For the love of healthy food

I love food; I love shopping for it, prepping it, cooking it and of course eating it! It is truly one of the pleasures in life. So when I developed my food intolerances (gluten and fructose) just after having my first baby girl, I was devastated. Suddenly I turned from being the person who loved…

Health Soup

  After a little break from the socials and consulting, with Crazy Covid taking over our lives, I’m back with lots of new recipes and ideas to get healthy through winter, plus help get rid of the covid kilos! This soup is a perfect one to start with….  This soup is a little bit like…

Healthy Lunchbox Tips and Ideas

Week 2 back at school and I’m sure some of you mama bears out there are over making lunches already! My mission this year is to make one nude food, healthy treat per week such as one of my Bliss balls or my Banana Raspberry muffins, seeing as I now have a little extra time…

Healthy Yummy Butter Chicken

Where has the sun gone! I thought I’d be changing my seasonal cooking style to salads and protein, but instead I’m still cooking up soups and curries.  This is on the menu for us tonight as I’m trying to add more dishes to our weekly menu to get my fussy girls to eat more food….other…

CHICKEN, LEMON AND COCONUT SOUP (with Thermomix adaptation)

This is an adaptation to Quirky Jo’s soup, but I’ve made it FODMAPS friendly and added in the brown rice/almond meal blend that is an awesome, nutritious way to thicken soups, increase their protein and make them more manly! Coconut milk, especially the organic brands, have anti – viral properties, so are a good food…

Turkish Delight Bliss Balls

  I’m a bit obsessed with rosewater at the moment, since adding it to my Berry Kombucha so  I thought I’d make up a Turkish Delight Bliss Ball recipe. These balls didn’t last very long in our house, even my girls loved the rosewater flavour. Rosewater is good for the skin too which is a…

Best Pumpkin Soup Ever

I know its a big call, but this is a seriously good soup and super easy to make. Like most people, I’m a pumpkin soup lover, especially when the weather turns as it has. My problem with pumpkin soup, is that it has very little protein in it, so I find I’m hungry an hour…

Choc Banana Mousse

This recipe seriously takes 5 minutes; it’s got 2 x serves of fruit in it and is refined sugar free. I got it from the lovely Kat, and it’s a great one to use for overripe bananas if you don’t have time to make banana bread.  My kids inhaled it which is good, as I am…

Gut health….the secret ingredient to weight loss

Gut health is something most of us have heard of thanks to the massive amount of research that’s been done on it in the last ten years.  Hence why products like kombucha, bone broth, sauerkraut and kimchi are becoming more common in some peoples households. Recent research is also associating poor gut health, with overweight…

Protein

  Protein is obviously needed for muscle repair and growth, maintenance of the organs and to keep the immune system functioning properly. The human body can’t store protein like it can with carbs, so we have to obtain it from our food. The amount of protein per day varies between the individual: on average the…

Apricot, Coconut and Chia balls

These balls are great for school lunches or a pre/post post workout energy kick, due to the oats, which are a great complex carb that provide us with slow releasing energy. Good amounts of protein also, with the chia and sunflower seeds, (which kids will not even notice) plus are refined sugar free and high…

Festive Cypriot Salad

    Who says you can’t eat healthy on Christmas Day! This salad is brimming with nutrients and fibre, packs a punch with flavour and goes well with any protein that you’re planning on serving on Christmas Day. Plus it will help balance out the plum pudding! Its festive looking too with the greens and…

Banana Tahini Smoothie

  This smoothie is one of the new breakfast options on my 6 Week Weight Loss and Wellness Program. With Spring being the kick off for smoothie season, lots of people find them easy for a healthy on the go breakfast, that will keep you full all morning. I’m loving tahini at the moment;  it…