I? My husband felt very guilty, he had picked those eggs up from the farm just a couple of days back. The lovely...
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