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Apricot Almond Low Carb Muffins

Posted on Jan 9, 2013 in All Recipe Posts, Breakfast, Fruit, Muffins, Nuts, Protein, Protein Muffins, Special Diet | 11 comments

I get so many requests for low carbohydrate recipes, I wish I had a dollar for every time I get asked. I’d be a bazillionaire! It does speak volumes about the popularity of low carb diets though. For some, it’s about losing body fat and maybe some weight. For others, it’s a lifestyle choice due to health factors like Type II...

Posted on Feb 22, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Nuts, Protein, Protein Bread, Savouries, Special Diet | 29 comments

Welcome to Almondfest 2012 … or maybe Protein Bread Fest? Anyone following the CCM Facebook page will notice I’ve gone totally nuts with the almonds lately. I’ve recently started making my own fresh almond milk again, after a long period of laziness. I just got sick of buying almond milk that wasn’t 100% almond milk. I like to...

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 in All Recipe Posts, Chocolate, Nuts, Protein, Protein Chocolates, Special Diet | 22 comments

They say you shouldn’t mix water with chocolate. They are usually correct. But not always Last week, I decided I would spend seven days … a whole week … abstaining from all things chocolate. No chocolate, no cacao, not even in my post-workout protein shake. I would not even work with chocolate in the kitchen. No melting,...

Posted on Dec 11, 2011 in All Recipe Posts, Chocolate, Fruit, Protein, Protein Chocolates, Special Diet | 16 comments

Hello world … I’m your whe-ey girl I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb Am I feeling a bit pleased with myself? Just a bit. OK, quite a lot actually. While baking and making lots of sweet stuff for family and friends for Christmas, I started feeling a little left out of the picture. Mostly because over the holiday season, I...

Posted on May 8, 2011 in All Recipe Posts, Fruit, Nuts, Tarts & Patisserie | 12 comments

I love autumn. Not the weather getting colder, days getting shorter part. I’m not so enthused about that. I need my sunshine. But while everyone else is raking up leaves and cursing about the mess they make, I think they lend a real beauty to our urban landscape. Plus it’s fun going for a run and crunching them underfoot. Yes,...