I don’t consider I cheated over Christmas it’s just that there were a few things I wanted to eat because they are traditional at Christmas and I enjoy them. For example Mince Pies, I love them and I only eat them at Christmas. Yes I know it was self indulgent but hey ho, or should…

I’ve just signed up for this and hope to raise money for Cancer research somehow through this page. Need to think how but I will think of a way. This is an important charity to me personally and want to raise as much as I can for it. This is the link if you wish…

Chocolates packed and ready to go Top: double chocolate mint, latte cream, zesty lemon curd Middle: boozy cherry, hazelnut in chocolate Bottom: bitter chocolate ganache, candy cane bark, pistachio bark 3 days well spent I think

Am just finishing making chocolates for Christmas presents. 2 days of being covered in melted chocolate… arms, face, ears and hands now have a chocolate tinge. One thing to remember for next time… don’t lick fingers after handling peppermint oil. There are 8 varieties and if I say so myself they’re looking good. They are…

What would Christmas dinner be like without a Christmas Pudding. This is an adapted version of my Mums recipe. LOWER CARB TRADITIONAL STEAMED CHRISTMAS PUDDING 110g (3 3/4oz) suet 110g (3 3/4oz) ground almonds 1 tsp mixed spice/all spice/pumpkin spices or all 3 if you want 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg (optional) 100g (4 oz) sukrin…

I totally love Christmas cake and the icing but hate marzipan so tend to spend Christmas dissecting the cake before I eat it. A long time ago an Aunt used to make our Christmas cakes with an almond free marzipan, sadly this recipe died with her, so if anyone has a recipe for one that…

I love sausage meat stuffing with my Christmas dinner and afterwards with the cold turkey and pickled onions. This one is really tasty and has a great texture. Not sure of the carbs but don’t think it can be that high, and it is Christmas. LOW CARB SAUSAGE MEAT STUFFING 500g/1 pound pork sausage meat…

Gingerbread men and cookies are a Christmas tradition and children love to make and decorate them. These ones are made with cream cheese as I like the texture of cream cheese cookies. GINGERBREADMEN 2 tbsp/1 ounce cream cheese 85g/3 ounces butter, softened 6 tbsp coconut flour 2 tbsp granulated sweetener of choice 2 tsp ginger…

A great thing at Christmas is the cheese board. All the cheeses that you’ve been wanting to try but haven’t and all your favourites. But you need a decent cracker and ones you buy are too high in carb, fat head ones ore ok but don’t quite make the grade. These are simple to make,…