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Banana And Cranberry Salad With Homemade Sugar-Free Banana Ice Cream

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If you are prepared, life (cooking) is easy ! 🙂
I usually have some sort of frozen dessert in my freezer for my (too frequently happening) sweets-craving-attacks.
More often than not, it’s some sort of frozen banana dessert, as it was this afternoon. I always have fresh bananas and dried cranberries in my cupboard, so this dish was an easy decision, and thanks to the ice cream in the freezer, a matter of a few minutes to execute 🙂
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Bon Appétit !   Life is Good !
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P.S.
Obviously, there is natural fruit sugar in the ice cream and the banana/cranberry salad, but, besides the organic honey, there is no added sugar.
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P.P.S.
The ratios of fructose and glucose are pretty much the same in both fruit and table sugar.
Generally, there’s no advantage to substituting honey for sugar in a diabetes eating plan. Both honey and sugar will affect your blood sugar level. Honey is sweeter than granulated sugar, so you might use  a smaller amount of honey  for sugar in some recipes.
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Banana And Cranberry Salad With Homemade Sugar-Free Banana Ice Cream

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Preparation :
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: cut bananas into slices, drizzle with fresh lemon juice

: add dried cranberries, add a splash of organic vanilla extract, organic honey and brown rum (optional – alcohol will convert to sugar ! ), mix, let macerate for 1 hour

: Banana And Cranberry Salad With Homemade Sugar-Free Banana Ice Cream

: put one portion of sugar free banana Ice cream on a serving plate

: add banana/cranberry salad

: add a bit of sugar-free whipped cream, drizzle with fat-free chocolate sauce

: Banana And Cranberry Salad With Homemade Sugar-Free Banana Ice Cream

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Tuna Steak Poached In Olive Oil

My friend Peter came over for lunch today. Usually, he is a big fan of down to earth home cooking, never getting enough meatloaf, pasta, potatoes, stews, pigs feet, tripe, and other offal.
However, right now he is on a strict diet, so he asked me to prepare something gluten-free, starch-free and sugar-free. This tuna steak with salad was the result of his request, which made him happy and content (or so he said).
I, on the other hand, feasted on some left-over pork belly with potatoes, which made me happy and content 🙂
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Bon Appétit ! Life is Good !
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1 cup EVO, 2 ea garlic confit, 2 ea scallion, kosher salt and fresh-cracked pepper to taste

5 ea grape tomatoes, 1 ea quintisho chile, 3 slices lemon; simmer slowly on low heat while basting with the oil until tuna is cooked to your preferred temperature; serve with a salad of your choice

Tuna Steak Poached In Olive Oil

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Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake Dessert

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My intention was to prepare a healthy, no refined-sugar containing, tasty and simple to prepare dessert. I started out on track, replacing the sugar in the cheese-cream filling with organic honey. But then, after I plated the first half of the cheese cake cream in a glass, topped it with honey-enriched strawberries and sugar-free whipped cream, I slipped and piled on the sugar in the form of a oh-so delicious, strawberry-jam filled, sugar-coated doughnut. Now, I will surely go to diet hell for this, but it was absolutely worth it !
And by the way, this particular cream cheese cake filling is the bomb, best I ever had.
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Bon Appetit ! See You In (Dessert) Hell 😦 🙂
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Link to Crustless Apple & Pear Pie
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Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake Dessert

Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake

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Preparation :
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: Mix 3 cup cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar-free whipped cream, 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, a dash of organic vanilla extract and 1/4 cup organic honey

: whisk until smooth

: add strawberry jam, stir lightly so there are visble streaks

: place one ea doughnut of your choice on the bottom of two cups, fill with cheese cake filling, freeze cups for one hour to ease the clean removal of the cream from the cups. Fill rest of cheese cake filling into glass, chill

: chop fresh strawberries

: mix chopped strawberries with honey and a spritz of fresh lemon

: add a generous amount of strawberries to a serving dish

: top with the molded cheese cake cream

: Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake Dessert

: Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake

: Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake

: Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake

: Crustless No Bake Cheese Cake

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Vanilla Pudding Chock-Full With Berries

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Ever since I have started to eat healthier, my sweet tooth has suffered.
I had no problem giving up alcohol and I had no problem to stop smoking, but giving up on cake and patisserie remains a daily challenge, I miss my sweet’s terribly.
I am eating and enjoying a ton of fruits, but sometimes that just does not do the trick. I am a fairly good cook but a lousy patissier, so my sugar-free desserts are a bit lacking in finesse and variety.
Having said that, I DO have a few great options for sugar-free or at least refined-sugar free desserts. The following is one of my favorites because of its creaminess and richness.
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Sweet ! (Sometimes)
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Vanilla Pudding Chock-Full With Berries

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Preparation :
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1/3 cup Honey
6 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
5 cups whole milk
6 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 teaspoon good quality vanilla extract
lots of fresh, washed and dried berries

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