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A recipe: homemade nutty cocoa spread

A recipe: homemade nutty cocoa spread

Once upon a time I used to be an advocate for Nutella, one of Italy’s most iconic food exports (not even sure it is still ‘italian’ nowadays but surely it was first produced in my home country). I stopped buying or eating it many years ago when it became obvious one of its main ingredients is the dreaded palm oil, as well as many other not so healthy ingredients (such as an enormous amount of sugar). Valid palm oil free…

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A recipe: homemade yogurt with the CrockPot

A recipe: homemade yogurt with the CrockPot

In an effort to reduce single use plastic in our household (a near impossible task, I fear) I had recently started buying fresh milk from the milkman. It came in lovely, old fashioned bottles which were then picked up at the next delivery. I was happy. Yet the milk wasn’t of great quality and within as little as 24h would smell sour, and be properly curdled often within two days. Moreover, the milk bottles were also delivered in plastic bags….

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A recipe – Pistachio, poppy seeds & lemon muffins

A recipe – Pistachio, poppy seeds & lemon muffins

You never know who you are going to meet next… About a year ago, under a pouring rain, I took my very sleep deprived self to an event in Nova Victoria. I sat at a table with quite a lot of people (bloggers, journalists and so on). It was a very pleasant evening. I chatted at length to a lady who had two kids and freaked me into thinking it was a good idea never to give any form of…

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A recipe – Phil Smith’s vegan raw date brownie

A recipe – Phil Smith’s vegan raw date brownie

Our new local… A couple of months ago was our little one’s first birthday and to mark such a momentous occasion, we decided to book the private room upstairs at our local pub, the lovely Albert Arms on Gladstone Street (full review coming up soon).  We pretty much visit once a week at least, and Darren and Sonata who run it are great and very friendly so it seemed only fitting that the first year milestone should be celebrated in…

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A recipe – Mini muffins for mini me

A recipe – Mini muffins for mini me

Sugar free muffins? Have I become really boring recently? It seems that most of the baking I do is to try out sugar free, baby friendly things. Then again, one may argue if refined sugar free baking is really a dull subject, especially when so many people are trying to be a bit more health conscious (vegan is all the rage now)… During our recent holiday in Lanzarote, our little one tried a variety of new foods, and he loved…

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