Sweets & Snacks Recipes

Zucchini Bread

Did you know that a zucchini is technically a fruit? Mind blown. It’s the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower. Slightly off putting. Now with this new fact, I find it the perfect time to quote my mate Brian O’Driscoll when I say….”knowledge is knowing a zucchini is a...

Vegan Pumpkin Brownies

If a brownie was vegan, paleo and gluten-free, what the hell would they talk about first? These guys wouldn’t need to be THAT annoying brownie, their deliciousness would speak for itself and all their brownie friends wouldn’t get pissed off at their preachy,...

Vegan Banana Bread Cookies

The world is in chaos right now and the only thing that makes sense is banana bread. Maybe it’s a metaphor for us all in COVID lock-down? Like the brown banana, there you are languishing on your couch, feeling unwanted, squishy, perhaps a little smelly, and ready to...

Sweet Potato Loaf

Sweet potato and I are at odds over me trying to make him into crispy oven-baked fries and him refusing to do so. He’s been a total stubborn arse over the matter to be honest. Apart from this issue, he is amazingly compliant in other recipes, happily spreading the...
Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake

Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake

Sometimes when the world all gets too much, I like to bake. It gives me comfort. Like when I think back to all the time I invested in Game of Thrones and the finale was a trash fire, I made cookies. Or when I realised a Hemsworth was wasted by being married to that...

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Orange Blossom Chia Pudding

Orange Blossom Chia Pudding

Yeah, yeah, its chia pudding, but I’m not trying to win Masterchef here, I’m just trying to give you healthy stuff that tastes good. What can I say, you get the seed/liquid balance right on these guys and you’re home and hosed. Then you can just play around with...

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CHEATS COCONUT YOGHURT

CHEATS COCONUT YOGHURT

Coconut yoghurt is bloody delicious. My addiction to the stuff is real. Have they put crack in it? The way its priced here in Dubai, I think they might have. Anyway, I’ve tried a couple of times to make the stuff using coconut milk, probiotic capsules and patience,...

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Chai Spiced Almond Butter Loaf

Chai Spiced Almond Butter Loaf

Yeah, yeah, I know nut butter is delicious straight from the jar, but have you tried it in cake form? Nah, neither had I until I knocked together this little beauty. It rates highly on my AF rating meter. It’s tasty AF, healthy AF and easy AF to make. So use your loaf...

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Cappuccino Cookies

Cappuccino Cookies

Coffee. I love the stuff. It smells awesome, tastes awesome and my morning cup makes me feel like I’ve got my shit together. I don’t, but it makes me feel like I do. So it really was a no-brainer to make it into a cookie flavour so I could have my coffee and eat it...

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Bounty Bites

Bounty Bites

Surprise! Easter is almost upon us. It was hard not to notice though seeing as all the Easter paraphernalia has been in the shops since the fat man and his reindeers cleared out. So on the topic of Easter, lets talk about Cadbury Creme Eggs. They are repulsive. That...

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BANANA, BLUEBERRY & COCONUT CAKE

BANANA, BLUEBERRY & COCONUT CAKE

Dubai doesn’t have the tropical temps to grow bananas, so they’re shipped in. This is unfortunate, because these shipped in bananas taste like arse. I literally only buy bananas here to let them get too ripe, then use them in baking. It’s the only way they are edible....

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Bakewell Slice

Bakewell Slice

So this treat is traditionally a tart with a pastry crust, jammy layer and almondy frangipane. Delicious. Then they go and ruin it by covering it with that sickly white fondant icing and top it with a glacé cherry so it looks like a British girls boob in the middle of...

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APRICOT CRUMBLE SLICE

APRICOT CRUMBLE SLICE

I don’t know about you, but I’ll go in the pantry and I’ll have 5 bags of something and I truly have no idea how that came about. Like, am I high when I go to the store? Have I got the munchies? And it’s always something you don’t use much, in this case, I had a...

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