Pineapple and banana are a pretty classic tropical smoothie combination, but I’ve mixed things up a bit this week by adding turmeric. I’ve been seeing turmeric smoothies and milks flying around Pinterest like crazy lately so wanted to give it a try. The spice has powerful anti-inflammatory properties and is also said to aid in … Read more
Today was the most gorgeous sunny day; I finally feel like the nice weather is here to stay! To celebrate we made one our favourite blender drinks; watermelon blended with ice, mint, lime juice and a touch of agave. This whole juice is perfect for bbq season and could also be turned into a summer … Read more
Just popping in quickly to say Hi! Even though I just posted last week it feels like a lifetime ago. I’ve been immersed in vacation-planning the last few days and feel like I haven’t had time for anything else. We are planning to go to Iceland in May which I’m super excited about! It’s going … Read more
This smoothie uses one of my favourite loose leaf teas – Cinnamon Heart Pu’erh Tea from David’s Tea It tastes exactly like the cinnamon heart candy except its all natural and actually good for you! Chilled and blended with strawberries, banana, chia and a little extra cinnamon it makes the perfect pink smoothie. Pu’erh has … Read more
Welcome to January; freezing cold weather, fresh starts, packed gyms…and even more freezing cold weather! Although it was a bit of a shock to the system going back to work after two weeks I can honestly say I’m excited for 2015. I just have a feeling it’s going to be a good year; time to … Read more
I coloured the pancakes green naturally with some spinach and decorated them with coconut butter “tinsel” and goji berry “baubles”. I was about to take the photos when I realised, “Oh no, they need a star on top!”. A quick scan of my fridge led me to using some sliced rockmelon to quickly free-hand some … Read more
This Christmas pudding is: super easy to make only 5 ingredients HEALTHY naturally sweetened with fruit no-bake gluten-free vegan The hardest part is leaving it overnight to set! You could probably leave it for a minimum of 3 hours if you really can’t wait 😉 I served our Christmas pudding with coconut cream and cherries. … Read more
Heart shaped pizza with a pretty pink balsamic beet spread <3 Anyway, to make a heart shaped pizza, I simply poured a few tablespoons of the lentil batter onto the frying pan and quickly spread into a heart shape. I made mini pizzas, but by all means feel free to make full sized heart shaped … Read more
One night I decided to freeze some watermelon chunks to make some watermelon nicecream in the morning. Best. Idea. Ever. I simply blended up some frozen deseeded watermelon with a bit of coconut cream and lime juice, and it was super tasty! A very cool breakfast 😀 you could add some sweetener if you like (maple … Read more
While all those colours might look a little scary, let me assure you of two things: This is ALL NATURAL (no artificial colours in sight!). This is REALLY EASY to make. Promise. I started off by making my 3 different nicecream colours. Bananas and beetroot for pink. Bananas and blueberries for purple. Bananas and spirulina … Read more
Basil is best known as a culinary herb with it’s unique kind-of-sweet flavour. Apart from being really delicious, basil is also a rich source of vitamin K and contains small amounts of other vitamins and minerals. Basil can also be used as a herbal medicine for a range of conditions: expel intestinal worms relieve stomach cramps … Read more
I’d share with you guys my latest recipe creation: this spirulina smoothie. Spirulina smoothie I usually just mix a scoop (5ml) of spirulina powder into a glass of juice or water (water works best if I’m having flavoured spirulina – I particularly enjoy Nature’s Way Tropical Spirulina! – otherwise spirulina in water kinda tastes like…seaweed…). … Read more
A quick note about the ingredients: I used raw buckwheat, but ideally you’ll want to use activated buckwheat for best digestibility. You can buy activated buckwheat, or you can activate it yourself by soaking overnight and then dehydrating. The dehydrating is optional, but as I used dry buckwheat in this recipe, I don’t know if … Read more
So I went grocery shopping thinking, ok, I’m going to make a lemon cheesecake. I need some macadamias and some lemon and maybe some agave, and some almonds and dates for the base too. Then I got home and unpacked my groceries and remembered I have some very ripe bananas in the fruit bowl that … Read more
I made a pretty basic modification to my 5 ingredient lemon cheesecake – I left out the lemon and added mango. And that’s it. Just almonds and medjool dates for the base, and mango, bananas and coconut oil for the cheesecake. It sounds pretty stupid calling it a cheesecake actually, it doesn’t even resemble cheese … Read more
Traditionally, lamingtons are squares of sponge cake coated in chocolate and dessicated coconut. Sometimes there’s two layers of sponge stuck together with jam, although in my limited experience of traditional lamington eating, I never came across the jam filled lamingtons personally (I actually haven’t had a lamington for probably 15 years!). I did consider making … Read more
Chocolate and beetroot are like best friends. They always have a good time when they hang out together! (Actually, chocolate seems to be friends with everything…orange, strawberries, bananas, macadamias, even chilli…). Chocolate and beetroot really had a fun time in this raw choc beet cake 😀 First, there’s the chocolatey base. It’s topped with a … Read more
Ok, so on to these banana cauliflower muffins. Yes, still going with this hidden vegetable theme 😀 trust me, you won’t be able to detect cauliflower in these muffins. (Unless you don’t blend it well enough – you might end up with chunks – so make sure you blend blend BLEND that cauliflower!). However even … Read more
The problem with fresh Brahmi is that it’s quite bitter that is why I chose to making this recipe using basil AND Brahmi. The basil adds sweetness. The lemon juice adds an acidic note. The cashews add a creamy texture. And the salt is just salty. Combined with the bitterness of Brahmi, all of these … Read more
25th April is ANZAC Day here in Australia. As the tale goes, ANZAC biscuits were traditionally sent to soldiers by their wives, as the ingredients in these biscuits kept well for long periods of time. Flour, rolled oats, sugar, dessiccated coconut and butter were the main ingredients in traditional ANZAC biscuits – and I made … Read more
I’ve been really into pomegranates lately – crunchy, juicy, sweet little rubies. Anybody else obsessed with this delicious fruit? Cracking into a pomegranate the other week, I knew I had to use pomegranate in a raw cake…I became obsessed with creating a delicious raw dessert featuring these yummy juicy pomegranate arils. Mint & pomegranate raw cake … Read more
