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Sweet Potato Pizza Bases (gluten free, dairy free)

March 16, 2017 · 7 Comments

We now have three of us in the family as dedicated gluten-free.

While I love almond meal based recipes, all that almond meal does get a bit expensive. So I’ve been experimenting with different things to bulk out the almond meal and be a little more frugal.

My first experiment with pizza bases was a winner with both kids saying they preferred it to the plain almond meal one I usually make. It’s pretty easy to make and perfect for using up leftover sweet potato mash.

The bases freeze really well, so make a double batch to have an easy dinner option on hand ready to go. They defrost super quick!

I hope you love these easy sweet potato pizza bases as much as we do. Let me know if you make them!

 

Sweet Potato Pizza Bases (gluten free, dairy free)

This is what you need:

2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potato

2 cups almond meal

2 eggs

1 tablespoon nutritional yeast flakes (optional)

2 teaspoons Herbamare (or salt)

This is how you do it:

Preheat the oven to 200°celsius.

Add all ingredients to a large bowl and mix well.

Line two round pizza trays with non-toxic baking paper.

Spread the mixture onto the trays and form the shape you want. The mixture is like a batter, not a dough.

Use a spatula to help you push it to the edges and smooth out so it’s an even thickness.

Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Now you can spread it with sauce and your choice of toppings.

Pop it back into the oven for another 10 minutes or so or until it’s cooked.

Enjoy!

 

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Pecan Salted Caramel Truffles

May 31, 2016 · 7 Comments

 

Oh my goodness, these are so amazing.

 

These Pecan Salted Caramel Truffles taste a bit like caramel lollies! I came across a Nakd food bar in my supermarket last month and the only ingredients were dates and cashews. It was so delicious and so caramely, it inspired me to add some more of my favourite ingredients and make these truffles. Well, they are sort of a bliss ball, but taste a bit more decadent so I called them a truffle.

Hope you like them as much as we do!

 

Pecan Salted Caramel Truffles

Vital Stats: gluten free, grain free, vegetarian, vegan, egg free, paleo

This is what you need:

1 cup organic cashews

1 cup organic medjool dates (or you can use dried dates, just soak in hot water and drain well)

1/2 cup organic pecans

1/8 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt (or a tad more if you like it salty)

1/2 scraped organic vanilla pod (or any sort of vanilla you have)

 

This is how to do it:

Take the pits out of the dates (important!). Throw the dates into a strong food processor or thermomix with the cashews, salt and vanilla and blend until they just start to come together in a ball. Be careful – if you overprocess, they will go weird and shed oil.

Now add in the pecans and just pulse until they are chopped up a little. I like to see the pecan bits still in there. Roll into small balls and pop in the fridge or freezer to store. But I can tell you now they taste good straight up!

 

Please let me know if you try the Pecan Salted Caramel Truffles and what you thought!

 

Want more?
Try these Ten Amazing Bliss Ball Recipes

 

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6 Recipes for Make Ahead Healthy Breakfasts

October 22, 2015 · 5 Comments

 

We all have those days. 

You’ve slept through the alarm (or forgotten to turn it on), a child has to be at school at an ungodly hour for some sort of rehearsal or training or you just are so darn tired you can’t be stuffed.

Well you can still have a real food breakfast ready for the whole family. It just takes a little forward planning. Have a few options in the freezer or get busy the night before and you are set!

I have six ideas for you that can be done in advance and eaten on the run, in the car or when you get to work or school. No need for drive-through Maccas (although nobody will judge you if you do!)

 

 

Well Nourished

 

6 Recipes for Make Ahead Healthy Breakfasts:

 

1.   Bircher Muesli

So yum and seriously so easy. It’s like the summer version of porridge.

All you do is throw 2 cups of organic rolled oats into a container with 1 cup of the milk of your choice and 1 cup of yoghurt. You can add whatever flavourings you like – cinnamon, dried fruit, frozen blueberries, honey. Throw it in the fridge and eat the next day.

