Breakfasts
Breakfasts, Desserts, Snacks

Berry Chia Pudding

  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 scoops collagen powder
  • 1/2 cup chia seeds
  • 1 cup blueberries

Gently warm the coconut milk and coconut oil in a pan until melted and combined.  Add all other ingredients stir well and pour into 6 – 8 single serve containers or  small ramakins. 

This chia pudding has added coconut oil and collagen powder for satiation and can be eaten any time of the day.  Top with chopped nuts and a few extra berries or a more substantial breakfast.  Make a batch for the week for a great at the ready snack.

Desserts

Berry Ice Dream

This super fast dessert is a crowd favourite.  You will never miss ice-cream again!

1/2 cup frozen raspberries

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

100g coconut cream or crème fraiche or double cream

Place frozen berries in a food processor and blitz until they resemble fine crumbs.  Add cream and blend until smooth.  Serve immediately topped with coconut chips or crushed nuts and cacao nibs.

Serves 2

Commercial Ice-cream is generally full of refined sugar, artificial additives and emulsifiers.  This recipe is a great alternative and is so easy to make.

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Salads

Broccoli Salad

  • 1/2 broccoli (approx.) sliced into sticks and sautéed in coconut oil.
  • 1-2 spring onions sliced
  • 1-2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves chopped
  • 1 tablespoon pepita seeds
  • 1 tablespoon hemp seeds (or swap seeds for sunflower or sesame seeds or pine nuts)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • A drizzle of olive oil
  • 1 pinch salt

Mix in a bowl while broccoli is still warm. Serve cold or warm.

This is so yummy with fish.
Enjoy….. 

Side dishes, Vegetables

Spaghetti Squash

Have you ever tried Spaghetti Squash?

When cooked it does actually look like spaghetti. So cool! And delicious too.

To Cook:

Cut it in half, rub over a little ghee, season and bake it in the oven for 45 mins – 1 hour at 180 deg. Scoop out the strands of flesh and use as desired and freeze the rest in portion sizes for added convenience.

It is so versatile. It can be used wherever you would normally use pasta. Soups, pasta dishes, omelettes – possibilities are endless.

They are in season now (April) and nature does this for a reason. They have fabulous antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties providing us with an immune boost in readiness for the flu season.

Get it into ya!

Salads

Beetroot Salad

  • 1 carrot grated
  • 1-2 beetroot’s grated (depending on size)
  • 1 apple grated
  • 2 spring onions sliced
  • 2 sprigs mint (or coriander) chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 pinch Himalayan pink lake salt

Mix all ingredients and sit at room temperature for at least 30 mins to allow the flavours to develop.

I like to serve on a bed of salad greens and my fav grass fed meat – lamb chops – makes it an all round great Aussie feast.

Condiments

Avocado Oil Mayonaise

  • 3 Egg yolks (from pasture raised chickens)
  • 1 tablespoon Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon of Turmeric Powder or Mustard Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Himalayan Pink Lake Salt
  • 250 mls Cold Pressed Avocado Oil
  • 1 Probiotic Supplement (fermenting option – I use ‘Kefiran’)

Whisk together the egg yolks, apple cider vinegar, turmeric/mustard powder and salt in a bowl. Very slowly pour in avocado oil as a thin stream while whisking continuously until thick. Store in the fridge and use within 5 days.

To ferment – once mayonnaise is thick, sprinkle contents of probiotic supplement and stir through thoroughly. Place mayonnaise in a jar and cover with a lid and let it stand on the bench for 7 hours. Fermented mayonnaise will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks – if it lasts that long!

I’m not keen on the flavour of mayonnaise made with olive oil or macadamia oil and vegetable oils are not natural oils (I recommend you avoid them like the plague). I love the flavour of avocado oil mayonnaise and it goes really well with eggs, meat (especially seafood and chicken) and great in coleslaw and salads. My husband, very affectionately, calls it green goop!
Store bought salad dressings are usually made with unnatural vegetable oils, sugar and other suspect additives – not a nourishing food at all!