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Food: Choc Chic Blissful Blends Turmeric and Ginger
In preparation for Easter, I’m trying to find products that will satisfy my sweet tooth without pumping my body full of rubbish. Choc Chic produce great chocolately treats, without any actual chocolate being involved. That means that their entire range is free from diary, sugar, and gluten and suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs. I know what some people may be thinking, because I have been there myself. Surely, if there’s ‘nothing in it’, it can’t taste that great. On it’s own, I must admit that the Blissful Blends Turmeric and Ginger powder (£4.99) certainly tastes very bitter and ‘raw’. However, I have put that down to the fact that…
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Lio Licious Freeze Dried Ingredients + Apple and Raspberry Pie Recipe
I had already decided that saving money on food shopping was an essential change we needed to implement when we moved home last February. We use lots of tips and tricks to do this, but two of the most useful and effective tips we have adopted are: home cooked meals and meal planning. My partner loves cooking and who doesn’t love a man that can cook, right? Since we moved into our new home, we have had the space in the kitchen to try out lots of new foods and ingredients. Previously, we didn’t experiment much because we simply didn’t have the room! I’ve shared a few recipes in the…
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Easy Vegan Cupcakes
Today’s post is coming to you from the lovely Gemma from Mummy’s Waisted blog. Luke and I love cooking and baking together, but as Luke has no food allergies, we have never really ventured into the world of vegan or gluten free recipes. Gemma has put together the perfect Vegan Cupcake recipe that’s great to make with children and ensures that even those children with food allergies do not have to miss out on all the fun! It is estimated that 5-8% of children in the UK have a food allergy, not including those with food intolerances. Whilst there are a wide range of Free From products available, these are…
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Food: 47 Cheese Free Vegetarian Sandwich Fillers
Confession time: I spend way too much money over a monthly period on cheese. That’s with us even buying cheap own brand cheese from places like ASDA and Lidl. With Baby Number 2 on the way, it’s time to not only start saving money on our food bills where possible, but it’s also time to cut out some slightly unhealthy habits. As the resident veggie, I tend to be the cheese fiend in the house. I desperately needed some inspiration for cheese free vegetarian sandwich fillers that were still cheap, healthy and exciting. I took to Facebook to ask some fellow bloggers what their favourite vegetarian sandwich fillers were…the ones…
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Recipe: Halloween Shortbread Biscuits
Halloween is the perfect opportunity to get our craft on. There seem to be unlimited numbers of activities, games and crafts that are centered around Halloween and it would be mad not to celebrate the holiday in style with Luke. We’ve started to get excited about Halloween now that October has arrived. I can’t wait to do some pumpkin carving – you’d think by now I’d be able to do a decent job, but nope, I still suck at it! Luke doesn’t seem to mind all that much though and enjoys making a mess and squelching around all the seeds and stringy flesh…you know, making everything orange. So I’m looking…
