Desserts & Treats

Low carb, gluten free blueberry and vanilla mug cake

Low carb, gluten free blueberry and vanilla mug cake

This low carb, gluten free blueberry and vanilla mug cake is currently a firm family favourite. I regularly see delicious looking mug cakes on social media and think how wonderful, simple and quick they look to make. But then when inspecting the ingredients I quickly…

Low carb chocolate mousse cake

Low carb chocolate mousse cake

This low carb chocolate mousse cake is for any day, any time, any occasion. It is simple to make with easy to source ingredients. It is rich, decadent, indulgent and makes the most incredible centrepiece. It is a true talking point as not only is…

Low carb baked chocolate cheesecake

Low carb baked chocolate cheesecake

With Easter fast approaching I thought it was time to share one of my favourite baked chocolate cheesecake recipes. This really is a showstopper. It has a beautiful consistency, rich and chocolatey, sweet but not too much and probably the most simple ingredients for any…

Simple fruity bites

Simple fruity bites

Two simple fruity bites for you and your family. Bites that take 20 mins to make, from start to finish. I made a promise to my blog the other day, that I would add to it more. I feel like it might have, perhaps, lost…

2 ingredient chocolate mousse

2 ingredient chocolate mousse

The most simple, delicious, 2 ingredient dairy-free chocolate mousse, loved by the whole family. I didn’t intentionally make them dairy free, but they work ever so well. My eldest daughter, Florence, adores them, especially served in an egg cup. Great for a little chocolate treat,…

Chocolate Pancake Swirls

Chocolate Pancake Swirls

A simple and utterly delicious recipe for chocolate pancake swirls. It is a slightly adapted version of my Yorkshire pudding recipe from my festive ebook. Very similar in taste and texture to the inside of a pain-au-chocolat. If you aren’t a chocolate fan then you…

Mrs P’s Festive E-Book

Mrs P’s Festive E-Book

It is with great excitement that I have launched my first e-book, which is available Worldwide. I was fortunate enough to be published last November with my first hard copy book The Low-Carb Diabetes Cookbook. Since then so much has happened and it has been quite…

Low-carb blackberry crumble with homemade custard

Low-carb blackberry crumble with homemade custard

A simple and delicious low carb recipe for blackberry crumble with homemade custard. One of my favourite moments recently has been wondering through the lanes in the open countryside near our home picking blackberries with Florence. Since the sickness and nausea lifted at 16 weeks…

Low-Carb Cheesecake

Low-Carb Cheesecake

This is the most delicious low-carb cheesecake you will find… please read on! I have never been a huge cheesecake fan. Well, not until I created this recipe. I have always found them far too sweet and cloying. When I was about 10 I made…

Low-Carb Hot Cross Buns

Low-Carb Hot Cross Buns

Walking through the supermarket earlier smelt like I’d walked into a hot cross bun oven. It was inescapable. Out of interest I picked up a packet to look at the ingredients. I gave up after getting to number 20….I wasn’t surprised, of course. But, is…

Chocolate hazelnut spread

Chocolate hazelnut spread

Did you know that a standard 440g jar of Nutella contains a staggering 249g of sugar. That works out as a 37 gram serving of sugar in every two tablespoons, or a whopping 57 cubes per jar. Worrying? The alternative options have the same amount of sugar and…

Low-Carb Mince Pies

Low-Carb Mince Pies

I recently asked my readers whether there was anything Christmas food related that they would like to see a low-carb alternative for.  The messages flooded in. Everything from eggnog and twiglets to brandy butter and turkey sandwiches. Low-carb mince pies appeared a grand total of…