After developing and testing hundreds of sugar-free desserts, including candy, I found the best sugar-free sweetener alternative is allulose. It dissolves as white sugar does, and unlike monk fruit or erythritol, doesn't leave desserts grainy, bitter, or with a cooling aftertaste.
Teddy's Tallow Chips began as a solution for Teddy's food allergies, with his mother Katherine cooking potatoes in beef tallow to create a safe snack.
Mānuka honey introduces a layer of complexity that traditional sweeteners cannot replicate. Ultra MGO 800+ is described as thicker, richer and more earthy than standard honey, delivering intense mineral bursts and chocolate notes.
Those boxes of store-bought Jell-O-style powders typically use gelatin to achieve the familiar springy, jiggly texture. As it turns out, however, agar agar works just as well and is derived instead from algae. It is a flavorless, odorless, and translucent gelling agent that can be slipped into any recipe, though the preparation and storage requirements are not exactly the same as those of gelatin.
Liquid Remedy clocks in at just 5 calories per 8.5 ounce can and zero sugar. It's a kombucha drink rather than a soda, but it comes in a range of fun fruity flavors such as mixed berry and raspberry lemonade that will help you scratch that soda itch. Kombucha is a probiotic drink that has been shown to have some benefits for gut health.
Late-night snacking has had a bad rap for a long time. When pop culture takes a stab at this (very) human thing, it often portrays the scene as pernicious or, at best, distasteful. Combine that with regular condemnation by diet culture and accusatory media headlines that frame after-dinner eating as a moral failing, and it's easy to see why most of us want to steer clear.
This opening episode dives straight into detoxing. From juice cleanses and detox teas to charcoal pills, foot pads, and coffee enemas, Edwards and Baumgardt watch, wince, and occasionally laugh their way through some of the internet's most popular detox trends. Along the way, they ask what these products claim to remove, how they supposedly work, and why feeling worse is often reframed online as a sign that a detox is "working."
If you're trying to eat more vegetables, consider slurping more soup. Most of them rely on vegetables as a base, and from there, it's easy to add even more for a belly-filling, nourishing meal. Without much effort, you can easily work two servings of vegetables into a single bowl. Soup also happens to be one of the most simple and soul-warming things to make, a breeze to customize and easily packed for lunches,
Yogurt bowls are great-both the sweet and savory kinds-but there are so many more recipes with yogurt to know and love. This versatile dairy staple can bulk up a breakfast smoothie, anchor a marinade for lamb and other meats, form the base of classic dips like tzatziki, and transform ice pops into high-protein, healthy desserts-adding tang, tenderness, and creaminess along the way. From weeknight dinners to no-bake sweets, yogurt does more heavy lifting in the kitchen than almost any other dairy product.
I work with busy professionals, so I've been integrating micro workouts of two to 10 minutes into my clients' lifestyles for almost 20 years. The most important thing for your health isn't getting all your daily movement done in one big, perfectly curated workout - it's about being consistent.
Vegan meats are known to be a hit or miss. They're either a total surprise that makes you double-check whether you're not accidentally eating the real thing, or a massive disappointment that leaves a regretful dent in your wallet, given the average price of plant-based meat substitutes. In all fairness, certain types of meat are difficult to replicate, bacon being one of them. The thin texture and the smoky flavor are hard to make from plants alone.
Prep 5 min Cook 30 min Chill 30 min+ Makes 24 bars 200g bar creamed coconut 6 tbsp coconut oil 3 tbsp maple syrup, or runny honey 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp good-quality matcha powder 1 pinch sea salt 150g desiccated coconut 200g dark chocolate (more than 65% cocoa is ideal), roughly broken Flaky sea salt, to sprinkle (optional)
Soaked and blended, cashews become a stand-in for heavy cream, keeping stuffed shells, soups, pasta sauces, and desserts luxuriously dairy-free. Toasted and roughly chopped, they add crunch to salads, curries, stir-fries, and more. There are so many reasons to love cooking with these seeds-that's right, "cashew nut" is technically a misnomer, since they grow outside the fruit rather than inside a hard shell like true nuts.
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OGGS' handmade mince pies have emerged victorious in a taste test conducted by digital marketing agency iCrossing, launched with the intention of determining the best mince pies this holiday season. The vegan delicacies were crowned the outright winner, beating competition from Tesco, Waitrose, M&S and Sainsbury's. They were praised for their homemade look and fullness of filling. The iCrossing taste test is now in its third year and has traditionally seen in-house team members taste Christmas sandwiches.