diff --git a/examples/full-app-gourmet/views/recipe.go b/examples/full-app-gourmet/views/recipe.go
index c4370b13..97d29665 100644
--- a/examples/full-app-gourmet/views/recipe.go
+++ b/examples/full-app-gourmet/views/recipe.go
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ func (rs Ressource) showRecipes(c fuego.ContextNoBody) (*fuego.DataOrTemplate[[]
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &fuego.DataOrTemplate[[]store.Recipe]{
-		Data: recipes,
-		Template: templa.SearchPage(templa.SearchProps{
+	return fuego.DataOrHTML(
+		recipes,
+		templa.SearchPage(templa.SearchProps{
 			Recipes: recipes,
 		}),
-	}, nil
+	), nil
 }
 
 func (rs Ressource) relatedRecipes(c fuego.ContextNoBody) (fuego.Templ, error) {
diff --git a/multi_return.go b/multi_return.go
index afc9259d..38def6d1 100644
--- a/multi_return.go
+++ b/multi_return.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -17,10 +18,11 @@ type DataOrTemplate[T any] struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	_ CtxRenderer    = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render HTML
-	_ json.Marshaler = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render JSON
-	_ xml.Marshaler  = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render XML
-	_ yaml.Marshaler = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render YAML
+	_ CtxRenderer    = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render HTML (template)
+	_ json.Marshaler = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render JSON (data)
+	_ xml.Marshaler  = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render XML (data)
+	_ yaml.Marshaler = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render YAML (data)
+	_ fmt.Stringer   = DataOrTemplate[any]{} // Can render string (data)
 )
 
 func (m DataOrTemplate[T]) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
@@ -32,9 +34,11 @@ func (m DataOrTemplate[T]) MarshalXML(e *xml.Encoder, _ xml.StartElement) error
 }
 
 func (m DataOrTemplate[T]) MarshalYAML() (interface{}, error) {
-	encoder := yaml.NewEncoder(io.Discard)
-	err := encoder.Encode(m.Data)
-	return nil, err
+	return m.Data, nil
+}
+
+func (m DataOrTemplate[T]) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", m.Data)
 }
 
 func (m DataOrTemplate[T]) Render(c context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
@@ -48,8 +52,9 @@ func (m DataOrTemplate[T]) Render(c context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func DataOrHTML[T any](data T, template any) DataOrTemplate[T] {
-	return DataOrTemplate[T]{
+// Helper function to create a DataOrTemplate return item without specifying the type.
+func DataOrHTML[T any](data T, template any) *DataOrTemplate[T] {
+	return &DataOrTemplate[T]{
 		Data:     data,
 		Template: template,
 	}
diff --git a/multi_return_test.go b/multi_return_test.go
index 157e1f7f..83240b43 100644
--- a/multi_return_test.go
+++ b/multi_return_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ type MockCtxRenderer struct {
 	RenderFunc func(context.Context, io.Writer) error
 }
 
+func RenderString(s string) MockCtxRenderer {
+	return MockCtxRenderer{
+		RenderFunc: func(c context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
+			_, err := w.Write([]byte(s))
+			return err
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 var _ CtxRenderer = MockCtxRenderer{}
 
 func (m MockCtxRenderer) Render(c context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
@@ -34,27 +43,18 @@ func TestMultiReturn(t *testing.T) {
 		entity := MyType{Name: "Ewen"}
 
 		return DataOrTemplate[MyType]{
-			Data: entity,
-			Template: MockCtxRenderer{
-				RenderFunc: func(c context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
-					_, err := w.Write([]byte(`<div>` + entity.Name + `</div>`))
-					return err
-				},
-			},
+			Data:     entity,
+			Template: RenderString(`<div>` + entity.Name + `</div>`),
 		}, nil
 	})
 
-	Get(s, "/other", func(c ContextNoBody) (DataOrTemplate[MyType], error) {
+	Get(s, "/other", func(c ContextNoBody) (*DataOrTemplate[MyType], error) {
 		entity := MyType{Name: "Ewen"}
 
 		return DataOrHTML(
 			entity,
-			MockCtxRenderer{
-				RenderFunc: func(c context.Context, w io.Writer) error {
-					_, err := w.Write([]byte(`<div>` + entity.Name + `</div>`))
-					return err
-				},
-			}), nil
+			RenderString(`<div>`+entity.Name+`</div>`),
+		), nil
 	})
 
 	t.Run("requests HTML by default", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/serialization.go b/serialization.go
index dacc8940..1880840b 100644
--- a/serialization.go
+++ b/serialization.go
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ func Send(w http.ResponseWriter, text string) {
 }
 
