Category Archives: Sugar Free

Grain Free Granola Bites

These bar cookies are based on Best Express Food’s Traditional Aussie Bites. The original contains rolled oat, oat flour, butter, canola oil, sugar, honey, dried apricots, raisins, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, shredded coconut, baking soda and salt. They’ve addictive but … Continue reading

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Chocolate Chestnut Cupcakes with Chocolate Coconut Frosting

Chestnut flour is my new favorite baking ingredient. It has more starch than most things I currently eat but it makes for a light and fluffy grain free cupcake. I’ve made the cupcake recipe as written and also by replacing … Continue reading

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Grain Free Chocolate Hazelnut Pie Crust

This idea came to me a few weeks ago when I made chocolate hazelnut cookies. I thought it’d be a great crust for dairy free pumpkin pie. I replaced corn starch with coconut flour, date sugar with the sugar alcohol … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Cornbread Croutons

Stuffing in my favorite Thanksgiving side dish. This year I offered to make croutons for my mom so I could eat it. I read through half a dozen recipes online and came across someone’s ingenious idea: spreading the dough out … Continue reading

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Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

I had a sweet tooth the other night so I threw these cookies together. I added corn starch to improve the texture and it worked out better than I expected. They’re crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, … Continue reading

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Dairy Free Sugar Free Pumpkin Custard

As much as I love pie in all its forms, I’m still trying to reach my weight loss goal. Pie crust, with all its oily goodness, is not diet friendly. This year for Thanksgiving I made pumpkin custard instead. It’s … Continue reading

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Blackberry Dark Chocolate Cake

I’ve had very limited energy this past month so most of my cooking as been more out of necessity than for fun. Tonight I was craving chocolate. The other day I bought a container of Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder … Continue reading

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Blackberry & Oatmeal Crisp

I’m not well enough this year to get too creative with my birthday dessert so I went with a perpetual favorite that is as tasty as it is easy to make: blackberry crisp. Since I was expecting company to join … Continue reading

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Soy Free Honey Sesame Sauce

This is my version of sauce for sesame chicken. I poured it over baked chicken wings until well coated and then used the leftover sauce on my rice and veggies. It satisfied my craving for sesame chicken without my having … Continue reading

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Pomegranate Red Wine Vinegar

Last month I bought a bottle of red wine vinegar flavored with pomegranate. I loved the flavor but not the added sugar so when I ran out I bought a bottle of cheap red wine vinegar and a bottle of … Continue reading

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