The Benefits of Chia Seeds + Blueberry Chia Seed Jam

The Benefits of Chia Seeds + Blueberry Chia Seed Jam

Omega My! The Benefits of Chia Seeds Chia seeds are packed full of omega 3 goodness for your heart and brain. They’re gluten free, high in dietary fibre and protein, and supply our 8 essential amino acids plus a heavy dose of antioxidants! They contain more calcium than milk, more vitamin C than oranges, and are higher in iron and potassium than the usual foods that come to mind (spinach and banana!). You can even use chia seeds as an egg replacement when mixed with water! Cool! Chia seeds are really a fantastic source of so much goodness. I love to use them in all

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Upcoming Workshop with Essential Oils and Chocolate!

Upcoming Workshop with Essential Oils and Chocolate!

Do you use essential oils? Do you love healthy chocolate? Recently I was approached by the lovely Berit Munro from The Health and Wellness Company! this issue payday loans She’s on a similar mission to spread the message of healing and hope through self-love and holistic nourishment. Berit has asked me to present at her next Toowoomba workshop and share my love of wellness and raw chocolate. Here’s the official invite flyer. It’s only $10 and it’s coming soon!  YOU ARE INVITED TO AN “EDIBLE ESSENTIAL OIL” CLASS Would you like to learn how to take control of you and your family’s health, whilst creating quick

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What My One-Legged Grandfather Taught Me About Life

What My One-Legged Grandfather Taught Me About Life

Listen and Learn When I was in grade one my maternal Grandfather taught me how to spell “encyclopedia”. I was the only child in first grade who could spell such a long and impressive word, which I loved to spell over and over with pride at my young abilities! That same year he also taught me how to recite the alphabet backwards. He used a nifty little rhyme which I’ve recently taught my step-children. Now that really impressed the other grade one kids! Every holiday my older sisters and I would stay with our maternal grandparents for at least a week. We would

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Reaching Your Goals on the Road Ahead

Reaching Your Goals on the Road Ahead

Dreams, Deadlines and Commitments A lot of my clients have the initial worry of how far they have to go in reaching their health and wellness goals. They focus on the long road ahead and freak out about how long it will take to get there. We’re a growing nation of impatient (stressed and overweight) people the more modern stress takes its’ toll on our lives. We want change immediately, and what’s more, we want it to last so that we never, ever have to deal with the conflict or upset ever again! The worst thing is that we spend so much time

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Spicy Hummus MindBodyFood Style!

Spicy Hummus MindBodyFood Style!

I LOVE chickpeas! Also known as Garbanzo beans, they’re a great source of fibre and protein, and helpful for digestion. In one cup of cooked chickpeas you’ll find a variety of beneficial nutrients like manganese, folate, fibre, tryptophan, protein, copper, phosphorus, iron. They’re also quick and versatile. You can blend them in dips or patties, fry in a little virgin olive oil with seasoning, use in baked slices, or au natural for a dressed salad. Unlike canned vegetables, which have lost much of their nutritional value, there is little difference in the nutritional value between canned garbanzo beans and those you cook yourself.

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Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes with Basil Blueberry Jam

Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes with Basil Blueberry Jam

Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes! I am very happy to announce that Beloved and I have welcomed a new baby into our kitchen yesterday – The Breville Kitchen Wizz Pro!!! Yippeee! I’m so excited – this baby is going to be extremely handy for my future Whole Food and Desserts Workshops in 2014 – and it’s a Cranberry colour! LOVE! Look what I got up to last night with the new food wizz: Vanilla vegan cupcakes with lemongrass icing!!! Oh what a mouthful of taste sensation! These beauties are the skilful design of Amy Levin, owner of Ooosha and one fantastically talented raw chocolatier! The

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My Week of Making Raw Chocolate Pralines!

My Week of Making Raw Chocolate Pralines!

Fudgey Goodness in a Praline Truffle! This week I’ve been focused on Raw Chocolate Pralines for my upcoming eBook, Easy Chocolate Delights. If you’re French you might like to pronounce that as “Prah-lin-aye”. As much as I like saying things in French, I’m Australian. So “Pray-lean” it is. I made about three batches of raw chocolate pralines this week using various combinations of nut butters, dark and white chocolate, and experimenting with textures, flavours and enrobing (covering the praline in chocolate, see pic below). Beloved was eating the first batch by the spoonful and telling me how much he loved me, so I knew I

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How to Create Life Balance and Fulfil Your Needs

How to Create Life Balance and Fulfil Your Needs

WELLNESS TIP – Life Balance Life Balance is an interesting term many use when they suddenly become aware that they don’t have any! This usually comes about the more stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted and/or frustrated you increasingly feel. Creating life balance isn’t about controlling life – obligations, commitments, challenges and bumps in the road can easily disrupt your plans and unbalance your life every day! The trick is in recognising where your needs aren’t being met and attending to them as a daily act of self-love. The focus then becomes on YOU and not what happens to you. Here’s a list identified by

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Achieve Your Wellness NOW!