I always add seeds and nuts just before serving as I have found soaking them overnight can leave your bircher bitter. Also fresh fruit like apple and banana is usually best added the next day too. If it’s a bit too sticky, just add more milk until it gets to the texture you like.

If you want to eat on the run, make individual serves in glass jars. It will last three days in the fridge. We often eat it for snacks or for lunch too!  PS you will quite often see bircher muesli also called overnight oats!

 

2.   Chia Pudding

Chia puddings are similar to bircher muesli but perfect if you are gluten-free or paleo and can’t have oats!

A basic chia porridge or pudding is so simple to make – just add liquid (I prefer coconut milk) to chia seeds until they are covered and a bit over and leave to thicken (40 mins at least or overnight). Add lots of yummy things. One of our favourite versions is organic coconut milk and Nutraorganics Acai-Berry superfood powder, topped with bananas and blueberries. You can also add nuts, other seeds and a good slurp of coconut oil.

Store in a covered container overnight or in individual containers or jars.

 

3.   Blueberry Breakfast Slice

Seriously, the best thing since sliced bread (well in our house, anyway!) With no added sugar or weird stuff – this is like porridge and fruit in a slice. The eggs and chia seeds add extra protein to keep you full.

We make up a huge batch and freeze in portions or store in the fridge for three days. Either grab a piece out for brekky and wait a little for it to defrost or take out a couple the night before. It’s delicious warm with yoghurt on top.

Find the recipe here.

 

 4.   Egg Thingys

These yummy little egg muffins are so easy to make and they freeze well. Stock up your freezer so you can pull them out for a quick brekky.  They are also a great way to use up leftover veges or meat and they taste so good, even the fussiest kids will be tempted by an eggy cupcake! You can eat them hot or cold.

Find the recipe here.

 

5.   Breakfast Biscuit

These biccies are particularly great for brekky because there is no added sugar – just banana and oats! However if you want to make them a bit more filling for breakfast you can add in any extra protein you like – seeds, nuts or even some protein powder or nut butter.

Toddlers love this for brekky – perfect finger food for them to nibble on in the car as you head out for the day. Find the recipe here.

 

6.   Tania Bread

Tania Bread is our nickname for Tania Hubbard’s amazing Almond and Chia Bread. We have it made up and frozen in slices. It’s so easy to grab a slice in the morning, smoosh on some avo and fling on some tomato slices or throw on some peanut butter and banana.

If you have more time, you might like to toast the bread! It’s full of almond meal and chia for protein and I always add lots of seeds so it’s a very filling brekky. .

 

Want more?
Check out my bumper list of Healthy Breakfast Ideas.

 

Do you have any make ahead brekky ideas? Share with us!

 

Well Nourished

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10 Zesty Lemon Recipes

August 14, 2015 · 5 Comments

10 Zesty Lemon Recipes

Lemons are a universally loved fruit and feature in cuisines all over the world.

They are so versatile – you can use them in sweet or savoury meals, drinks and baking. Never ever throw away a squeezed lemon because you can use them for cleaning too.

A glass of hot water with lemon in it is a great habit to get into as soon as you get up.

Here are ten amazing recipes from whole foodies around the internet (and me). Enjoy!

 

♥ Lemon Yoghurt Cake by Natural New Age Mum

 

Coconut Lemon Chicken Soup by Quirky Cooking

 ♥ Coconut, Lemon Chicken Soup by Jo at Quirky Cooking

 

Lemon, Honey and Thyme Sorbet by My Darling Lemon Thyme

♥ Lemon, Honey and Thyme Sorbet by Emma at My Darling Lemon Thyme

 

Lemon Squares by Cut out the Crap

♥ Lemon Squares by Collette at Cut out the Crap

 

Lemony Balls by The Nourished Psychologist

♥ Lemony Balls by Monique at The Nourished Psychologist

 