 // SendYAML sends a YAML response.
-func SendYAML(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
+// Declared as a variable to be able to override it for clients that need to customize serialization.
+var SendYAML = func(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/x-yaml")
 	err := yaml.NewEncoder(w).Encode(ans)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ func SendYAML(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
 }
 
 // SendJSON sends a JSON response.
-func SendJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
+// Declared as a variable to be able to override it for clients that need to customize serialization.
+var SendJSON = func(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(ans)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ func SendJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
 	}
 }
 
-func SendError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
+// SendError sends an error.
+// Declared as a variable to be able to override it for clients that need to customize serialization.
+var SendError = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
 	accept := parseAcceptHeader(r.Header.Get("Accept"), nil)
 	if accept == "" {
 		accept = "application/json"
@@ -144,7 +148,8 @@ func SendJSONError(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 }
 
 // SendXML sends a XML response.
-func SendXML(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
+// Declared as a variable to be able to override it for clients that need to customize serialization.
+var SendXML = func(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/xml")
 	err := xml.NewEncoder(w).Encode(ans)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -181,7 +186,8 @@ func SendHTMLError(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, err error) error
 }
 
 // SendHTML sends a HTML response.
-func SendHTML(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) error {
+// Declared as a variable to be able to override it for clients that need to customize serialization.
+var SendHTML = func(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) error {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
 
 	ctxRenderer, ok := any(ans).(CtxRenderer)
@@ -215,7 +221,12 @@ func SendText(w http.ResponseWriter, ans any) error {
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
 	stringToWrite, ok := any(ans).(string)
 	if !ok {
-		stringToWrite = *any(ans).(*string)
+		stringToWritePtr, okPtr := any(ans).(*string)
+		if okPtr {
+			stringToWrite = *stringToWritePtr
+		} else {
+			stringToWrite = fmt.Sprintf("%v", ans)
+		}
 	}
 	_, err = w.Write([]byte(stringToWrite))
 
@@ -228,6 +239,11 @@ func InferAcceptHeaderFromType(ans any) string {
 		return "text/plain"
 	}
 
+	_, ok = any(ans).(*string)
+	if ok {
+		return "text/plain"
+	}
+
 	_, ok = any(ans).(HTML)
 	if ok {
 		return "text/html"
@@ -238,10 +254,20 @@ func InferAcceptHeaderFromType(ans any) string {
 		return "text/html"
 	}
 
+	_, ok = any(&ans).(*CtxRenderer)
+	if ok {
+		return "text/html"
+	}
+
 	_, ok = any(ans).(Renderer)
 	if ok {
 		return "text/html"
 	}
 
+	_, ok = any(&ans).(*Renderer)
+	if ok {
+		return "text/html"
+	}
+
 	return "application/json"
 }
diff --git a/serialization_test.go b/serialization_test.go
index be9f21d7..e894d25c 100644
--- a/serialization_test.go
+++ b/serialization_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fuego
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -239,3 +240,29 @@ func TestSend(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, "Hello World", w.Body.String())
 }
+
+type templateMock struct{}
+
+func (t templateMock) Render(w io.Writer) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ Renderer = templateMock{}
+
+func TestInferAcceptHeaderFromType(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("can infer json", func(t *testing.T) {
+		accept := InferAcceptHeaderFromType(response{})
+		require.Equal(t, "application/json", accept)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("can infer that type is a template (implements Renderer)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		accept := InferAcceptHeaderFromType(templateMock{})
+		require.Equal(t, "text/html", accept)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("can infer that type is a template (implements CtxRenderer)", func(t *testing.T) {
+
+		accept := InferAcceptHeaderFromType(MockCtxRenderer{})
+		require.Equal(t, "text/html", accept)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/serve.go b/serve.go
index 9837f087..55dfac90 100644
--- a/serve.go
+++ b/serve.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func initContext[Contextable ctx[Body], Body any](baseContext ContextNoBody) Con
 
 // HTTPHandler converts a Fuego controller into a http.HandlerFunc.
 func HTTPHandler[ReturnType, Body any, Contextable ctx[Body]](s *Server, controller func(c Contextable) (ReturnType, error)) http.HandlerFunc {
+	// Just a check, not used at request time
 	baseContext := *new(Contextable)
 	if reflect.TypeOf(baseContext) == nil {
 		slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("context is nil: %v %T", baseContext, baseContext))