I think part of what makes someone good at developing new recipes is the ability to notice the properties of one recipe and translate it into a whole different recipe altogether. This is a skill I seem to have developed over the past few years and I think I must have a mental filing cabinet…
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Chocolate Hazelnut Mug Cake – Low Carb and Gluten-Free
Easy and delicious, this low carb chocolate hazelnut mug cake is sure to satisfy all your cravings! Sometimes a girl just wants cake. Wait, let me rephrase that. Sometimes a girl just needs cake. Sweet, warm chocolatey cake, the ultimate in comfort foods. Bonus points if it’s actually quite healthy but doesn’t taste even remotely…
Spiked Basil Lemonade (Sugar-Free)
Is there anything more refreshing on a hot summer day than a glass of ice cold lemonade? And is there anything more relaxing after a long week of work than a cocktail on Friday afternoon? What do you do if it’s a hot summer Friday afternoon after a long week of work? You combine the…
Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting (Low Carb and Gluten-Free)
Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting is a keto cake recipe that makes the perfect birthday cake for chocolate lovers. But this low carb chocolate cake is so good, you won’t want to wait for a special occasion to make it. Any Occasion Chocolate Layer Cake It is nobody’s birthday in my house….
Shannon’s Sugar-Free Meringues (Low Carb and Gluten-Free)
Low carb meringues have been conquered! And not, as it turns out, by me. One of my lovely, faithful readers has taken it upon herself to perfect low carb meringues made with erythritol and wants me to share her success with you. Shannon has saved me a heap of effort and time by working on…
Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffeecake (Low Carb and Gluten-Free)
Tender almond flour coffee cake with a sugar-free blueberry cheesecake filling. The perfect low carb keto brunch recipe! If I told you this was a Father’s Day post, you might think I was extremely well organized and ahead of the game. I mean, a week and a half ahead, and Carolyn’s already posting Father’s Day…
Almond Raspberry Jam Muffins (Low Carb and Gluten-Free)
How do you decide what ingredient gets top billing in a recipe name? For that matter, how do you decide on a recipe name at all? Do you try to be descriptive, calling it by its main ingredients or the ones that make it unique? Or do you get all metaphoric, conjuring up poetic images…
Corning Your Own Beef
Pin It Yes, I am well aware that St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone and that this recipe is a little late. But I’ve never been much of a plan-ahead blogger and I am always playing catch up on the holidays. Besides, on the actual St. Paddy’s Day, I was not slaving over a bubbling…
Chocolate Donuts with Irish Cream Glaze
Low carb grain free chocolate donuts with a sweet Irish Cream glaze. Perfect for any St. Patrick’s Day celebrations! Plus a great recipe for sugar-free Irish Cream. Top o’ the mornin’ to ya, St. Paddy’s Day is a-comin’. Yep, that’s my version of a very bad Irish brogue. My apologies to the Irish people, I…
Caramelized Endive with Brown Butter Sage Sauce
In my daily life, I consider myself a simple person who takes pleasure in the simple things in life. But when it comes to recipes, I often overlook the simple in favour of the fancy. We food bloggers are always trying to come up with some new and different combination to catch people’s attention. It…
Walnut Oil Mayonnaise (Low Carb and Gluten-Free)
It’s no secret that I like nuts, I’ve made that abundantly clear many times. And it’s a good thing too, given that nut flours are one of the few alternatives to wheat flour that are both low carb and gluten free. I like all sorts of nuts, I don’t really discriminate. But I have a…
Egg Nog Creme Brulee – Low Carb and Gluten-Free
Okay, time to fess up…who’s afraid of homemade eggnog? Last year was my first ever attempt at making homemade eggnog and it turned out beautifully. I made it partly with almond milk, and was thrilled that it turned out as thick and delicious as regular ‘nog. But I also received a number of responses from…
Almond Flour Yogurt Waffles (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
These delicious low carb waffles are a popular keto breakfast recipe! Let me ask you a question: how do you bring good living to your life? In the chaos that is modern day existence, it can be so easy to forget to enjoy what life has to offer. I am often guilty of this. With…
Red Velvet Donuts and Cupcakes (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
Low carb grain-free red velvet cake in donut (and cupcakes!) form. With a delicious sugar-free cream cheese frosting. As someone who grew up outside of the United States, there are certain things that to me seem quintessentially, and quaintly, American. High school marching bands come to mind, I suppose because it’s fall and I’ve seen…
Garam Masala Eggplant Chips with Cilantro Mint Raita
It’s no secret that I tend to become mildly obsessed with certain flavours and flavour combinations at any given moment. I daresay that this is an occupational hazard for food bloggers. We see something delicious on someone else’s blog, or in a cooking magazine or a cookbook. We test it out, perhaps with our own…
Raspberry Amaretto Clafoutis (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
It would seem that I am now officially in the business of taking special requests on my blog. I love this fact. When I started this blog, I had no idea or expectation of where it would go. It is beyond thrilling that it would connect me to so many wonderful people. And to have…
Chai Spice Biscotti (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
If you are attempting to go sugar free, chances are that you are going to run into recipes made with stevia. Sooner rather than later. You simply won’t be able to avoid it. Fortunately, it’s now a fairly easy-to-obtain ingredient, sold in supermarkets, health food stores and all across the web under various guises. Sometimes…
Chilled Guacamole Soup (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
I love the idea of being a locavore, I really do. It all makes so much sense to eat more locally in order to cut down on the transportation of food and the subsequent greenhouse gases. So I do my best to patronize local farmer’s markets in the summer months and keep my eye on…
Summer Vegetable Torta (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
Spring doesn’t really exist in Boston, except perhaps in our collective imaginations. It’s a very odd thing. Instead of the mercury slowly inching its way up the thermometer over the course of several months, it swings wildly back and forth from frigid to sweltering. One moment it can seems like we are back in winter,…
Chocolate Stout Sorbet (Low Carb)
Raise your hand if you like beer. Raise your hand if you like chocolate. Okay, now raise your hand if you like beer and chocolate together. Wow, I saw a lot of hands go down in the audience. I saw a lot of hesitant fluttering of hands, unsure of whether to stay up or not….
Rhubarb Sorbet (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
It’s rhubarb season! You have no idea how excited this makes me. I am ridiculously in love with the taste of rhubarb. It is a lifelong love, stemming from my childhood on a farm in southern Ontario where we had a large patch of the leafy vegetable. My mother had several wonderful rhubarb recipes, and…