Lemon and Plum Pudding by Bonnie Delicious

♥ Flourless Lemon and Plum Pudding by Kelly at Bonnie Delicious

 

Chicken with Fennel, Apple and Lemon by Petite Kitchen

♥ Chicken with Fennel, Apple and Lemon from Eleanor at Petite Kitchen

 

Lemon and Macadamia Cookies by Well Nourished

♥ Lemon Macadamia Cookie by Georgia at Well Nourished

 

Raw Lemon Coconut Butter by Jules Galloway

♥ Raw Lemon Coconut Butter by Jules Galloway, Naturopath

 

Lemon Butter Chicken by Damn Delicious

♥ Lemon Butter Chicken by Damn Delicious

 

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♥  Grow a mini lemon tree for the yummy smell!

 

Do you have a kick-ass lemon recipe??? Leave us a link! 

 

Filed In: FOOD / Tagged: dairy-free, gluten-free, grain free, lemon, lemon recipes, lemons, paleo, vegan, vegetarian

A beginner’s guide to bone broth

June 1, 2015 · 40 Comments

A beginner's guide to bone broth

 

A beginner’s guide to bone broth.

Bone broth is the buzz word of the moment! It’s funny because bone broth is not actually a new thing – it’s been used by ancient cultures for centuries! However as people start to become more aware about their health and nutrition, this ancient healing remedy is seeing a resurgence. There is a good reason for that – bone broth is really good for you, it’s easy to make and it’s cheap.

However, I notice a lot of my readers have questions about bone broth, so here is a beginner’s guide to give you the basics.  I have asked The Bone Broth Goddess herself, Micheline Andrews (founder and former owner of Broth of Life) to help me with this article and share her amazing recipe.

 

What is bone broth?

Bone Broth is a nutrient-dense soup or broth of slowly simmered raw animal bones, where the nutrients are extracted with a pre-soak of apple cider vinegar. It helps the body to digest foods, help to cope with stresses, removes toxins and promotes healing.

 

What’s the difference between broth and stock?

The main differences are:

♥ bone broth is simmered rather than boiled at a high heat

♥ bone broth is cooked for a lot longer time

♥ bone broth is usually made with raw bones, not roasted or cooked bones

♥ bone broth contains apple cider vinegar to draw out the goodness of the bones

♥ bone broth is a healing soup rather than a flavouring base like stock

♥ commercial stocks are made with added flavours/preservatives/MSG and provide little healing benefits

 

A beginner's guide to bone broth

 

What are the benefits of Bone Broth?

Bone broth is a magical, nutrient-dense elixir full of proteins, vitamins and minerals that the body can easily absorb.

It’s packed with calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium and sulfur. It’s great for everyone, but particularly good for those that have an illness, gut health issues or cannot eat a lot of food.

Another point to make is that it incorporates the ‘nose to tail’ approach to consuming animals. Bones are not wasted, they are used to provide more nutrients.

 

Benefits of Bone Broth

♥ helps to reduce joint pain due to the glucosamine and chondroiton

♥ helps to heal illnesses such as cold and flu and tummy bugs

♥ reduced inflammation in your body

♥ has a calming effect which can help with sleep

♥ helps you digest your food better

♥ helps to heal and seal your gut

♥ promotes strong and healthy skin, hair and nails due to the collagen

♥ helps the liver to remove toxins

♥ reducing, preventing and healing cellulite and wrinkles.

If you want to read up on the benefits, this article by Sally Fallon is a good one.

 

HOT TIP: When you have strained off the broth, you can whizz up the bones (as long as they are soft) and vegetables and use it for dog food. You just have to take out the onion and garlic or make it without.

 

How do you make Bone Broth?

There are heaps of recipes out there and different ways of doing it. Once you have been making it a while, you will probably come up with your own recipe, based on your preferences and tastes.

