Food

Need a beverage that is elegant and flavourful but no alcohol? This is your drink. Fast to make and sugar free, refreshing on a hot summer day.

The pumpkin is aged overnight with pumpkin pie spices heightening the flavour, coupled with persimmon pureed and seasoned with ginger. The gluten free crust provides a nice almond flavour for this tasty autumn treat.

Earthy mace, cinnamon, cardamom and allspice are warm and sweet and conjure up sunny breakfasts with icing dripping down your hand. These soft buns do not disappoint. Great for #veganuary!

This fluffy cake is a tribute to Arles and its seasonal fruits. It is vegan and oil-free, with an option to make it sugar-free. No cheating necessary here. Decorate with lemon zest and the fruits you have at hand. It will be different every time you bake it. Who says healthy can’t taste great?

One of my favourite countries is France. From my time living there as a young girl to travels on a regular basis, the country is one of physical beauty, great people and the food culture is unique. For the celebration of Bastille Day, this interpretation of the French flag is a salute to France using fresh fruits as the colours.

Adzuki Bean is also commonly referred to as Red Bean Paste, a bean used widely in Asian cuisine.  I have used Adzuki Bean in my No Bake Adzuki Bean Fudge recipe and have modified the fudge to be both sugar-free and dairy-free to allow it to be vegan as well.  Inspired by: Ontariobeans.ca

The use of monk fruit in this recipe for Strawberry Shortcake makes this dessert sugar free.  If you are unable to locate monk fruit, then use granulated stevia or if sugar (if sugar-free is not a concern).

A festive Vegetarian Sugar Free Sweet Potato Beet pie for this lovely holiday season. This pie has three layers of flavour for your enjoyment: the bottom layer is purple sweet potato flavoured with cinnamon, mace, ginger and allspice. The middle layer is a yam, orange in colour flavoured also with cinnamon, mace ginger and allspice. The top layer is red beets flavoured with anise, orange juice and stevia drops. The taste of this pie will make you forget pumpkin pie forever. The pie crust is from Betty Crocker.

This strawberry cheesecake is not only gluten-free but also sugar-free.  By using Monkfruit (or stevia if monkfruit is unavailable) this cheesecake is great for those looking to cut processed refined sugar from their diet.  Using almond flour for the crust it is also gluten-free, so it will not be a problem for those suffering from celiac disease.

This refreshing Strawberry Ice Cream is Sugar-Free using stevia, and from ripe strawberries.  Garnish the ice cream with fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, red currants and mint leaves.  This simple dessert will wow your guests!

What's better than donuts?  How about Lemon Yogurt Donuts with Glaze and Frosting?  All while being Sugar-Free?  This recipe uses stevia in place of sugar and will please the sweet tooth!

For this Banana Nut Bread, I have reduced the calories by removing the sugar and this bread gets its sweetness from the ripe bananas.  It's my mom's recipe that I have modified, but hope you enjoy it as much as I do!