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Healthy Lemon Tart Recipe
I grew up in the Channel Islands and would frequently holiday in France, where Tarte au Citron is a restaurant staple and the taste of Summer itself. This Healthy Lemon Tart recipe has all of the flavour but with no refined flour or sugar, just a whole lotta nutritious goodness. The crust is also […]
Continue readingDessert Hummus 4 Ways
Although you probably associate hummus with carrot sticks, pitta bread, and if you have a weaning baby, breadsticks and a lot of mess, dessert hummus is taking the culinary, and health food worlds by storm. Ever curious to try anything vaguely funky I wasn’t going to skip the chance to get experimental, and I […]
Continue readingAquafaba Protein Mousse
Never tried aquafaba? What even is aquafaba?! For now think of it as vegan egg whites, and in this post I’ll show you how to turn it into an awesome protein mousse pudding! It turns out you’ve been making a big mistake every time we open a can of beans or chickpeas, by draining […]
Continue readingBaked Healthy Custard
If the thought of low fat and/or diet versions of your favourite foods make you despair then this baked healthy custard will challenge your beliefs that eating healthier has to be any less comfortingly delicious. And unlike shop bought ‘diet’ custards this isn’t full of fillers, thickeners and artificial sweeteners in a bid to […]
Continue readingHealthy Coconut Cream Pie
Healthy isn’t the first word that comes to mind when you consider making a cream pie, but this coconut cream pie contains protein, healthy fats and no refined sugar. It’s British Pie Week this week (#BPW17) but while most people will be serving up huge calorific mounds of pastry served alongside buttery mash (don’t […]
Continue readingStrawberries & Cream Chocolate Chia Pudding
This is actually healthy enough to be an extravagant breakfast, but you wouldn’t know it to taste. Chocolate is the ultimate feel good food at that’s a fact – it actually increases ‘happy’ chemicals serotonin and dopamine in the brain. You also get healthy fats, protein and some antioxidants in the fruit here too. Don’t […]
Continue readingCashew Strawberry Pudding
Strawberry Pudding Serves 4 Serve topped with extra berries, or instead of cream with fruit salad. It would also make a nutritious energy boost added to smoothies. Feel free to vary which fruit you use, removing any large pips before blending. Fresh fruit gives a whipped pudding consistency, frozen is more like ice cream. […]
Continue readingCHRISTMAS PUDDING WITH BRANDY ‘CREAM’
This tastes best if it is made a few days in advance and allowed to mellow, well wrapped and refrigerated. It can also be frozen. Thaw first and reheat in the microwave. Serves 16. INGREDIENTS Many of the ingredients can be found on buywholefoodsonline here, use code POLLY-IMZB to get 5% off all […]
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