This is the basic recipe that Micheline uses, which she has adapated from one at Weston A Price.

 

Mich’s Bone Broth Recipe:

Ingredients:

Raw grass fed organic bones

Chicken: frames, thigh bones & 2 wings per frame, neck bones

Beef/Lamb/Pork: marrow, meaty rib bones, any meaty bones that still have cartilage attached

Up to 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 large onion

2 garlic cloves

2 carrots

3 celery stalks + tops

Filtered water

Salt & pepper to taste.  Optional herbs & spices ie: parsley & turmeric to be added at the end.

 

HOT TIP: Chicken feet, wings and necks and beef marrow and knuckles help make your stock more gelatinous.

 

Method:

Place bones in the pot and cover with water.  Add apple cider vinegar.  Pre-soak bones for one hour minimum.

After the pre-soak add the remaining ingredients.

Bring to the boil. Reduce heat, cover & simmer for 8-12 hours, longer if you have the time to do so. It will give you a richer flavour.

Once time is up turn off the heat and allow the broth to rest in the pot to cool.

Remove bones with tongs and leave any meaty residue in the pot.

Now you have 2 options –  strain everything and have a clear broth or blitz with a food processor and have a thicker more flavoursome soup style of broth.

You can also make broth in the slow cooker – use the low heat setting.

 

HOT TIP: You can also add leftover vegetable scraps to your broth. Save them up in the freezer until you have enough to use.

 

How do you store Bone Broth?

Place into storage containers – ideally glass is the best option. Let the broth rest in the fridge – a fat layer will form and this will help to preserve the broth. Refrigeration will help the broth to gel or congeal if it has not done so.

It can then be stored in the fridge up to a week if it has a fat layer or frozen for 6 months.

If frozen in a glass container leave a gap at the top so that expansion of the liquid does not cause the glass to smash. See how I freeze and defrost in glass jars here.

You can also freeze it in ice cube trays (stainless steel is best) for quick and easy use in recipes.

 

How do you consume Bone Broth?

A lot of people just drink a cup of bone broth as it is. You might want to add a little salt and pepper and water it down to suit your tastes. Some people also drink it with lemon or crushed garlic!

If you don’t like the taste straight up, incorporate it into your cooking. Where a recipe calls for water or stock, use bone broth instead. Don’t forget that your broth may be concentrated, so do a taste test and add water as needed.

You can incorporate the fat layer into your meals or just skim it off and use it as a fat for cooking.

 

Why didn’t my Bone Broth gel?

There are a few different reasons for not getting a nice jelly consistency to your bone broth. Read this article: why didn’t my bone broth gel? 

 

Chicken Broth

 

How to use bone broth in your cooking.

♥ Poach eggs in a little broth

♥ Use it as a base for your favourite soups

♥ Turn broth into a gravy by thickening with cornflour or arrowroot

♥ Cook your rice, pasta or quinoa in broth

♥ Use in risottos or pilafs

♥ Add a little to homemade pureed baby food

♥ Use broth in mashed potato instead of or as well as milk

♥ Use half broth and half cream to make a delicious potato bake

♥ Use in place of milk in white sauce (or use half and half)

♥ Freeze in ice-cube trays and pop one or two in your smoothies

♥ Add it to your homemade pasta sauce or tomato sauce

♥ Add a dash or cube to stirfrys

♥ Use it as a base for curries, casseroles and stews

♥ Add some leftover vegetables and meats for a nourishing soup

♥ Use in savoury mince, chilli, shepherds pie and chow mein recipes

♥ Add to sliced mushrooms, cook and reduce for a lovely side dish

♥ Use it to make a flavoursome couscous

♥ Use in stroganoff and goulash recipes

♥ Put a dash in pesto and dips

 

Bone Broth Recipes

♥ Chicken Laksa

♥ Broth Bolognaise Sauce

♥ Mushroom Carbonara Sauce

♥ Hoisin Braised Chicken with Eggplant

♥ Coconut Vegetable Biriyani

♥ Slow-cooked Goat Chops with Polenta

♥ Greek Lamb Kleftiko

♥ Fussy Kids White Soup

 

Buy Bone Broth

Now if you really can’t be stuffed making your own broth or need a non-perishable and portable option, you can buy bone broth. However, you need to make sure the source is trustworthy and they are using the highest quality ingredients. Unfortunately some use meat from overseas and fillers like tapioca starch in their broth powders.

