It is amazing the lengths I will go to convince myself that cake is healthy. I told myself I could eat this for breakfast, was delighted by how guilt-less this was, and was convinced that no sugar meant no bad stuff. Take this loaf for instance. It’s got olive oil and whole wheat flour so…
The Desserted Girl
Guilt-Free Blueberry Pancakes (Eggless, Sugar-Free)
They say if you fail, try and try till you succeed. In my life so far, this motto has not applied to algebra, chocolate abstinence or sensible shopping. But it has applied to pancakes. When I first tried these pancakes, I struggled to think of a name for the disaster that ensued. The batter was…
Creamy Hung Curd Dip with Zucchini Chips
As a child, I apparently LOVED curd. And bananas. An abnormal amount of love. Legend has it bananas had to be hid from me. And curd, well no one minded me loving it. Good bacteria and all of that. Then I entered the troubled teens and decided they were both among the ghastliest food items I could put…
Chocolate Oat and Speculoos Fudge
I grew up on a healthy diet of Malory Towers and St Clare’s. Boarding schools that came into my life way before Hogwarts did, thanks to Enid Blyton and her magic. Books that I devoured so fast that on my 10th birthday, I was done with the one my parents got me a couple of hours…
Spinach + Mushroom and Mushroom + Olive Quesadillas
I’ve spent weekends making extremely complicated food, not realizing till recently that the whole point of a weekend is that it’s a two-day VACATION. And vacations do not mean cursing the universe in a sweltering hot kitchen because the pastry dough just won’t stay still and the yeast won’t behave. No, weekends are for things…