Achieve Your Wellness NOW!

Happier, Healthier, Fitter! Fulfil your needs and find your balance in all areas of your life: Mentally, Physically, Spiritually and Emotionally. My new eStore is up and the first product live is my comprehensive wellness coaching workbook designed to move you step by step from overwhelm, confusion and low energy to wellness, happiness and abundance in all areas of your life. Just like I did on the road to my own healing and wellness journey! Evaluate your strengths and values. Align your beliefs with your actions. Create and achieve SMART goals using short and long term goal planners with solution focused evaluations. Clarify your

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Easy Healthy Beetroot Dip

Easy Healthy Beetroot Dip

Beets for your Health! You all know I love making my own dips at home, especially hummus! Yum! Here’s an easy, delicious and nutritious little beetroot number to brighten your senses and boost your immune system. Grown in the ground, beetroot has a sweet, earthy and tender taste and is related to turnips, swedes and sugar beet. It’s delicious in salads – hot or cold – to ramp up the colour, variety and nutritional content. You can even use the leaves! Beetroot contains potassium, magnesium, iron, vitamins A, B6 and C, folic acid, carbohydrates, protein, antioxidants and soluble fibre. It’s known to help lower blood pressure and assist heart

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Gluten Free Pizza Base [Recipe]

Gluten Free Pizza Base [Recipe]

Gluten Free Pizza REAL FOODIE FRIDAY! Pizza on a Friday or Saturday night may be the perfect movie or footy companion (especially if you’re gearing up for the AFL grand final this weekend!), but for those of us who struggle with heavy grains, wheat, dairy, bloating and poor digestion, enjoying a pizza is far from pleasurable. It’s surprisingly easy to make a gluten free pizza base recipe at home to decorate with your preferred toppings. You can actually create a tasty meal that’s enjoyable all the way through your digestive tract! This recipe is only four ingredients, easy to combine, and won’t leave you

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Do You Love or Hate Your Body?

Are you in Love or Hate with Your Body? How many times have you looked at your physical reflection and zoned in on the body parts you’re not so fond of, only to begin a barrage of nasty name-calling and judgements in your mind towards it? Our body image is largely dependant on how we FEEL and THINK about our bodies. personal loans lenders for bad credit When we have negative feelings towards our bodies, our mind, mood, confidence, eating choices and behaviour all decline as we focus on those negative feelings, become overcome by them, and eventually feel even more weighed down by what’s

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Healthy GF Orange Poppyseed Muffins with Sweet Caramel Frosting

Healthy GF Orange Poppyseed Muffins with Sweet Caramel Frosting

Who doesn’t love the orange and poppy seed combo! It’s zesty, tasty and in this particular version, healthy and enjoyable to eat! You don’t need flour, milk or refined white sugar to make a delicious and satisfying muffin mix. You simply need a few key nutritional ingredients as substitutes, then you have a gluten-free, paleo, dairy-free, wheat-free and naturally sweetened, with low glycaemic index and nutritionally sound, coconut sugar. (Click here for my Top 5 Natural Sweeteners!) Let’s get baking! V xo Gluten Free Orange Poppyseed Muffins Dry Ingredients: 2 cups almond meal 1/2 cup coconut sugar or rapadura sugar 1 Tbsp poppy

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Are Your Adrenals Fatigued? The Dangers of Stress

Are Your Adrenals Fatigued? The Dangers of Stress

Are your Adrenals Fatigued?   Recently I’ve had a many new clients coming to me for “MANAGING STRESS”. Even the local newspaper reporter sought me out for information on a feature about stress IN LAST WEEKENDS PAPER! (OMG the top photo is terrible!!!!) Recently I wrote, Stress Kills! Find Your triggers and take action!  Often we miss the signals that our bodies are attempting to provide us. We’re too consumed by the daily grind and keeping up with the mounting tasks, that we miss our physical responses and don’t do anything about them. Adrenal Glands Two, triangular shaped glands that sit on top of your

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Stress Kills! Find Your Triggers and Take Action!

Identify Stress Triggers & Take Action Throughout my work with individuals and groups as a Meditation and Stress Therapist, I see first hand how little the general public are aware of the physical symptoms of their stress. This is such a terrible shame seeing as stress is the number ONE underlying cause of ALL modern illness and disease! SHOCKING! Stress has become the go-to word to describe a myriad of emotions, feelings and situations in our lives. How many times have you heard someone say: “I’m too stressed to deal with this” “I’m so stressed out” “Life is really stressful at the moment” How many

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