The one I trust is Take a Broth Tasmania which Micheline makes. She sources the bones and ingredients locally and has a one on one relationship with the farmers. Micheline makes bone broth powders, strips (a world first), broth salts, broth spice rubs and even broth lollipops!

 

 

More reading:

For some further reading about bone broth and all sorts of nourishing foods, you can’t go past Sally Fallon’s, Nourishing Traditions cookbook. It’s a must have.

 

Micheline Andrews

Micheline’s story:

I came across broth via my own personal journey about 4 years ago after not healing properly from a hip injury/surgery.  I knew that I had done some damage to my gut from pain medication.

I discovered the Weston A Price Foundation and it triggered a memory of my grandparents who had a pot continually on the stove top.  Having nothing to lose and having my own produce, I started making and consuming broth.

Hair and nail growth was the first thing I noticed, then movement in my injury site improved along with the pain.  I was so overcome that something that was so simple and all natural helped me so much, I wanted to share it with others to help with their healing.

Find Micheline’s amazing broth products here.

 

Want to talk broth? Join Micheline in her Facebook group, Bone Broth Basics.

 

Who make their own bone broth? What other tips do you have for us?

 

 

 

 

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Love List – May15

May 27, 2015 · 60 Comments

Well, that was May! Here is my love list for the month – things I have been using, trying, loving and crushing on.

 

A Bit Hippy Giveaway

 

♥ A Bit Hippy

Why, yes I am! I have been trialling this lovely natural skincare range this month and I am now a firm fan. My favourite products include the shampoo and conditioner (they make my hair feel sooo lovely). The deodorant works really well and has a very mild scent so suitable for either gender. The anti-ageing cream is gorgeous and I would use it again – for $30 it’s great value. My daughter loved the BB cream – as well as giving a light coverage, it also helps with acne!

They have a lovely baby range which makes a very cute gift. Also in the range is sunscreen, tanning cream, all sorts of products for the face, body wash and a body bar too. What I love is that it’s a really family friendly, affordable, natural range, made in Australia. The packaging and fun concept is also really quirky and appeals to me too! You can find it at some health food stores or pharmacies. Go here to find stockists near you or just buy straight from them online. Update: Free Shipping for all of June 2015.

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GIVEAWAY: Yep the lovely hippies are giving away a hamper pack of their goodies to one of you to test it out as well. You will get a shampoo, conditioner, facewash and deodorant plus a heap of little samples added in as well. All you have to do is go and like the A Bit Hippy facebook page and leave us a message on this article letting us know how you are ‘a little bit hippy’! Read the terms at the bottom of this post too please!

The lucky winner was Rebecca F!!

 

Anita Rossiter

 

♥ Anita Rossiter.

Anita is the awesome nutritionist at Eat and Three Veg and she lives near me now, so we get together and talk food and health! When Anita put up this post about Post Natal Depression and Nutrition, I was blown away. This info needs to be shared with anyone with PND or anyone about to have a baby. It’s time we support mums and nourish them after birth.

 

 

The Happy Cookbook by Lola Berry

 

♥ The Happy Cookbook 

Speaking of hippies, the biggest hippy nutritionist in Australia has to be Lola Berry. Her new cook book is amazing – all the recipes are gluten free and sugar free and based on real, whole food. She’s up on the latest nutrition so you won’t find any low fat in here! I love that it’s family friendly and simple too. A favourite for the collection.

