The Best Free From.

Thanks for visiting TBFF’s page. We are Ireland’s most innovative and far-reaching Low Carb Bakery and Healtfood suppliers. Our roadshows and stockists and delivery networks ensure we cover almost every inch of Ireland☘️I have some major news on our Brand And Product Line ahead so ‘stay tuned’ to our Socials and e-mails. Please read below to learn a little about ‘My Story’ and what a few simple changes can do for you as they did for me

Timea

Thank you for visiting The Best Free From, Ireland’s all-natural Low Carb Bakery

Hi, my name is  Tímea and I am the Founder of Healthy Bake Limited, aka The Best Free From (TBFF)  All the PRODUCTS & RECIPES you find here are GLUTEN-FREE, Sugar, Yeast, GRAIN FREE, WHEAT-FREE, SOYA-FREE, LOW CARB/ KETO friendly and some are DAIRY-FREE and we have a few VEGAN options too.

They contain NATURAL INGREDIENTS, NO PRESERVATIVES and NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURING.

I am very happy to chat with you about any of the Keto-Friendly products and recipes featured. Get in touch using any of the below…

It’s about time I mentioned that I’m not a native of Ireland (you probably guessed that :), but I’ve been living here since 2006, Hungary is a beautiful country, that’s where I was born, but now I claim Ireland as my home. If you follow me you know my, by now famous quote: Hungary has only given me the reasons to leave, whilst Ireland has given me the reasons to live! ☘️

About The Best Free From and how it’s all started!

I personally have been on a low-carb diet for health reasons since early 2018, I wasn’t in it to lose significant weight, – even though it started out like that. I Really just wanted to shed a few pounds after a miscarriage and found a low-carb diet is a quick enough solution for that, but in a short amount of time, this way of eating has changed my life forever! This is now my lifestyle!

So I started eating cucumber and greens and maybe plain chicken and cheese, and that was acceptable for a few weeks; until the extra weight disappeared and I started to notice significant changes in my health and in my everyday life; like I would wake up fresh and ready for the day ahead, I mean, I WAKE UP because before then I would doze off in the night from extreme exhaustion but never had a proper sleep, I used to get out of the bed feeling like ready to collapse from tiredness and I thought this was the normal for my age ?! (shocking )

So, the first and very noticeable benefit of blocking carbs, sugars, gluten and processed food out of my life was the quality of sleep I finally had. As a result of a good night’s sleep as well as the result of eliminated sugar spikes, I had a lot more energy and I started to enjoy my life again.

(a glucose roller coaster is an extreme stress on the body and causes your system to turn into fight or flight mode, which is the cause of inflammation! )

Secondly, and probably the best result was that my thyroid stopped playing up. I had an overactive thyroid, which would make me ‘lose it’ over nothing, I used to have no control over my mood, it’s very depressing when you scream your child’s head off and you don’t have real control over it. I also had a condition called Globus, which for me is triggered by high carbs, stress and preservatives, food additives. It’s not as serious as it feels like, but it’s scary as hell as it’s a swelling in the throat, and you feel something is choking you from inside. That’s all gone now. Then the bloating disappeared as well as my reflux. The dark circles vanished from under my eyes and I looked 10 years younger (according to my fiancé). I felt so much better. I felt physically and mentally well after no longer consuming sugar and carbohydrates or preservatives…

BUT …. and there is that BUT, I was missing certain foods.. A LOT! (you know the bread is what we all miss the most )

I now hear it all the time!!

…and I don’t have a sweet tooth but I do love an occasional treat here and there and I absolutely love cooking and baking.

I can’t tell you, how much money I spent on cookies, biscuits, bars etc which wasn’t even what I was missing; but found it almost impossible to buy something that suited my dietary needs,  that were also natural, tasty and nutritious at the same time.

Back to business AGAIN; I had that “BUT”  tickling the taste buds that I LOVE BAKING, I just had to give it a try!

Baking used to be the one thing I would say I would do, if I wanted to switch off, (I can just hear my friends saying as they entered the house:  “Sure you are cooking and baking again???”

I know it’s mad, but I love creating healthy, tasty food.

I have a great companion. My eldest daughter, Zoe is a big help, and we enjoy baking together, hopefully, my little one will follow in  her shoes soon too. Back to the struggle I faced in low-carb baking…

Hard to find ingredients

Difficult to succeed with results

And then, life hit me; harder than cravings ever did.

It was then when I got pregnant with my second daughter Viki

(another vote for the low-carb diet; as I couldn’t conceive for over a year before that, having a body on fire clearly isn’t the right place for a baby to grow in, and by the way if you know anyone in the same shoes here is an amazing nutritional therapist who specialises in female hormone regulation and fertility issues ).

