Raw Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes with Basil Blueberry Jam

By on September 20, 2013   /   Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Raw Chocolate Making, Workshops  
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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Healthy GF Orange Poppyseed Muffins with Sweet Caramel Frosting

By on August 11, 2013   /   Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss  
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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Your Health is Everything! Overcome Limiting Beliefs to Reach Your Health & Fitness Goals

By on January 18, 2013   /   Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Wellness Coaching  

How are your New Year’s health and fitness resolutions working out so far?  If you know your current lifestyle isn’t creating the kind of health, happiness and fulfilment that you want, then you don’t need to be told WHY to change. Learning HOW to change your thinking and behaviour will help create the right mindset for self-belief and long-term success – and finally cross off some of those “NY’s Resolutions” for good!             Do these negative thoughts hold you back from making change? I never stick at anything, I’m just a failure It’s too hard, I

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Love Your Body, Live Your Life

By on May 17, 2012   /   Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Personal Training, Positive Psychology, Positive Thinking & Affirmations, Wellness Coaching  

Lover Your Body So You Can Finally Starting Living Your Life   Q – How do you love your body when all you can think of every spare minute of the day is what’s wrong with it? A – Start thinking what’s RIGHT with it! Think of your favourite pet: cat, dog, horse, bird…etc. If all you showed your loyal, loving pet was neglect, disappointment and resentment at looking after it, how do you think your pet would grow towards you? What do you think your pet would feel every time you showed it anger or frustration? Your body is similar to

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Losing Weight for Health

By on November 23, 2011   /   Body Image, dieting, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Wellness Coaching  
Losing Weight for Health

Lose Weight – Your health depends on it. If you are facing health issues such as chronic inflammation, diabetes, cardio-vascular risks, auto-immune condition, hormonal imbalances, insomnia, depression, cravings, high blood pressure and arthritis – then you need to seriously attend to the extra kilo’s you are carrying around. Quite possibly you are well aware that you have a problem needing attention. Very possibly you’ve been aware for some time but have resisted admitting that fact to yourself for whatever reason. You may know already what it is you need to do, or you may lack motivation to change your habits because

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