Get it online ($15 off!) or wherever you normally buy good books!

 

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♥ Nature Crown.

I am totally loving this project over at Mama Miss. It’s a gorgeous crown made from sticks! I think it’s so important to get kids not only being creative, but getting in touch with nature. Of course, non-plastic, eco-friendly, economical things to play with always get me excited too. This one is a winner.

Find all the details here.

 

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♥ Happi Empire Gratitude Journal

I’ve actually had this for some time, but it’s been pulled out again and lovingly filled in. I like making my gratitude practice a lovely ritual – some quiet time, candles and oils and writing in a pretty book. There’s something more powerful about it this way. I adore Fran’s work – she is a graphic designer and sells some pretty and inspirational things on the side. I love the journal and it’s one of my favourite things to give my girlfriends for gifts.

Check out Fran and her Gratitude Journal here.

 

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♥ Succulents in Recycled Tin Cans

How amazing is this project from Caz at Home Heart Haven? Make a very stylish pot plant for very little cost and effort. I love succulents – not only do they look spectacular, but they are hard to kill!

Read how to do it here.

 

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♥ Red Boat Fish Sauce 

Yummo – we have been loving the Red Boat Fish Sauce in our asian cooking. How amazing is this! Fish sauce with no sugar, no nasties, no preservatives. It’s made with traditional fermentation methods, it uses only anchovies and salt and it’s full of protein and vitamins and minerals. A two ingredient product? Unheard of! It’s a favourite with those following the paleo way of living too – many asian sauces are loaded with msg, sugar and all sorts of additives.

Get it online here (ps 10% off at the moment, see below)

 

This month’s bargains:

♥ 20% off Gourmet Organic Herbs and Spices only online here.

♥ 10% off all Eco Tan and Eco by Sonya products until 30th June, use code: NNAM

♥ 10% off storewide at Organics on a Budget until the 30th of June, use the code: celebrate

♥ Free 400ml coconut oil from the Wholefood Pantry range with every order at Nutra Organics.

♥ 30% off storewide at Miessence certified organic skincare, makeup and health products until midnite, 28th May. Use the code: tweet30

♥ 15% off storewide at Sustainababy until the end of May, use the code: NNAM1505

♥ The bargain bin at Shop Naturally has heaps of stuff up to 40% off!

♥ Check out what’s on sale at Biome Eco store (50% off a lot of natural make up)

♥ Allergy friendly food on sale at Happy Tummies here.

♥ 20% off all cookware at Zanui. Remember which ones are best in my last article!

 

This month’s articles:

♥ How to find a Holistic Health Practitioner

♥ How to Boost your Immune System, Naturally

♥ Roasted Cauliflower

♥ Top Ten Tips for Avoiding Dry Winter Skin

♥ Cookware: What is safe? What is toxic?

 

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Filed In: SELF / Tagged: a bit hippy, cookbook, fish sauce, giveaway, gratitude, lola berry, love list, nature, paleo, succulents

Roasted Cauliflower

May 14, 2015 · 5 Comments

I love cauliflower!

It’s one of those really versatile veges that can be used in so many ways. My favourite way to do it though is roasted. The beautiful caramelization is just so tasty and it’s so easy to do.

I use olive oil as it takes a higher temperature than most other oils.  Coconut oil is delicious but I find my kids aren’t fond of the flavour when it’s roasted. Duck fat or tallow would be amazing if you can get your hands on some great quality stuff. If you like some zing, add some chilli or spices to the mix!

Cauliflower has some amazing health benefits including:

* cancer fighting

* improving blood pressure and kidney function

* fighting inflammation in your body

* a digestive aid

* rich in vitamins and minerals

* good for brain health

* full of antioxidants

 

Roasted Cauliflower

Gluten free, grain free, dairy free, nut free, egg free, vegan, vegetarian, paleo

 

This is what you need:

1/2 head of organic cauliflower

3 tablespoons good Aussie olive oil

2-3 cloves organic garlic

Pink salt or celtic sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

 

This is how you do it:

Preheat the oven to 220ºc.

