Tag: sweet

Raw Chocolate Truffles

Raw Chocolate Truffles

This is a quick yet very interesting recipe. These raw cacao truffles are soft and delicious. A perfect gift or treat this festive season or any other occasion. They are super easy with nuts and use dates as a sweetener. A great healthier alternative! Preparation I 

Homemade Healthy Nutella

Homemade Healthy Nutella

While busy, trying to work on an assignment, I was craving something chocolatey and sweet. I didn’t have anything around, as I like to keep the house free from junk but then I quickly I remembered about this quick four ingredient homemade Nutella recipe, and I 

Easy summer dessert

Easy summer dessert

I came across this recipe by skinnyms on Pinterest and immediately liked it because it can be done in 5 minutes.  My colleague made it for us and it was such a pretty dessert. Thus I decided to have my go at slightly modifying this 

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet Potato Fries

This is a super easy sweet potato chips recipe that you can make any time instead of conventional chips. For this recipe I have used white sweet potatoes which are grown locally in Malta. They are cheaper than normal sweet potatoes and we prefer their 

Sweet Potato Brownies

Sweet Potato Brownies

Brownies are an all time favourtie. In my earlier cooking days I used to make these delicious super food brownies with oats, almonds, raisins, cinnamon, cacao and cayenne pepper. Now, whenever I make home made almond milk, I use the leftover almond meal to make these 

Easy Strawberry Jam

Easy Strawberry Jam

This is a very simple jam recipe, far different from the conventional style of making jam. I find it great since it is done without sugar or nasty preserves. It is also fairly easy and quick to make. It’s also the perfect time to make strawberry Jam here 

Lemon date coconut balls

Lemon date coconut balls

This is a simple recipe for adult coconut balls. I refer to them as being ‘adult’ since the lemon really adds a mature twist to the conventional coconut balls. They are great for welcoming guests during the festive season, or any other occasion. Simple to do 

Chia Seed Pudding

Chia Seed Pudding

This recipe is very interesting. The first time I came across it was on Detox Your World but there are many other numerous similar recipes out there. I will give you the recipe as I found it, but you could experiment with adding other wonderful 

Pumpkin Donuts

Pumpkin Donuts

It’s pumpkin season and this brings with it lots of yummy soups, sauces and sweets involving pumpkin. Halloween is over and I hope you find this recipe a good use for your carved pumpkin leftovers.   I started this recipe by making pumpkin puree, which can 

Raw Apple Pie

Raw Apple Pie

My dear brother-in-law celebrated his 30th birthday this month and this got me thinking to prepare something special for him. Knowing him and his love for apple desserts, the obvious choice for me was to  create a healthy alternative for the typical confectionery Apple Pie. Like me, 

Ice-cream lollies alternative

Ice-cream lollies alternative

I finally found an alternative to ice cream lollies! My mum often buys these ice cream lollies covered with chocolate and almonds and I find them too irresistible. I had to come up with my own alternative as otherwise it was becoming too hard not to 

Easy Cranberry Biscotti

Easy Cranberry Biscotti

I modified my recipe for vegan cocoa pistachio biscotti to make a super fast and easy dessert recipe. I made these biscotti while on vacation in Gozo so I did not have any food processor or extra ingredients at hand. They turned out very good 

Vegan Cocoa Pistachio Biscotti

Vegan Cocoa Pistachio Biscotti

I wanted to bake something which can handle some travelling and these biscotti were just perfect to take on the go. I found this recipe online whilst looking for a paleo desert recipe including pistachios. I immediately thought this recipe was for my type of 

Healthy Alternative Figolli

Healthy Alternative Figolli

Figolli are Maltese traditional sweets eaten in the Easter period. Since everyone asked for a healthy version on facebook, here is my alternative and guilt free figolli version. This recipe is gluten free, grain free and paleo. Figolli are usually made of a sweet almond 

Kwarezimal – Lenten Almond Cakes

Kwarezimal – Lenten Almond Cakes

‘Kwarezimal’ are Maltese tradition biscuits consumed during lent in Malta. The word itself comes from the Latin word ‘quadragesima’ which means the 40 days of lent. Most of you have asked for my version of kwarezimal and here you are. My gluten free, refined sugar