Recipes

Nourishing Starts

Nourishing Starts

These breakfast jars are quick, easy, nourishing and delicious. They are pretty simple and a great way to start the day or brunch style ( if your the type of person that likes to wake up a bit before you eat like I am). Its also a way to get heaps of nourishment…

Sweet Potato & Cheese Muffins with Chilli & Thyme (GF)

Sweet Potato & Cheese Muffins with Chilli & Thyme (GF)

How easy and versatile are these muffins ! Eat for breakfast, lunch, brunch or on the go. You can dress them up with some salad to make them a fancy or eat them as is. These are winners !!! Im going to play around with some more flavours by adding some other bits and…

Pickled Cucumbers

Pickled Cucumbers

I love pickling as much as I do fermenting and the bonus is you can’t go too wrong with the pickle. Ive never really liked raw cucumbers but I love these pickles and they are so easy and delicious. It’s great to have a jar in the fridge to add crunch and freshness to…

Breakfast Salad Bowl

Breakfast Salad Bowl

I love a good breakfast salad bowl, this one I recently made was delicious. The concept of the salad bowl is pretty simple. Fresh goodness topped with an egg or 2. Use what you have in the fridge and garden, add lots of greens and colour. Easy !!! You can make a hot…

Red Lentil Soup

Red Lentil Soup

Full of the nourishing goodness of garlic, chilli & thyme this is a beautiful winter warming soup for the soul. Red Lentils are full of plant proteins, Iron and prebiotics for gut health, this red lentil soup is a goodie. Prebiotics help the good bacteria in the gut…

Kimchi

Kimchi

Really Easy and totally delicious Kimchi !⁠ ⁠Kimchi is the common name for any vegetable pickled in the Korean style of fermentation. There are nearly 200 documented varieties of Kimchi and as with most ancient domestic arts, there are so many ways to make it. I came…

Creamy Delicious Pumpkin Soup

Creamy Delicious Pumpkin Soup

I love a good pumpkin soup and this one I recently came across is super easy with a bit of a twist of taste which leaves it extra creamy. I never used to roast my pumpkins but I have to say doing this is honestly the best way to get a great tasting pumpkin soup….

Tomato & Sweet Potato Soup

Tomato & Sweet Potato Soup

No offence to the other soups I made this year but I think this soup would have to be my favourite. I was craving this soup ever since I saw the recipe in my Wellbeing Eatwell magazine and it certainly didn’t disappoint. I used to love warming feeling of the canned…

Borlotti Bean Goodness Bowl

Borlotti Bean Goodness Bowl

This is a great recipe that can be changed around to suit most tastes. I made this one with a Thai flavoured feel and added lots of veggies I had in the garden. With a base of Borlotte beans, stock, herbs & coconut milk it is perfect for the cooler days. Full of fibre…

Yellow Lentil Soup

Yellow Lentil Soup

Another super simple quick dish. This can be made as a soup or made thicker and added to sweet potato or green veggies. Full of plant fibres and prebiotic benefits, lentils are the new black as far as I’m concerned. Im embracing the lentil at the moment. These little…

Soothing Mango Smoothie Bowl

Soothing Mango Smoothie Bowl

Smoothies are perfect for cooling and soothing the body. For the mango lovers of this world this one is for you. Soothing Mango Smoothie Bowl Print Recipe Ingredients    1 – 2 cups frozen mango organic 1 1/2 fresh banana Some big spoonfuls…

Creamy Pea & Broccoli Soup

Creamy Pea & Broccoli Soup

OH MY GOD this soup is good !! So deliciously creamy with loads of green phytonutrients to boost the system, its like a big nutritional hug for the body. Peas are a great source of iron, an important mineral required for boosting and protecting the immune system. The…

Sweet Potato & Chickpea Soup with Turmeric Ferment

Sweet Potato & Chickpea Soup with Turmeric Ferment

The fresh garden limes, turmeric ferment & balsamic vinegar added to this soup may seem a bit random but I think it totally works. The soup base is delicious on its own but I always like to add some fresh goodness on top of any soup to get extra nourishment and the…

The Magic of Pho Chicken Broth

The Magic of Pho Chicken Broth

This is a soup base with substance. The best part about making this broth is once you get a handle on the herbs, its a one pot deal with left overs. The broth is so delicious and can be used to make different soups (let me count the ways). The Magic of Pho Chicken…

Baked Balsamic Pumpkin Soup

Baked Balsamic Pumpkin Soup

This baked pumpkin soup is so easy. Baking the pumpkin first seems to caramelise the pumpkin and adds a bit of sweetness and extra creamyness to the soup. I also find that this method is a little easier than boiling the pumpkin. The added herbs and spices in this…

Lime Ginger Dal

Lime Ginger Dal

You can almost feel your body thank you when you eat some warming Dal and this one is easy, quick and delicious. I adapted this from a recipe I came across in a beautiful Ayurvedic living cookbook. The original recipe called for lemon but as I had excess limes and…

Roasted Celeriac Soup

Roasted Celeriac Soup

A beautiful nourishing and relatively different take on soup. This roasted celeriac soup adds a splash of raw apple to give you just a hint of spring. Its light and refreshing for when you don’t want the heaviness of winter fair or in the hotter months when you are…

Old Fashioned Chicken Broth

Old Fashioned Chicken Broth

A good bowl of chicken bone broth is both healing, nourishing & soothing to the soul. If there was an example of ‘food as medicine’ it would be a steaming bowl of chicken soup, filled to the brim with a variety of veggies and herbs. Broth has a long and…

Filipino Style chicken & Veggie Soup

Filipino Style chicken & Veggie Soup

Filipino Style chicken & Veggie Soup This dish is another super easy nourishing meal that can be adapted to taste and tailored with the veggies you like. The original dish contained kelp noodles or traditional cellophane noodles and white cabbage. All of which would…