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Dieting Danger – Food Can’t Fix Feelings

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 13, 2017 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mental-Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Personal Growth, Wellness Coaching

DIETING DANGER – Food Can’t Fix Feelings Have you ever been on a diet? If you’re here at MindBodyFood, you most probably have! In fact, there’s bound to be many of you who have never got OFF the diet wagon because you’re still struggling to feel comfortable in your body (instead of ashamed). Have you recently committed yourself to a ‘new’ diet for the New Year? We so often fall into the trap of believing that if we can control our food and change the way we look, we just might be able to control how we feel. NEWS FLASH –

Healthy Chocolate Panforte Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 23, 2016 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Healthy Chocolate Panforte Recipe Perfect for Christmas! Panforte is traditionally an Italian cake containing fruit and nuts. So more or less, it’s kind of like a fruitcake – dense, moist, fruity. It originated in the Tuscan city of Siena somewhere around the thirteenth century. Here I’ve made a healthy version that doesn’t miss out on any of the traditional flavours, certainly has the dense quality but with a lighter feel in the tummy. My healthy christmas panforte recipe is also gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free. It’s the perfect healthy recipe for christmas! There’s minimal liquid sweetener

Don’t Diet this Christmas, Do This Instead

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 9, 2016 / Body Image, Confidence, dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Food

Instead of Dieting, Bingeing or Restricting this Christmas Try a New Approach… It’s that time of year again when many of us freak out at the abundant supply of festive food that is often on our “forbidden/bad/diet says no” list. Because I have no intention of losing my mind dieting for the next two weeks just so I can let loose on Christmas Day, my lead up is mostly calm, relaxed and peaceful. (I say mostly because I can’t control everything.. and it relieves a lot of unnecessary pressure when you realise that.) Your Christmas can be calm, relaxed and peaceful

Bloating, Pain and Parasites – Become your own best health advocate

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on June 20, 2016 / Eating Disorders, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Mental-Health, Nutrition

Bloating, Pain, Hospitals and Parasites Become Your Own Best Health Advocate If you follow me on my Facebook page you’ll know that last Wednesday I was woken in the early hours with EXCRUCIATING lower right, abdominal pain followed by vomiting bile. I was taken to hospital and drugged up on morphine, asked to pee in a jar, fill up with fluid for a couple of ultrasounds, then drink a litre of dye and be injected with contrast for a CT scan. The suspects – kidneys, ovaries and appendix – were all clear, but not before they offered to call a surgeon to cut me

Almond Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 20, 2016 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Almond Toffee Chocolate Bark Recipe This clean eating recipe needs little introduction. I love almonds, I love raw honey and I love dark chocolate. Why not put them all together?! So what it’s made with natural raw honey, and I boil it first. It’s still a natural food that is made with love. It’s a super easy recipe that’s simple, yet certainly not plain! The children loved it so I started teaching them how to make this simple toffee and how it reminded me of toffee apples – of which the children have never tried. So you never know, we may make them

Best Ever Deluxe Cashew Brownie Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 16, 2016 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Best Ever Brownie! This my friends, was a conscious effort in creating a decadent, soft and absolutely melt in your mouth, soft and gooey brownie to serve with cream and loved ones. Cooking with real whole foods has been a wonderful way for me to indulge when I feel like it and without the guilt. It’s also been a wonderful introduction for the children to learn how much better making and eating real whole foods can be over the packaged, processed and white sugar-laden options. They love this brownie and they know when they’ve had enough, without feeling deprived or feeding a sugar

Apple Chia Seed Chocolate Crumble

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 28, 2016 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

APPLE CHIA SEED CHOCOLATE CRUMBLE What to do with apples when you’ve got plenty? Make apple pie or crumble of course! We had two full bags of apples that we picked fresh from the orchard on our day trip to Stanthorpe over the easter long weekend. What else would I do with them but create something absolutely, delightfully scrumptious with them, and make sure that the recipe is made with healthy whole food and nutrient dense ingredients. It’s also dairy free, gluten free and naturally sweetened with medjool dates and a touch of raw honey. Aside from the coconut milk, which

Sweet Chai Cheesecake with Hidden Blueberries GF, DF

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 10, 2016 / Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition

Sweet Chai Cheesecake with Hidden Blueberries Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free I’ve been teasing you all with this one for quite some time and now I’m just GIVING it to you! Raw (vegan) cheesecakes are one of the best ways to enjoy a nutrient dense dessert for people who are dairy free, gluten free and prefer to be refined sugar free. I’ve perfected this recipe with a little trial and error and it sure is a crowd pleaser – it’s my favourite nut cheesecake recipe! Plus it’s packed with nutrients and truly satisfying on so many levels. Please make and

