Simple recipes, whole foods, inspired health
This is my take on a Dutch style, Healthy Pea and Ham soup. I can't always source good quality ham hocks so I've improvised to replicate the flavour combo of smoked meat and legumes that I grew up with, but using a pork chop and bacon instead of the hock. The result is this tasty, hearty stew like soup that's more a complete meal, than a starter. Whilst it has a long cooking time, it really is ...
I'm sure many of you are thinking about forming (or re-forming) healthy habits about now, so, I thought this the best time to share this little gem of a recipe - my Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal (with Cinnamon Yoghurt). The festive season is one time in the year I stray from my usual clean eating. I'm eating out more often, the change in routine with my kids being on school holidays also throws me, ...
This Vietnamese Meatball Soup recipe has become a bit of a staple this winter. Mainly because it's delicious, easy and quick to make (and it can be customised to include what ever vegetables you have in your fridge). It's also jam packed with immune supportive ingredients which is so handy at this time of the year. My 14 year old daughter is a budding singer/ songwriter (you can hear her sing ...
Hearty stews and soups, especially when they contain warming herbs and spices are super nourishing in the winter time. This Lamb Harira can be prepared in 15 minutes in just one casserole dish, then it's into the oven to slowly braise. Set and forget is my type of cooking! You can also adapt this delicious soup come stew to cook in your slow cooker if you have one. Health benefits This is one ...
Well there's a distinct change in the weather, even here in sunny Queensland with a little bit of a chill in the air in the evening and morning. Autumn and winter are my favourite seasons here on the Gold Coast, the skies are blue, the days are dry and sunny - way more comfortable for this old girl than the humidity of our summer (now I'm sounding like my mother ha ha). Which brings me to this ...
Last week I wrote about snacking and listed some of my kids favourite after school snacks. You can catch up here. So this week I thought it appropriate that I share their absolute favourite snack – my healthy version of those awful, fake instant noodles (or noodle cups). Instant noodles are a perfect example of not what to eat – heavily processed, nutritionally void, packaged…I can’t even call ...
