Chocolate Brownie Hearts

Bars and cookies, Desserts, Paleo

Paleo Chocolate Brownie Hearts with Cacao Nibs and Rose Petals Brownie Hearts: 1 cup soft dates 2 tbsp raw honey 3 tablespoons coconut oil 2 eggs 1 cup almond meal…

Pear and Persimmon Crumble

Desserts, Vegan

  As a child, apple crumble was my favorite dessert.  Especially when you climbed the tree yourself and picked the apples and then crumble on your plate piping hot and…

Raw Pad Thai

Main dishes, Paleo, Salads, Vegan

Sometimes my favorite part of a dinner party is the second dinner that happens in the kitchen at the end of the night. The one that happens with shoes kicked…

Paleo Lemon Poppyseed Muffins

Bars and cookies, Breakfast ideas, Cakes, Desserts, Paleo

Last weekend we were in a local cafe and Jared saw someone tucking into a big lemon poppyseed muffin. He looked at me… ‘You know what I could go for…

Sock It To Me Cake!

Cakes, Desserts, Paleo

I will never forget the first time I encountered a cake made from a box. My dad’s parents lived in a house called Monksfield.  Whenever we would go there to…

Gluten: Fact, Fiction or Fad?

Health and Wellbeing, lifestyle

A friend recently tipped me off to a new bakery and told me it would be great for me because they made gluten-free items. It’s funny, I’ve never actually told…

Coconut Cashew Fudge Hearts

Bars and cookies, Desserts, Paleo, Vegan

Last night I was joined by 8 beautiful ladies for another cooking class, this time with a Valentine’s day dessert theme. My favorite!   We had so much fun cooking…

Raw Valentine’s Fig and Banana Cheesecake

Bars and cookies, Cakes, Desserts, Paleo, Vegan

A lot of the time my inspiration for food comes from looking at what we have and making it become something else… this was one of those.  After a batch…

Legal German Chocolate Cake

Cakes, Desserts, Paleo

Chocolate cake was part of my childhood. It was present at every birthday celebration, every family event, it joined us for many happy Sunday afternoons, it came into school classrooms…

Paleo Pumpkin Pie

Desserts, holidays, Paleo

I’m a novice when it comes to Thanksgiving.  Being a born and bred Londoner I didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving until I came to America six years ago.  My first Thanksgiving dinner…