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Cakes & Cupcakes

A slice of naturally sweetened mandarin cake with a bite taken out with a fork on top of a greyish blue napkin

Mandarin Orange Cake

A vegan pumpkin spice cake sat on a white table with a shiplap background. White flowers in a vase and linens around the cake stand.

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Cake

A refined sugar free apricot upside down cake made with almond flour and fresh fruit.

Apricot Upside Down Cake

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Cookies

Refined sugar free sugar cookies, homemade whipped cream, and fresh strawberries come together in this strawberry shortcake cookie cups recipe.

Strawberry Shortcake Cookie Cups Recipe

Refined sugar free chewy espresso oatmeal cookies with a hint of cinnamon.

Cinnamon Espresso Oatmeal Cookies

Looking for a great fall baking recipe? These Apple Crumble Cookies bring together the best things of the season: fresh, tart apples and sweet crumble topping. Made with natural ingredients and refined sugar free with a vegan option. Get the recipe at naturallysweetkitchen.com #naturallysweetkitchen #applerecipes #applecrumble #healthyapplerecipe #cookies

Apple Crumble Cookies

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Bars & Brownies

An image of chocolate raspberry bars featuring layers of shortbread, homemade raspberry jelly, and dark chocolate.

Chocolate Raspberry Bars

Naturally sweetened Honey and Lemon Shortbread Bars.

Honey and Lemon Shortbread Bars

This Irish coffee blondies recipe takes the principles of traditional Irish coffee and infuses them into a chewy blondies recipe. You'll love the Irish whiskey buttercream, naturally sweetened coffee blondies, and dark chocolate! Get the recipe for this and other refined sugar free desserts at naturallysweetkitchen.com #recipe #baking #StPatricksDay #Irish #irishcoffee #blondies #blondiesrecipe #dessertbars #foodphotography #naturallysweetkitchen #refinedsugarfree #sugarfree #dessert

Irish Coffee Blondies Recipe

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Pies, Crisps & Tarts

A refined sugar free pie recipe with a flaky all-butter crust and blackberry peach filling.

Blackberry Peach Pie

A refined sugar free vegan Frozen Margarita Tart recipe.

Frozen Margarita Tart

An easy apple crisp recipe that comes together in 15 minutes! A great dessert for two after a weeknight dinner. Get the recipe for this refined sugar free dessert at naturallysweetkitchen.com #quickdessert #easyrecipe #applecrisp #naturallysweetkitchen #refinedsugarfree

15-Minute Apple Crisp

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Breads & Rolls

Golden roasted butternut squash cornbread skillet next to a black pot of homemade soup and a grey linen napkin.

Roasted Butternut Squash Cornbread Skillet

Refined sugar free rum and raisin banana bread.

Rum and Raisin Banana Bread

Getting ready for Easter baking? Give this easy hot cross buns recipe a go! Filled with raisins, warm cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg, naturally sweetened with maple syrup, and topped with a honey orange glaze. Perfect for Easter brunch! Get the recipe and other refined sugar free desserts at naturallysweetkitchen.com #easter #easterbaking #baking #photography #hotcrossbuns #bread #homemade #sugarfree #refinedsugarfree #naturallysweetkitchen

Easy Hot Cross Buns

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Desserts & Puddings

This rich and easy parfait dessert features dark chocolate ganache, a fluffy peanut butter filling and salty pretzels. Naturally sweetened with maple syrup and made in 15 minutes. Get the recipe at naturallysweetkitchen.com #chocolate #ganache #peanutbutter #easydessert #naturallysweetkitchen

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Parfait Recipe

An easy apple crisp recipe that comes together in 15 minutes! A great dessert for two after a weeknight dinner. Get the recipe for this refined sugar free dessert at naturallysweetkitchen.com #quickdessert #easyrecipe #applecrisp #naturallysweetkitchen #refinedsugarfree

15-Minute Apple Crisp

This rich Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Pudding recipe is the best way to use up stale hot cross buns for Easter dessert! A delicious refined sugar free twist on the classic bread and butter pudding. Visit naturallysweetkitchen.com for this recipe and more sugar free desserts. #hotcrossbuns #naturallysweetkitchen #chocolate #Easterdessert

Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Pudding

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Breakfast & Brunch

Tangy homemade cranberry sauce in a jar with orange zest and a blue napkin in the background.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Healthy carrot muffin on a plate being drizzled with pure maple syrup from a vintage spoon.

