Healthy Hot Cross Buns

April 9, 2014 · 18 Comments

Healthy hot cross buns

Such a thing does exist!

The commercial hot cross buns you buy are laden with additives, hydrogenated vegetable oils and lots of sugar. Read your labels and check them out. Better still, make your own!

Sure, these take a bit more time and effort, but I think it’s great. Get back to slow cooking and make it a family tradition. Plus, you won’t eat as many if you have to make them!

Check out these amazing recipes from very clever food bloggers. Serve them with lashing of organic butter!

Enjoy!

Quirky Cooking’s Gluten Free and Dairy Free Hot Cross Buns.

Also check out Jo’s Grain Free Hot Cross Muffins that are GAPS friendly.

A girl, A Guy, Fur Kids and Food’s Spelt Hot Cross Buns.

Wheat free, thermomix.

Hot Happy Buns from Vegie Smugglers.

Traditional buns, homemade and additive free!

Tania Hubbard (Food for Everybody) has tweaked her Hot Cross Bun recipe this year.

They are Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Nut Free and Paleo.

Healthy Hot Cross Buns from Teresa at The Healthy Chef.

Wheat free, dairy free.

Paleo Hot Cross Buns from The Merry Makers Sisters.

Gluten free, dairy free, paleo.

Healthy Hot Cross Buffins from Georgia at Well Nourished.

They are wheat free with lots of allergy options and a chocolate option.

Sourdough Hot Cross Buns from Home-Grown Kitchen

Traditional sourdough with pumpkin added.

Raw ‘Hot Cross Buns’ from Lauren at Acension Kitchen.

Vegan, refined sugar free and gluten free.

Do you make hot cross buns at Easter time?

Your guide to a Happy, Healthy Easter !

March 13, 2013 · 16 Comments

Your guide to a Happy, Healthy Easter !

It’s an early Easter this year! Are you ready?

This pagan celebration has somehow turned into a giant choc-fest! I also think it’s outrageous that hot cross buns appear on Boxing Day. More and more catalogues and shops are suggesting that Easter is another Christmas and we should buy gifts as well as copious amounts of chemical-laden chocolate.

It is easy for kids to get caught up the hype.

Okay, so how do you participate in Easter, enjoy some chocolate and not be a party-pooper? Well, it’s easy. Just go back to basics – home made is best or choose your products wisely. Create family traditions based around making treats together on the Easter weekend. We ask family and friends to not buy chocolate for our kids. We all just get one small portion of chocolate each. That is really enough and we all enjoy it!

Here are some more healthy ideas and alternatives for you.

Easter Bunny cupcakes from Including Cake!

Cute egg bunny from Lifetime Moms

It’s all in the packaging! Cuteness from A Lemon Squeezy Home.

Upcycled packaging from The Old Fashioned Mama.

A cute way to serve Easter snacks from Ebony at Neat 2 Eat.

Bunny Crackers from Kaboose.

An easter-egg fitness treasure hunt from Super Healthy Kids!

Fruit Bunny Snack from The Prime Pursuit.

Lemon Poppy Seed Bunnies from Elana’s Pantry. Gluten-free, grain-free, vegan.

Pink Bunny Egg from Parents.com . I suggest using beetroot to colour!

Browse some of my other Easter posts for some recipes and ideas:

Healthier Hot Cross Buns

Healthy Homemade Easter Eggs

Homemade Chocolate Bars

Whatever you do for Easter, enjoy the lovely time spent with family and friends!

Do you have any healthy Easter ideas or recipes? Please link up with me!

Your guide to a happy, healthy Easter

March 29, 2012 · 17 Comments

Your guide to a happy, healthy Easter

Easter is just around the corner !!

Special occasions seem to go hand in hand with overindulgence, don’t they? Chocolate, hot cross buns, chocolate, huge family dinners and more chocolate!

I have the best ideas from around the web to make your Easter a whole lot healthier. Enjoy.

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns……. Make your own hot cross buns this Easter and you avoid loads of sugar and additives. It’s really not that hard! Perfect for Easter Sunday brekky with some organic butter. Try these ‘Hot, Happy Buns’ from the clever Wendy at Vegie Smugglers.

You might also like this version from the amazing Teresa Cutter if you want something that is wheat free, gluten-free and paleo friendly!

Another cute idea for breakfast are these ‘chick eggs’ that I found on Pinterest. You can see how to make them here.

I know, I know, you are thinking “When is she getting to the chocolate?”

Okay, chocolate time is here. Yes, I realize that Facebook is going viral with news that chocolate is good for you and you can lose weight eating chocolate. I am pretty sure they mean two squares of good quality dark chocolate per day, not a bucket of Smarties! Personally, I would rather quality over quantity when it comes to chocolate. Choose the best quality, organic chocolate you can find, eat a small amount and enjoy it, guilt free!

What a cheeky organic chocolate bunny from Organic Times.

This one from moo free might interest you too. It’s vegan and dairy free.

Now if you want to get really fancy, you can have a go at making your own chocolate, from scratch (and I’m not talking about melting some cooking chocolate into moulds here!).

You can get a raw chocolate kit from Loving Earth. Very cool.

You can try Quirky Cooking’s thermomix recipe for Almost Raw Chocolate.

Now, Easter doesn’t have to be all about loading the kids up with chocolate. You can put non-edible things in the Easter baskets too! For a bit of fun, you can print off these cute Easter activities.

If you have any other ideas for making Easter healthy, please leave a comment below! It would be lovely to get some more thoughts!

Whatever you do for Easter, have a lovely time with your family. Stay safe, happy and healthy!

Healthy hot cross buns

Enjoy!

Do you make hot cross buns at Easter time?

Your guide to a Happy, Healthy Easter !

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