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  • Supercharged healthy cookie granola in a jar.

    Supercharged healthy cookie granola [refined sugar free]

    1 November 2020 / 66 Comments

    This supercharged healthy cookie granola is an improved version of my healthy cookie granola, featuring a greater variety of whole grains (puffed and rolled), with the addition of moist coconut flakes and a whole lot of seeds. I love eating…

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    By Katerina
  • Fluffy walnut banana slice [gluten, dairy and refined sugar free]

    28 August 2020 / 76 Comments

    You may notice a couple of things about the above image… The gorgeously fluffy walnut banana slice, served with naturally sweetened maple yoghurt icing of course, but also perhaps the plates stacked on top of an upturned breakfast bowl (because…

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    By Katerina
  • Frozen fruit overnight oats in a bowl with a spoon.

    Frozen fruit overnight oats [dairy and refined sugar free, nut free possible]

    2 August 2020 / 56 Comments

    Another overnight oats recipe? Well, yes. As a self-professed breakfast lover, I could honestly just eat brekky all day long. It’s funny to look back now and think about how I had long avoided overnight oats (or bircher, as some…

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    By Katerina
  • Healthier birthday carrot mini cakes with mango cream cheese frosting on a cake stand.

    Healthier birthday mini carrot cakes with mango cream cheese frosting

    19 July 2020 / 65 Comments

    Okay, yes, “healthier birthday mini carrot cakes with mango cream cheese frosting” is possibly the longest post title on this whole blog but sometimes there is nothing like being literal and descriptive, you know? Without the detail, you might have…

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    By Katerina
  • Coconut quinoa in bowls.

    Coconut quinoa [refined sugar free]

    12 July 2020 / 82 Comments

    I have to admit, I’ve never been a quinoa lover. But this coconut quinoa has changed my mind completely. Over the last couple of months, I must have made it at least four times, and given one batch will give…

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    By Katerina
  • Two ingredient chocolate fudge sauce being poured.

    Two ingredient chocolate fudge sauce [no added sugar]

    5 June 2020 / 78 Comments

    Remember that gorgeous chocolate peanut butter cheesecake I made for my husband’s birthday a couple of weeks back? The top layer of that cheesecake, the smooth and creamy chocolate ganache layer, used sweet condensed coconut milk and when I used…

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    By Katerina
  • Homemade mayonnaise in a jar.

    Mild and creamy homemade mayonnaise

    9 April 2020 / 36 Comments

    Is this unplanned break we are all taking from our normal lives a good time to make your own mayonnaise? I don’t know. But I guess, why not, hey? If you have some eggs, then all you need to make…

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    By Katerina
  • Healthy cookie granola yoghurt pots in jam jars.

    Healthy cookie granola yoghurt pots

    19 March 2020 / 70 Comments

    Imagine this – layers of delicious lightly spiced crunchy granola that tastes just like a cookie (but is, in fact, refined sugar free), smooth natural Greek yoghurt, sticky and sweet (but also refined sugar free) homemade jam and freshly chopped…

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    By Katerina
  • Healthy cookie granola in a yellow bowl.

    Healthy cookie granola

    12 March 2020 / 38 Comments

    As a self-professed breakfast lover, I am no longer happy to eat something I quickly scramble together in the wee hours of the morning, or skip breakfast altogether. I am becoming a bit like Nigella that way, you know. Every…

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    By Katerina
  • Mango icy pops on a blue and white tray.

    Two ingredient mango icy pops [refined sugar free]

    22 February 2020 / 40 Comments

    If there is one word which sums up Australian summer, for me it’s mangoes. Beautiful, juicy, golden mangoes from Queensland – to me, there is nothing better. You can indulge in them as they are, pop them on your breakfast…

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    By Katerina
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I am Katerina and I love trying out (loads of) healthy family-friendly recipes. I am obsessed with food, travel and photography. I live in Canberra, Australia.

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