Healthy Carrot Muffins

This easy quiche recipe is perfect for a special brunch and features a healthier alternative: a sweet potato crust! Paired with sausage, kale, goat cheese, caramelized onions, this is one sweet potato crust quiche recipe you'll want to make again and again. Get this recipe and other refined sugar free recipes at naturallysweetkitchen.com #brunch #breakfast #brunchrecipe #eggrecipe #naturallysweetkitchen #sugarfree #caramelizedonions #kale #sweetpotato #baking

Sweet Potato Crust Quiche

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Snacks

Golden roasted butternut squash cornbread skillet next to a black pot of homemade soup and a grey linen napkin.

Roasted Butternut Squash Cornbread Skillet

Healthy carrot muffin on a plate being drizzled with pure maple syrup from a vintage spoon.

Healthy Carrot Muffins

Sugar free apple cinnamon granola bars arranged on white parchment paper with bowls of oats and dates in the background.

Sugar Free Flapjacks

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Gluten-Free

Tangy homemade cranberry sauce in a jar with orange zest and a blue napkin in the background.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Sugar free apple cinnamon granola bars arranged on white parchment paper with bowls of oats and dates in the background.

Sugar Free Flapjacks

These gluten free protein truffles are infused with the flavours of rhubarb and custard. The perfect healthy workout snack with tons of protein! Get this refined sugar free protein ball recipe at naturallysweetkitchen.com #healthysnacks #naturallysweetkitchen #nobake #glutenfree

Rhubarb and Custard Protein Truffles

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Vegan

Tangy homemade cranberry sauce in a jar with orange zest and a blue napkin in the background.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

A vegan pumpkin spice cake sat on a white table with a shiplap background. White flowers in a vase and linens around the cake stand.

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Cake

A refined sugar free vegan Frozen Margarita Tart recipe.

Frozen Margarita Tart

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Meet Amanda

Hey there, friend! I’m Amanda, the recipe developer, photographer, and content creator here. I love cinnamon rolls, autumn, puppies, and helping people like you live a guilt-free 80/20 lifestyle. Welcome to my naturally sweet kitchen! Let me show you around →

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PSA: Carrots are in season right now, which means this refined sugar free carrot cake will taste just that little bit extra. 😉⁠
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Recipe is OTB! Search term: CARROT CAKE. #naturallysweetkitchen⁠
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I get it, girl. First steps are bloody hard. It took me 3 months to decide I needed to leave my corporate job & start to build my own business. It took me 9 months to figure out that I needed to leave Canada & start a new life in the UK. And it took me 24 years to make a change & start putting my mental & physical health first over looking a certain way. But you know what happened once I took those first steps? I'm happier in my work right now than I have ever been, my stress & anxiety levels are much more manageable & I get to help people like you live happier & healthier lives every day. I was able to start a career & met the love of my life. And I feel as if I finally have a healthy relationship with food, the way I eat & a better relationship with myself. I don't feel guilt for going to brunch with a friend & then skipping a workout after. I don't stress about my diet when Christmas & New Year's roll around – I only experience joy. Food is a source of fun & happiness, not a source of anxiety. That is my wish for you. I want you to experience the same level of freedom from food guilt that I do. I want you to stop stressing over whether you have enough Points left to warrant a cupcake with your friends. I want to show you that by replacing instead of restricting, you can lead a happier life & develop a healthier relationship with food. The Pantry Reset is completely free & only takes 5 days. During the challenge, I will help you detox your pantry from refined sugars, show you the natural alternatives to replace them with & set you on the path to #refinedsugarfree holiday baking success. We'll also address the negative thoughts & self-doubt that have been holding you back from finding freedom before. This is a lifestyle change & it will take time – hell, it's been over 6 years & I'm still learning! But the key is taking that jump: holding yourself accountable, choosing that you deserve to be happy & deciding to go for it. Cast your fears & doubts aside, girl. If you've read this far, you are ready. Take that first step with me. Sign up for the #PantryReset at the link in my bio. ❤️ #naturallysweetkitchen #lovethyself #foodfreedom #dietculture

