Whole Foods & Simple Living

Recipe – Roasted Cauliflower (or Ghost Florets)

Recipe – Roasted Cauliflower (or Ghost Florets)

Roasted Cauliflower or Ghost Florets  Ingredients: 1 whole cauliflower, cut into florets 2 tbsp coconut oil 1 tsp smoked paprika ½ tsp turmeric Salt & pepper Halloween Option: Greek yoghurt and black sesame or olives for “eyes” Method: Heat oven to 200°C. Melt oil...

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Recipe – Simple Sauerkraut

Recipe – Simple Sauerkraut

Ingredients (for 1 x 1-litre jar) 1 medium cabbage (1–1.2 kg), green or savoy 1 Tbsp sea salt (15–18 g) — about 2% of cabbage weight Optional aromatics: 1 tsp caraway or dill seed, ½ grated carrot, or a little onion for depth Method 1. Shred & saltFinely slice the...

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Recipe – Tahini Chocolate

Recipe – Tahini Chocolate

A delicious way to indulge in a ‘sweeter’ dark chocolate.  Add the flavours which make your tastebuds tingle. Ingredients 100g 70% (or over) dark chocolate 120g tahini 2 tablespoons maple syrup Optional extras – bee pollen, coconut, orange zest, sea or Himalayan salt,...

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Recipe – Celery Brine Fermented Vegetables

Recipe – Celery Brine Fermented Vegetables

An easy, quick and versatile pickling system.  This is stored in the fridge once fermentation has happened. Delicious as a side, in sandwiches or with cheese. You’ll Need Clean glass jar (500ml–1L, depending on batch size) Fermentation weight or clean stone (optional,...

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Recipe – Energy (Bliss) Balls

Recipe – Energy (Bliss) Balls

My family adore these energy balls.  They are a bite size snack packed with quality protein and give a slow-release energy.  My husband uses them for cycling while my son eats them between school and his sports clubs for an extra physical boost. In a food processor...

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Hydration is KEY

Hydration is KEY

​Our bodies are made up of 70% fluid.  The list of what these fluids are is extensive and ranges from blood and lymph to gastric juices, mucus, salvia and ear wax right through to menstrual blood, breast milk, sweat and tears.  In order to keep these fluids flowing,...

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Bo-Peep Pie (Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie)

Bo-Peep Pie (Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie)

(NB: No Bo-Peep or Shepherd was harmed in the making of this dish) Serves 4 Ingredients 6 medium potatoes (cooked & mashed) 1 large diced onion 6 cubed carrots 300g sliced mushrooms 2 cups frozen peas 1 Tablespoon coconut oil 2 Tablespoons tomato paste 2...

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Avo-Berry Smoothie Bowl

Avo-Berry Smoothie Bowl

Why? Because you're hungry & seeking a bowl of comfort & colour. A part of you wants yoghurt, but that's too heavy & mucus forming. This is the smoothie bowl for you. In a Nutribullet or blender, whizz together the following. 1 banana 1/2 a large avocado 1...

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Super Green Soup

Super Green Soup

I love a green soup. My body specifically loves a Super Green Soup. With the kids, green food means 'go', and always has done. It means energy, a happy tummy (gut), a great poo (in house, quite the talking point) and in a soup it's quickly 'in' (absorbed). Ingredients...

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Smoothie – Blue Lagoon

Smoothie – Blue Lagoon

This smoothie is for you if you’re feeling; busy, overwhelmed, your hormones are unstable (moody, impatient), hungry/not hungry.

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Lover’s Cheesecake

Lover’s Cheesecake

Ingredients CRUST 1 cup packed pitted dates* 1 cup raw walnuts FILLING 1 1/2 cups raw cashews (quick-soaked*) 1 large lemon (juiced) 1/3 cup coconut oil (melted) 2/3 cup full-fat coconut milk 1/2 cup agave nectar or maple syrup or honey FLAVOUR ADD-INS optional 2 Tbsp...

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