Cut the cauli into smaller florets.

Toss everything together in a bowl (I like to massage it all in with my hands).

Whack it into a roasting pan and cook the oven for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

 

Hot Tips:

If you want to get extra fancy, sprinkle your roasted cauliflower with some fresh herbs, chilli, lemon juice and/or freshly grated parmesan cheese after it’s roasted.

Leftovers? It’s also delicious cold in a salad or whizz it up and add to hummus.

 

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Easy Coconut Biccies

April 22, 2015 · 13 Comments

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I am loving these Easy Coconut Biccies.

They are perfect for lunchboxes as they have no nuts! Also great when you have a bare pantry – you only need four ingredients and they are so, so easy to throw together.

Feel free to add in your own bits and pieces – I have made them before with a mixture of dried fruit and some healthier choc chips would be yummo too. You may want to add in a little drizzle of honey and maple syrup if you like a really sweet biscuit, but I think the sultanas make them sweet enough.

 

Easy Coconut Biccies

Vital Stats: grain free, gluten free, dairy free, nut free, refined sugar free, paleo

Okay, this is what you need:

2 cups organic dessicated coconut

2 organic eggs

1 cup organic sultanas

1 teaspoon organic cinnamon

1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract

 

HOT TIP: Using organic coconut and fruit means you don’t have to worry about added sulphur dioxide. Read more here.

 

Okay, this is how you do it:

Preheat your oven to 180°c on a gentle setting. Fan force is too harsh for these little babies.

Mix everything together – I like to get my hands in there and give it a good massage to distribute the egg properly.

Squeeze into round biccies, about the size of a walnut. It will make about 15.

Whack on your baking paper lined tray and fling into the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until they are just set and lightly brown. Keep an eye on them!

Leave to cool on the tray to firm up. Enjoy!

If You Care Baking Paper

 

HOT TIP: I love the If You Care Baking paper to cook with. It is unbleached and 100% chlorine free. I even wash it and reuse if it’s not too yucky. Your regular baking paper can contain chromium (a heavy metal).

 

Filed In: FOOD / Tagged: biscuit, cookie, dairy-free, gluten-free, grain free, kids' lunches, lunch, lunchbox, nut-free, paleo, refined sugar-free, snack

Carrot Cake (but it’s a slice)

March 10, 2014 · 40 Comments

 

Carrot Cake - dairy free, gluten free, grain free, thermomix

 

I had a heap of organic baby carrots in my crisper, so I thought it would be a perfect time to make a carrot cake. Except it sort of turned into a slice! It’s so much easier to pack into lunch boxes when cake is cooked in a slice tin.

This recipe at the Paleo Mom inspired me to use tapioca flour with the coconut flour instead of just coconut flour like I usually do. I must say I do like the texture and mouth feel it gives. So if you are not keen on coconut flour, try it with the tapioca. Our co-op gets an organic tapioca flour from Organic Road.

I hope you love it.

 

Carrot Cake (but it’s a slice)

Vital Stats: Gluten Free, Grain Free, Dairy Free, Vegetarian, Thermomix

 

Okay, so this is what you need:

150g (1 cup) organic carrot

5 organic eggs

1/4 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup tapioca flour

1/2 cup coconut flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tspns organic cinnamon

1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey/rice malt syrup)

1/4 cup organic sultanas

1/4 cup organic walnuts (optional, leave out if you need nut free)

 

Okay, so this is how you do it:

Put the oven on medium – 180ºc.

Peel your carrots, roughly chop and whack into the thermomix.

Blitz on speed 5 for 4 seconds.

Scrape down and add in all the other ingredients except the sultanas and walnuts.

Whizz on speed 5 for five seconds. Scrape down. Add the sultanas and walnuts.

