Nutritionist Megan Crockart's tips to get you through the silly season without packing on the pounds: Christmas/New Year in Australia has a focus on drinking alcohol. Think about Organic and/or preservative free wines to make it that little tiny bit healthier (preservative free wine can often help avoid that nasty headache). Also many people [...]
By Nick Grivas Serves 4 750ml bottle San Pellegrino (don't opt for a lesser quality mineral water as San Pell makes this drink something special) 2 Juicy limes cut into 6 Handful of fresh mint leaves 1/2 cup coconut palm sugar 1/2 cup water Lots of ice Combine coconut palm sugar with water in [...]
This would be great at Christmas or any time of year! So quick and easy too with no baking! Base: 1 cup macadamia nuts 9 California dates (fresh dates) (remove seed) 1/2 cup desiccated coconut Pinch of salt Pinch of cayenne Blend in food processor for about 5 minutes - press into pie plate [...]
. Asparagus has been used as a healing food for many centuries - Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioners have used it for everything from arthritis to reproductive disorders. The high potassium, low sodium mineral balance makes the plant a natural diuretic, and thus it has been used historically for problems involving fluid retention and swelling, including [...]
. Alex Beck-Brandl, Naturopath discusses Bach Flower Essences. The popular "Rescue Remedy", which can help in an emergency or where shock and pain occur, is certainly the most known flower essence. But this is only one aspect of the system of 38 flower essences, discovered by English Doctor Edward Bach in England in the 1920-30s. [...]
Recipe by Nutritionist Megan Crockart 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil Gluten Free bread sliced (such as Schar's Casereccio) 2 tomatoes, finely diced 1 small red onion, finely diced 1 garlic clove, crushed 1/4 cup olives, pitted and chopped 1 tablespoon freshly torn basil leaves Freshly cracked black pepper Mix together in a bowl, [...]
Recipe by Nutritionist Megan Crockart 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 200g button mushrooms, thickly sliced 400g tinned kidney beans, rinsed (Global Organics Red Kidney Beans) 400g tinned diced tomatoes (Spiral Organic Diced Tomatoes) 375g pasta sauce (Ozganics Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce) 2 tablespoons torn basil leaves [...]
By Nutritionist Megan Crockart Do you feel bloated, lack energy, suffer migraines, have skin complaints, experience regular bouts of diarrhoea or irritable bowel? Any of these symptoms and many more can be the signs that your body is not able to process gluten (the protein in grains such as wheat, spelt, rye, barley and [...]
(Serves 4 as a side dish) 3-4 cobs corn 2 bunches coriander 1 red chilli, finely chopped 1 red capsicum, finely chopped Olive oil Balsamic vinegar 1 clove garlic, finely chopped Salt and Pepper to taste 1. Steam corn cobs (leave husks on). 2. Remove husks and slice corn kernels from cobs. 3. Combine corn [...]
90g Almond Spread 90g Coconut Oil 70g Tahini 120ml Agave syrup 30g Honey 30g Sunflower Seeds 80g Almonds 90g Coconut 80g Walnuts 100g Soy Protein Isolate (SPI) 2 tsp Cinnamon 1 tsp Ginger 90g Organic sulphur-free Apricots 45g Amaranth puffed Chop almonds, walnuts and apricots then add to seeds. Combine SPI, amaranth, coconut, and [...]
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