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Healthy Desserts

Quinoa Fruit Salad with Coconut-Passionfruit Cream

by Michelle on August 15, 2010

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A delicious fruit salad recipe with almonds, quinoa and coconut-passionfruit cream.

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Coconut Crème Brulée

by Michelle on August 6, 2010

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Welcome to magical deliciousness known as Coconut Crème Brulée. For this recipe I’ve used coconut cream instead of dairy cream- but it still has just the right amount of creaminess and is still really yummy! I love how crème brulée has a crunchy sugar layer and than smooth creamy custard underneath. It’s something everyone should try [...]

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Crystallized Ginger, Ginger Tea and Ginger-Honey Lollipops

Crystallized ginger is really yummy and so much better when it’s made with honey (rather than white sugar as it’s often made with). This homemade version also doesn’t contain preservatives. The process of making crystallized ginger produces three things: first ginger tea, then crystallized ginger and then with the left over honey you can make [...]

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How To Make Lemon Curd

What I love about making food with whole foods is that you can make healthier alternatives of foods you can buy at the shops. Why bother you ask? Well because making these alternatives can be so easy, healthier, cheaper (and so much tastier) than their unhealthy counterparts. Last week I made some decadent lemon curd [...]

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Almond, Pear and Honey Cake with Orange & Honey Syrup (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

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This cake is gluten free and dairy (butter & milk free) free, but you would never know, it tastes that good! It is also refined sugar free! The pureed pears gives this cake a lovely moist & buttery texture (but without the butter!). Perfect for afternoon tea!

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Homemade Bounty Bars (With Real Food Ingredients)

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  I've been inspired to make these from quite a few bounty bar recipes however most bounty bar recipes I have seen use margarine (not good eats). So I wanted to show you a recipe for bounty bars made with healthier and more nutritious ingredients (with vegan alternatives) and no artificial or fake foods insight! You [...]

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How To Make “Instant” Coconut Ice

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It’s funny the awesome things you discover by accident! This was one of those very things! I had put my young thai coconuts into our bar fridge which didn’t seem cold enough at the time so I turned the dial down…then when I took the coconuts out of the fridge and cracked the coconuts open [...]

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Apple & Cinnamon Oat Cookies (with Sprouted Wheat)

Last week I talked about how to get more whole foods into your diet. This week I present to you a lovely way to get some sprouted grains into your diet in a sweet and delicious way.

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Elderberry Bread (Spelt) & Butter Pudding

A classic pudding with a healthier twist!

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Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream!

This is really nice creamy chocolate ice cream! It’s a far healthier ice cream than store bought and it’s one that doesn’t use dairy or eggs but instead uses avocado to produce a creamy frozen treat. It would be great for those who can’t have, don’t like or are allergic to dairy or eggs (or even for someone who wants a [...]

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