Nurturing & Restorative Green Soup
Nurturing & Restorative Green Soup Nurturing & Restorative Green Soup was a soup I made up for a friend who had been diagnosed with cancer as it contains large amounts of cancer fighting & immune boosting foods, such as garlic, ginger, turmeric, broccoli and kale. This nurturing green soup will certainly surprise you with how […]
Earth Day 2018
Earth Day 2018. This year we are being encouraged to focus on reducing our plastic usage and waste. Where is that place you love to be? Is it being spoilt and damaged by rubbish? Let’s get out in the environment and really connect with our plant. It will remind us to consider how we reduce, […]
Sugar Cravings – What Can We Do About Them?
Sugar Cravings – What Can We Do About Them? Sugar cravings – we can all experience them – but why? They can develop for many reasons, such as after periods of indulgence like Christmas and holidays, or during stressful and emotional times. Once the levels of sugar in our diet increase it becomes difficult to […]
Burmese Fermented Tea Leaf Salad (Lahpet Thote)
Burmese fermented tea leaf salad, or Lahpet Thote, was one of our favourite foods on a visit to Myanmar. It is unofficially their national dish and is surprisingly delicious. I have made this regularly since returning back to Australia and our friends are always dubious and then delightfully surprised when they try it. This is […]
Coping with pre-Festive Season Stress
Coping with pre-Festive Season Stress Stress levels begin to rise for many of us with the approach of the Festive Season. These stresses can vary from a lack of time, financial or relationship stress, concern about what presents to buy or worrying about eating too much or about our health in general. Usually most of […]
Turmeric – Changing Gene Expression
Turmeric can change gene expression and is a perfect example of Food As Medicine. We are all becoming aware of the many benefits of curcumin, a constituent of turmeric, from its ability to reduce depression to its anti-inflammatory effects which help with osteoarthritis and diabetes. It also has the ability to protect the liver and […]
Why You Should Soak Your Grains, Legumes & Nuts
Raw grains, legumes, nuts and seeds all contain a substance called phytate (in varying quantities) which interferes with our digestion’s ability to absorb nutrients. Soaking of grains, legumes, nuts and seeds is a method of food preparation that is used in traditional cultures, but is not widely used these days in more ‘developed’ countries. […]
Summer Salad: Asian Style Coleslaw
Asian Style Coleslaw is a colourful summer salad with an Asian twist. For me, this salad is really about the aromatic herbs in combination with colourful crunchy cabbage all blended together with a delicious salty, sour and sweet dressing – make sure you use your hands to coat the salad thoroughly! If you love herbs […]