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I feel like dried fruit doesn't get enough love. 🧡 It's so sweet, portable, easily accessible, and as long as you buy the unsweetened, unsulphured varieties, SO good for you!⁠
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So here I am encouraging you to eat more fruit. Preferably in the form of cookies. 😏 These Apricot and Hazelnut Cookies are sooo chewy, refined sugar free, and lightly spiced. You're gonna love them!⁠
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Recipe is OTB. Search term: APRICOT. 🍑⁠
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One of my absolute FAVOURITE no-bake treats is coming to the blog next week! 💃🏻⁠
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I originally posted these crispy delights on my old blog and they went gang-busters, so I'm really excited to see what you think of them this time around!⁠
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Any guesses on what these could be?? Tell me below! (Hint: they feature one of my ALL-TIME fave flavour combos...) 🤤 #naturallysweetkitchen⁠
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6 years ago, Christmas was a season of extreme highs & lows. I ❤️the holidays, including overindulging in treats & foods I normally moderate the rest of the year. Seriously, I eat shortbread cookies like they're going out of style! But by mid-holiday season and into January, I would start to feel anxious about my eating habits. So I'd resolve to do the same thing every year: eat healthy & lose weight. I'd start off great, eating salads & other "rabbit food" (because, tbh, my salads were basically leaves & lemon juice) every day. For about a week. Then I'd get the itch for pasta. Or a cookie. And I'd deny myself the thing I wanted because I knew I'd feel guilty after I ate it. You can guess what happened. Not having the cookie made me want it more & more. Until I finally broke down & binged on an ENTIRE BOX of Oreos. I'd get angry & upset with myself. I'd tell myself I was a failure – like every year – & end up more miserable after eating the cookies. Something that was supposed to make me happy. I got tired of feeling that way. I deserved to be happy & eat what I wanted all year, not just at Christmas. So at the end of 2013, when everyone shared their NY resolutions, I said I didn't have one. That was the first time I decided to put my happiness & mental health above looking a certain way or eating things that tasted like crap for the sake of "health." Don't think I was magically cured. It took me a long time to get to where I am & there were many stumbles, screw ups & plenty of anxiety. I muddled along until I figured out a system that worked for me.
That's what I want to save you from & why I created The #PantryReset Challenge. This is where you begin your journey. Detoxing your pantry of refined sugars & replacing them with natural alternatives is the simplest way to begin developing a better relationship with food. It's so much easier to feel satisfied when you replace certain foods with others instead of restricting yourself. You can still eat everything you love & feel good about it. You can be happy AND healthy. Find out more at the link in my bio! ❤️ #naturallysweetkitchen #naturallysweetened #eattobeatit #antidietculture #lovethyself

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Why yes, I do occasionally eat savoury things! Preferably super healthy dishes that taste as if they shouldn't be. 😉 Like this Sweet Potato Crust Quiche! 🍠⁠
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It's loaded up with spicy sausage (feel free to use spicy chicken sausage – @heckfooduk make one with Italian spices that would go GREAT in this!), caramelised onion, kale, and creamy goat cheese. It's so flavourful that I promise you'll be all "pastry, who?"⁠
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Get the recipe OTB! Search term: QUICHE.⁠
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🎉 SIGN-UPS FOR THE 2019 #PantryReset ARE NOW OPEN!!! Swipe to read more! 🎉⁠⠀
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This 5-day FREE challenge is for you if you struggle with anxiety and guilt when it comes to dessert and other "unhealthy" foods. I want you to start LOVING what you eat and become friends with food again. The Processed to Pure Pantry Reset is the EASIEST first step to achieving this goal!⁠⠀
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In two weeks time I'll be helping you detox all the refined sugar (and negative associations you have with it) out of your pantry and life for good. Instead, we'll replace them with natural, guilt-free alternatives that you can feel good about eating!⁠⠀
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Not only will you finally be able to say bye Karen 👋🏻 to refined sugars for good, but you'll also discover why replacing is waaay more sustainable and healthier than restricting what you eat.⁠⠀
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You'll be happier. 😄 You'll be healthier. 💪🏻 You'll be satisfied. 😋 And damn it are you going to feel like a #BOSS 👊🏻 and ready to ring in the holidays and New Year without any fear of anxiety, guilt, or the need to diet!⁠⠀
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Swipe to read more and hit that link in my bio to join us! I can't WAIT to see you in there! 💃🏻⁠⠀
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Gratuitous picture of me in Venice to announce the occasion since I can't be with you in person. 💁🏻⁠⠀
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