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Fruit Popsicles

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Fruit Popsicles

(I used fresh strawberries for this recipe)

Makes 6

  • 1 cup full fat Greek yogurt
  • ½ cup coconut condensed milk (keto)
  • 2 tblspns heavy cream
  • 1 cup fresh fruit or berries
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  1. Clean fruit well and cut into smallish pieces
  2. Drop a few pieces into the popsicle mold to add a colourful fruity pop top
  3. Measure out the yoghurt, condensed milk, cream and vanilla essence into the container you will be blending in
  4. Add the rest of the fresh fruit to the dairy mix (I’ve made blueberry, strawberry and a mix of berries varieties)
  5. In a blender or a mason jar using a stick blender blend it very well. Taste to see if you want it sweeter, I don’t like it too sweet.
  6. Pour into your popsicle molds, leaving space at the top for expansion when it freezes, so take care not to over fill
  7. Make sure to get the trapped air out where your berries are at the bottom, I use a steel skewer
  8. Seal and place in freezer for at least 12 hours
  9. Dip in a mug of very hot water for 5 seconds and they should pull out of the mold easily
  10. Hope you try these. BTW, this mold is wonderful, it has a little stand and the popsicle molds seal well

I’m going to try peach and lemon next, maybe plum too. Apricots might be yummy. For autumn, coffee, chocolate or banana? You could get really creative, that’s for sure! They are super quick to throw together, it’s the waiting for them to freeze though!

Thanks for being here!

We’ve had a very hot two weeks here in the PNW but shouldn’t complain as the rest of summer has been absolutely lovely. Here are a few photos of summer treats, dishes and places.

Wishing you peace in your heart and home.

Low Carb Rocky Road Treat

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Do you have sugar-free baking chocolate, odds and ends of  nuts, low carb/keto cookies, and shredded coconut around to use up? I did, and this was my first attempt at making this LCHF treat.

ROCKY ROAD CHOCOLATE SQUARES

Ingredients

1. 2 chocolate bars, dark unsweetened

2. 1 cup chocolate chips

3. 1 stick salted butter (½ cup)

4. ¾ cup keto cookies, broken up

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Keto Chocolate Almond Protein Bites

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I had intended to cut these into bars but they are quite rich. Here’s the thing, though. I end up eating more than one at a time, so I’ll leave it up to you how you cut them!

Keto Health Bites (or Bars)

  • 1 cup whipping cream (240ml)
  • 3/4 cup keto sugar (150g)
  • 2/3 milk powder (130g)
  • 2/3 cup protein or whey powder
  • 1/2 cup almond flour (100g)
  • 1/2 cup almond or peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup almond flakes (70g)
  • 1/2 cup coconut flakes (70g)
  • 1/2 – 1 tsp almond or vanilla essence (your preference)

For topping:

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Keto Strawberry and Lemon Cheesecake with pecan crust

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Quick, light and no baking!

Ingredients

Crust

  • 3 oz butter or 3/4 stick (5 tblspns)
  • 3 tblspn keto sugar
  • 1 cup pecan flour (ground pecans if you don’t have)
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 cup ground flaxseed

Spiced Keto Muffins with orange zest

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I’m beginning to think this is the only muffin recipe I’ll be using for a long while, just varying the flavours and types of nut flour I use. These are fresh out the oven to break an 8/16 fast since late lunch yesterday. Delicious slathered in butter. Just butter! I’m also convinced my favourite keto sugar is the brown version in the image below. Absolutely NO aftertaste, coolness and really tastes good. I’m not sure how I’ll bake keto sponge cakes in future, but honestly, it’s 100% the best flavour.

What we’ll be doing here – melting the butter/sugar mix gently on the stove; mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and in another bowl mix cream/nut milk/buttermilk with eggs and orange zest. Make sure to check you have some spices handy, I used a few or you can just stick with cinnamon. There are some optional things you can leave out, it will absolutely work without the optional add in’s. Makes 1 dozen muffins. Here we go:

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Keto Almond Biscotti

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The last few Biscotti remain in a tin, so it’s a good time to post this recipe as they are “endorsed” by how long they have lasted, which has not been quite 10 days! I often bake two different items in one go, as I did when I baked these Biscotti. When I’m in the middle of baking I feel … oh well, all standard baking ingredients are on the counter and a mess is already made, might as well bake two goodies. I’ll post the fruit bake I made next.

I was born in South Africa and a standard in most homes is something called “rusks” dunked in a cup of tea or coffee, or just crunched as a snack, sort of similar to Biscotti. I do like Biscotti but they really don’t come close to the comfort of a hearty rusk, but we did enjoy these very much.

(My Mum bakes a large batch of rusks at least every few weeks, a handy standby for pop in friends. They are a sweet baked cake-like loaf, torn apart or sliced into pieces and then dried overnight in a slow oven. In SA they range from plain buttermilk rusks, to raisin and bran, or even lightly spiced and sometimes even aniseed, which I’m not a fan of.

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Chocolate Orange Baked Cheesecake

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Chocolate crust, orange topping.

It’s been every kind of winter weather today. Crisp sunshine, sleet, windy gusts, calm and then driving rain. A “spend time in the kitchen” kind of day.

The lovely mandarins I bought for zesting and freshly purchased cocoa seemed the perfect combination for cheesecake.

I was surprised to see how cracked the cheesecake turned out and learned that overbeating is the cause. It’s odd, because when I poured it into the cheesecake pan I thought, ooh!, what a wonderful light mix. Using a whisk is apparently the answer to a perfectly smooth, heavier more settled mix and smoother top. I did use an electric beater, so lesson learned. Be sure to let all your cream cheese come to room temperature if using a whisk, otherwise you’ll be tired out mixing until smooth. Letting ingredients get to room temperature is a challenge for me as my recipes are usually impromptu whims!

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A Case for Xmas Cake (more cake … fresh fruit! )

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I’m not a fan of glacé fruit of *any* kind and I dislike traditional compressed glacé Christmas fruit cake intensely. It’s the worst! Sticky sickly sweet, weird texture, the glacé fruit has no resemblance of fruit flavour whatsoever, and yucky to eat … and barely a trace of cake. I fall firmly into the non- fruitcake group.

But. I’ve been baking this LCHF cake for Xmas for a few years now. It’s based on a friend of my parents, Kathy, who lives in South Africa. I wrote her recipe up in 1987(!) and have used it as a base since then. It’s evolved into a more keto friendly cake, still a tad high in carbs if you’re on serious keto, but fine for an annual holiday treat. I never ever made the icing though! Not a fan.

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My Chaffle Recipe (sweet) with berries and cream

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I’ve been putting off trying out the mini waffle maker my partner bought for me … well, I think more nervous about making a keto chaffle itself!

The trick is to work fast, and I mean really fast.

Wow, are they are delicious!

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