5 Ways to Start the Year Without Dieting

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 13, 2016 / Body Image, dieting, Emotional Eating, Food, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health

Well dear readers, it’s a brand new year. And research shows that January is usually accompanied by resolutions to lose weight, change employment or finally sort out your finances. Which category are you focused on? Because of the area I specialize in, many people who employ my coaching and therapy services in the new year are usually wanting to lose weight, be happy, and find more peace and inner calm. The biggest lesson I teach them is that they won’t find what they’re looking for by going on a new diet. What your body desperately wants and needs is homeostasis,

Spelt Coffee & Pecan Cake Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 16, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Coffee & Pecan Cake Recipe Spelt is an ancient grain widely recognized for its many health benefits. Triticum spelta, the scientific name for spelt, is a hardier and more nutritious cousin to modern wheat (Triticum aestivum). Some taxonomists classify spelt as a parent of wheat. Spelt is classed in the wheat family, even though there are significant differences between common wheat and spelt, including that the molecular structure of the protein in spelt is more brittle and soluble, allowing it to be assimilated more easily. It’s high in fibre and tastes great! Who said eating clean and healthy for the whole family,

Dark Citrus and Roast Almond Chocolate!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 9, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Dark Citrus and Roast Almond Chocolate Oh I do love creating new textures, aromas and flavours in my raw chocolate! This one rivals one of my favourite combo’s from a Lindt bar – orange and almond. I really love peppermint and orange with dark chocolate. There’s just something delicious about the blending of these two sweet and fruity flavours with the intense richness and bitterness of the cacao bean. Adding a bit of crunch with roasted almonds simply completes the deliciousness! Mine beats Lindt hands down!! 🙂 #‎rawchocolatelove Enjoy! V xo Dark Citrus and Roast Almond Chocolate Ingredients: • 250g

PB Choc Balls Recipe

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 9, 2015 / Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

PB CHOC BALLS Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls – need I say more…. They’re simple and very easy to make because you only need one bowl, one spoon and one tray to make them! If you’re a lover of wholefood and nutrient dense treats, chances are you’ll already have these ingredients staples in your pantry. Enjoy! V xo PB (peanut butter) Choc Balls Recipe Ingredients 1 cup organic smooth peanut butter 1/2 cup organic hulled tahini 1/2 cup raw cacao powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 to 3/4 cup rice malt syrup (Optional 1 tablespoon of raw honey can

Rustic Rosemary + Hazelnut Torte [Gluten, Grain & Sugar Free]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on October 8, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Rustic Rosemary + Hazelnut Torte [Gluten, Grain & Sugar Free] Real Food Friday! I really like how food can look imperfect yet still absolutely divine, appetising and stimulating to our senses. I’d had it in my mind to make some sort of tart – or torte – that wasn’t visually perfect, but more rustic and outdoorsy with a farm or orchard feel. It may seem odd to pair rosemary with chocolate, but if you’ve already tried this combo recipe from my Healthy Chocolate Delights eBook you’ll know how curious and moreish it is! The style of this nutty crust combined with rosemary, adds to the laid

Spiced Fruit Loaf

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 23, 2015 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Spiced Fruit Loaf As winter draws near, so does my desire for warm and spicy comfort foods like soups, casseroles and vegetables. Oh, and hot chocolate… 🙂 I don’t eat much bread although I do love a good traditional sourdough, toasted and topped with eggs, spinach, bacon and home made sauerkraut! During winter I often want something a little more filling that has a lot of flavour and will perfectly compliment a cup of herbal tea on a cold afternoon. I started dreaming of fruit toast, which the children often ask for around this time of year. But it doesn’t

Sweet Potato Boats [Recipe]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 23, 2015 / Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition

Sweet Potato Boats Full of flavour!! I’ve been inspired by the cooler weather and the warm colours and flavours of winter. Last week we were outside at the fire pit eating these delicious, flavoursome Thai Sweet Potato Boats after I had a burst of creativity in the kitchen, trying out some different earthy spices with my love of sweet potatoes! These “boats” are surprisingly filling and we were done after eating two. They are so YUM! The Benefits of Sweet Potato Sweet potatoes provide a rich concentration of nutrients, which make them an ideal addition to your meals throughout the year. The

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