Join me on my quest of making homemade treats with less sugar!
I’ve finally come up with this sugar-free version of nougat successfully and I’m so excited to share this recipe with my readers! It is a popular snack called 雪花酥 or 雪Q餅 that I would just translate as Snowflake Nougat for now. Snowflake Nougat, from my understanding, is basically just Taiwanese nougat with nuts, dried fruits... Continue Reading →
Here come my first batch of mooncakes of the year! This year I will mostly be focusing on the production of sugar-free mooncake as I started really late. Low sugar/sugar-free mooncakes are widely available in the market now. It's like every brand has its own line of sugar-free mooncakes so consumers have lots of options... Continue Reading →
I have been unpacking and rearranging stuffs almost every day due to our recent renovation. Also my daughter has been admitted to a new school this term. I’m pretty exhausted to work on my mooncake experiment. I did make a batch of sugar-free red bean paste though last week. I used xylitol for my Sugar-Free... Continue Reading →
It's blueberry picking season in mid-July and August and we had a fun family outing with other friends at the farm. Freshly picked blueberries are just CAD$3.15 per pound. They are so plumpy and sweet and my kids have been enjoying a big bowl of berries every night after dinner. I reserved some for dessert... Continue Reading →
This is the sugar-free version of my Purple Sweet Potato Mochi. I used Swerve, which is a blend of erythritol and oligosaccharide, as the sweetener. Swerve is a like-for-like sugar replacement so the conversion is straight forward. Both mochi dough and filling were sweetened with Swerve. Inside the mochi was purple sweet potato filling and... Continue Reading →
It is important for people with diabetes to limit their simple carbohydrate intake as these are broken down by the body quickly, resulting in an immediate rise in the blood glucose levels. My type one diabetes has led me to the exploration of diabetes-friendly desserts prepared with sugar substitutes. However, many of the results were... Continue Reading →
Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner and I am planning to make some sugar-free mooncakes with natural sweetener. Here is how I prepared my lotus seed paste with xylitol instead of cane sugar. Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that looks and tastes like table sugar. Compared to sugar (sucrose) which has a glycemic index... Continue Reading →
My friend Erica has shared with me her Cola gummies recipe last week. I have tweaked this and turned them into sugar free gummies. Some people say that sugar free cola doesn’t taste as great as the “real” one. However, for people who are concerned about sugar intake or are diabetic, these gummies will definitely... Continue Reading →
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