The cravings got on top of me.  Making matters worse, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and then I really wanted all the cakes I couldn’t have. So trust me, I feel your pain,

This is why I decided to put the apron on..

I started to make all-natural breads and treats with ingredients that I truly need like protein,  fibre and healthy fats.

The idea came to me to share my recipes and products with like-minded (like dieting) people around me. I started to sell my cakes and breads occasionally at markets. I began from my little unit at home,  which has since grown into an Artisan bakery

It was interesting to see people’s reaction.

When they read my little sign beside the tasters I offer saying…

SUGAR-FREE

GLUTEN-FREE

LOW CARB / KETO

GRAIN-FREE

YEAST FREE

SOYA FREE

NO artificial sweeteners

NO artificial colouring

and NO preservatives

But made with…

Good Healthy Fats

Protein

Dietary Fibre

Natural Sweeteners

Prebiotics and LOVE ❤️

Suitable for Celiacs, Diabetics, anyone following a Keto diet or just wanting to cut out sugar or preservatives, we have now a lot of dairy-free options and we also cater for vegans too.

I know sometimes people  expect my products to taste like sandpaper,
But I love seeing the surprise on their faces, when they realise these actually taste like the “real stuff” or even better!

I have had some crazy, awakening moments in the years and again if you follow me you know I do share these emotional bits of me quite a lot on my socials. I never had the intention of creating a business, it was truly made for me initially but it has grown into something very special since. It has taken me on the path of finding my purpose and it drives me with some “out of this world” passion in creating all these truly unique, really healthy, nutritious products and not only that, but bringing awareness to how your gut is the way to your psychical and mental health.

Read our mission statement here.

I wanted to get these healthy bakes into Your kitchen, and this is how Ireland’s very first Keto/Low Carb Bakery was born.

But, I soon realized I just wouldn’t have the time and I’m sort of geographically limited too, so I came up with a solution for you. I have created a range of 5 (+2) Baking Mixes;

Our Savoury Baking Mix, Our  Sweet Baking Mix, Our  Seeded Bread Dry Mix,  White Roll Mix, A Keto Wrap Dry Mix, our Spicy Carrot Cake Dry Mix and last but not least our Brownie Traybake  Mix (and recently all tweaked to be even tastier and easier to whip up right in the comfort of your own kitchen).

All of our super quick and easy to make. Dry Mixes can be whipped up in no time at all,

Our  Savoury Baking Mix (link to Blog Post with much more info)

is just one of our Low Carb Mixes, together with the White Roll Mix and our Seeded Bread Mix which you can use to make the softest KETO rolls, Keto Bagels and the most scrumptious KETO crackers.

Our White Roll Mix will allow you to make our Artisan White Bread or Bread rolls, dairy-free pizza bases.

The Keto Wrap Dry Mix makes delicious Low Carb Wraps and Low Carb Pizza Bases, which the whole family can enjoy on your weekly Fajita or Pizza night and last but not least that’s my favourite pasta alternative too.

All baked products freeze incredibly well for up to 3 months, since these are preservatives free they require chilling!

Our Versatile Sweet Baking Mix is a fantastic Diabetic Friendly option too, and a must for your repertoire of Low Carb freshly baked goodies. Perfect to curb that sweet tooth and offer endless options for much healthier desserts & sweet KETO treats, like Low Carb muffins, Lamingtons, Tiramisu, Cookies and Pancakes, Waffles, Cupcakes, Pie crust and Sponge cakes to name just a few (the possibilities are endless).

We have many sugar-free recipe ideas…

on our Website and Facebook pages to help inspire your Low Carb Baking at home and make the baking enjoyable too (not just the eating). Simply by changing your wet ingredients, you can create a handful of different sweet or savoury treats to your own taste. Since my last website update, I have expanded my product range, and I’m now happy to say that, you can also buy freshly baked products and the ingredients that are hard to find within Ireland, like sweeteners, fibres, egg white powder that are essential for low carb baking.  Please visit the webshop to browse the selection of mixes, ingredients & freshly baked goodies.

Click here.

Alternatively, please click here to find out which Retailers/Stockists are near you &  stock our range of Dry Mixes.

I’m going to give you as much information as possible about the ingredients I use and links to find that info,  nutritional value information and any interesting facts, I have gathered over the past years. I invite you to my social media pages so you can get daily ideas and please leave a comment below if you have any suggestions for recipes or ingredients you like to see here.

Thank you, & all the best,

TIMEA KOVACS

To find exactly where you can try or buy them, see our market, and event schedule here.