Everyone’s A Fruit and Nut Case…
At Christmas the shops are full of fancy chocolates that sometimes delight but often disappoint. If you’re already following a…
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Power potions: Dark Chocolate Linseeds
Linseeds are a fantastic female food. They are full of nutrition and soluble fibre and can support gut health, relieve…
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Apple and Almond Cake
We invited some dear friends to supper last night for an impromptu birthday celebration. Although I’m not the world’s most…
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Roasted apricots with pistachio and roses
Last night’s simple dessert accidentally turned into something bloggable that I was encouraged to share. I started off by halving…
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Baked fig with goat’s cheese and thyme
The fig season is upon us and, while I love adding slices of raw fig to a cheese board, they…
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Power breakfast: seasonal apple compote
I’m a great believer that the proverbs and old wives’ tales that we learned from our grandparents were based in…
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Almond, orange and pecan cake
You know how I feel about cake and desserts: even when they’re made with the best ingredients, they are too…
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Black Forest Breakfast
There are some classic flavour combinations that risk being forever lost to low carb dieters and many of my recipes…
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Coconut pancakes with bacon and raspberries
I’ll be honest, sprinkling sugar and lemon juice over a hot, lacy pancake is a favourite childhood memory that has been…
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Chocolate Avocado Mousse
There are endless variations of this recipe out there: here’s mine. But Now for a confession……it started out as an ordinary…
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Lemon Macaroon Tart
If you’re still searching for a low carb, gluten free, dessert that doesn’t taste like any of the above, then…
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Guilt-free, gluten-free, almost sugar-free chocolate brownies.
When I first tasted these brownies I had a moment of pure bliss. As Van Morrison would say, ‘I’ve been…
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Coffee and Walnut Chocolates
Low carbers don’t need to miss out on delicious things. These coffee and walnut chocolates hit the healthy and happy…
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Fake cornflake cakes
It really couldn’t be easier: Ingredients: 120g 85% organic dark chocolate 100g lightly toasted flaked almonds 50g unsweeteened dried cranberries…
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Christmas Cream Cheat!
Need to whip cream this Christmas? Just leave the film top on the pot and shake it until you can…
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Dissident chocolate ice cream
My dissident diet has become such a way of life now that I even inflict low carb menus on friends…
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Nigel’s low carb cheesecake
Back in the good old days when I used to eat cheesecake in the mistaken impression that it was lower…
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Very dark and moussey chocolate cake
This cake will be an (almost) guilt-free addition to the Easter menu this year. A serious hit of dark chocolate…
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Seasonal blackcurrant fool
Desserts are one of the trickiest courses when you’re on any diet, but particularly on The Dissident Diet. Normally I…
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