Mix on reverse, speed 4 for 5 seconds.

Whack it all into a baking paper lined slice tray.

Bung it in the oven 25-30 minutes or until cooked.

Cool on a wire rack and slice into squares to serve.

You might like to try some of these icing recipes or just spread with a nice smear of organic butter.

If you don’t have a thermomix: Grate the carrots, whisk the eggs and then mix all ingredients together gently in a large bowl.

HOT TIP: You may like to double the maple syrup. My kids thought it wasn’t sweet enough, but I thought it was!

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The ONE thing I think EVERYONE should be eating.

February 12, 2014 · 56 Comments

 

the one thing I think everyone should be eating

 

The one thing I think everyone should be eating.

 

Paleo, vegetarian, high fat, low carb, raw, juicing, gluten free, dairy free, FODMAP, GAPS, SCD, failsafe, low GI, vegan, blood type.

What the heck are we supposed to eat these days? Does anybody know?

Is anyone else’s head spinning? The nutrition advice seems to change as often as I change my underpants. Well, okay, maybe not that often.

I grew up avoiding fat like it was going to kill me, now everyone is telling me to tuck into butter, cream and bacon.

Every style of eating can make great points as to why we should eat their way. There is research, there are studies, there is living proof.  How can everyone be right?

 

How can the vegans and the paleos both be right?

 

I have been thinking about this a lot lately.

I do subscribe to the theory of bio-individual nutrition. That basically means we are all different and there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to eating. You are a unique individual and depending on the circumstances and point in time, certain foods may be great for you and certain foods may be bad for you. This became very apparent to us as a family when we discovered that one of us who could not tolerate gluten in the past, can now tolerate gluten. The difference? Some kinesiology work. Did the stress or emotional blockage make it hard for the body to digest gluten at that time? I don’t know exactly, but it sure seems that way to me.

Okay, so that is great. Eat what makes you feel good. Easy! But the process of working out what makes you feel good can take some time, some committed food diarizing and maybe some outside help from professionals. I do think it is a good way to go and something I am following through with all of us as a family.

In the mean time, I was thinking about what to eat. Should we be dropping dairy? Eating more raw foods? Again, head spin time.

Then it occurred to me……  you know what I want us to keep focusing on eating? What I think everyone should be eating? What is best for everyone’s health?

Quality food.

Simple as that.

I don’t think anyone’s health can ever benefit from eating poor quality food.

 

What we try to eat:

♥ organic

♥ free range

♥ grass-fed and finished

♥ fresh

♥ seasonal

♥ local

♥ whole and unprocessed

♥ GMO free

♥ ethical food grown with love

 

What we try not to eat:

♥ factory farmed meat

♥ caged eggs

♥ artificial additives – colours, flavours, preservatives, fillers

♥ unsustainable foods

♥ artificial sweeteners

♥ GMOs

♥ chemicals

♥ nutritionally devoid foods

♥ processed foods

♥ added hormones and antibiotics

 

Think of a ham and salad sandwich.

Poor quality sandwich: Bleached GMO wheat, preservatives, canola oil, synthetic vitamin laden bread, chemical-filled and hydrogenated fats margarine, nitrate-filled factory farmed processed ham, pesticide riddled tomato and lettuce.

Good quality sandwich: Organic stoneground sourdough bread, organic pasture fed butter, organic, free range happy pig ham, fresh local organic tomatoes and lettuce.

So if you feel like eating a ham and salad sandwich, have one, but make it a superior quality one.

 

You get my drift?

I think if you are eating good quality food, you can’t go far wrong. Start with that, first and foremost, and then investigate your bio-individual nutrition. So, organic fetta makes you feel sick? Then you might need to avoid dairy.

But just make sure it isn’t crappy, poor quality, heavily processed, nutrient stripped food that is making you sick in the first place.

 

Anyway, what do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Got anything to add?

 

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