Sometimes I wish I had more of a sweet tooth. I realise that’s a strange thing to say. You see, I’m the savoury person who smugly says no thanks to chocolate, only to savage an entire family-size bag of chips the second no one is looking. The fact is, it’s easier to turn sweet recipes into healthy versions.
Muffins have always been my go-to snack option. I love that you can be creative and even a little weird in your combinations – cheese and cranberry, anyone ? If you can dream it, you can make a muffin out of it. I tend towards not following a recipe for my muffin mixes, mainly because I always think that I can a) do it better and b) make it healthier.
One of the earlier side effects of my pregnancy was an all-consuming, get-out-of-my-way-or-I will-kill-your-firstborn craving for sugar. I even ate random things that I don’t actually like, such as boiled sweets and lollipops (lollipops? Take me back to the late 90’s club scene with a pair of white gloves and a sweetie dummy).
I named these fluff cakes because when you make them right, they are light, airy and fluffy – like the cake version of a poodle. If I’m honest though, I’ve only managed to get them like that once. The rest of the time they’ve come out like normal cookies.
With the Banting revolution running rampant across the globe, the popularity of cauliflower is at an all time high. It’s like the dorky kid in high school who got a hot girl makeover and made it into the Plastics (Mean Girls movie ref in case you’re not clued up your 2000 teen comedies).
I follow a lot of healthy lifestyle instagrammers, and one thing I’ve noticed is that regardless of country, age or diet, EVERYONE posts pictures of balls. Bliss balls, protein balls, date balls, snack balls – whatever you call them, they all amount to the same thing: chuck 6-8 interchangeable ingredients into your food processor, combine, roll, refrigerate and voila! Raw, healthy snacks for days.
Sometimes I wish I had more of a sweet tooth. I realise that’s a strange thing to say. You see, I’m the savoury person who smugly says no thanks to chocolate, only to savage an entire family-size bag of chips the second no one is looking. The fact is, it’s easier to turn sweet recipes into healthy versions.
Muffins have always been my go-to snack option. I love that you can be creative and even a little weird in your combinations – cheese and cranberry, anyone ? If you can dream it, you can make a muffin out of it. I tend towards not following a recipe for my muffin mixes, mainly because I always think that I can a) do it better and b) make it healthier.
One of the earlier side effects of my pregnancy was an all-consuming, get-out-of-my-way-or-I will-kill-your-firstborn craving for sugar. I even ate random things that I don’t actually like, such as boiled sweets and lollipops (lollipops? Take me back to the late 90’s club scene with a pair of white gloves and a sweetie dummy).
I named these fluff cakes because when you make them right, they are light, airy and fluffy – like the cake version of a poodle. If I’m honest though, I’ve only managed to get them like that once. The rest of the time they’ve come out like normal cookies.
With the Banting revolution running rampant across the globe, the popularity of cauliflower is at an all time high. It’s like the dorky kid in high school who got a hot girl makeover and made it into the Plastics (Mean Girls movie ref in case you’re not clued up your 2000 teen comedies).
I follow a lot of healthy lifestyle instagrammers, and one thing I’ve noticed is that regardless of country, age or diet, EVERYONE posts pictures of balls. Bliss balls, protein balls, date balls, snack balls – whatever you call them, they all amount to the same thing: chuck 6-8 interchangeable ingredients into your food processor, combine, roll, refrigerate and voila! Raw, healthy snacks for days.
