Its the middle of winter here on the North east coast of Australia and it has been particularly chilly this year…. And given that most Australian houses aren’t built to stay warm, we’re really feeling it this season. Lots of warm nourishing foods and drinks can help remedy this, plus...
The days are getting cooler here in the southern hemisphere, and I’m always on the look out for hot drinks that are delicious, filled with goodness and are mostly low waste. Turmeric lattes, also known traditionally as ‘Golden Milk’ derived from Ayurvedic medicine, have become quite popular. You can often...
How good is eating your first mango of the season…. Mangoes always summon memories of Christmas (we live in Australia where it’s summer at Christmas time), so it’s filled with all kinds of golden summertime wonder. Growing up, Dad would always buy a whole box of mangoes for Christmas, and...
Have you tried Dragon fruit before? Particularly the red fleshed variety… The colour kind of blows your mind, it’s like this iridescent pink that seems other worldly… and the taste is just as unusual as the colour, it tastes like you’re eating perfume but in a good way. And what’s...
It’s so delicious, easy and refreshing, when you need a cup of chai but it’s too hot out, why not try an iced version! We’ve always been a big tea drinking family, and heck I even ran my own tea business for 7 years, so it would be a bit...
I often think about the waste that food packaging creates and what we can do to try to eliminate or reduce certain things to make a small difference. It got me thinking about snack foods like crackers, chips, biscuits etc. Unfortunately they’re all mostly packaged in plastic, sometimes multiple layers,...
If you’ve been eating plant based for quite sometime, or read popular cookbooks on the topic I dare say you’ve come across Raspberry Chia seed Jam, and if not well you’re in for a treat with this recipe and please by all means search out the Raspberry version. Blueberries are...
In the early 1990’s our Aussie hippie household went through a phase of putting sweet chilli sauce on everything, from baked potatoes, to Mexican food, spaghetti and hot chips, you name it sweet chilli was the condiment of the decade, well until we found out it was filled with sugar…...
Do you often get stuck in a breakfast rut? Sometimes it’s hard to change things up (tea and toast I’m looking at you), but it’s so worth it when you can manage to step out of the routine and try something a little different. This recipe for overnight chia and...
How can we eat more greens? A simple smoothie is always a good option. Adding in green powders like spirulina can amplify the nutrients.