Are you familiar with kumquats? I certainly wasn't until I discovered a big kumquat tree in my new garden showing off plenty of small, oval shaped bright orange fruits that were very popular with the local birds. Here’s the photo of these beautiful fruits. The kumquat tree originates from China (kumquat means ‘gold orange’ in [...]
Homemade food created with love and attention is very nourishing for the body and soul. Even cakes and cookies! I love making cookies or cakes for special occasions, usually 2-3 times per year. Every time I make them I aim to create a different theme and use different ingredients for decorating, which need to be [...]
Did you know you can make delicious and super healthy yoghurt at home and skip the supermarket variety filled with food additives, flavour enhancers or stabilisers? Homemade 24-hour SCD yoghurt recipes are easy to make, perfect for busy mums, elderly or executives working long hours with little time left for cooking. Let me tell you [...]
Coriander is an aromatic herb that has been used as a flavouring agent and medicinal plant since ancient times in Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and Western herbalism mainly to treat digestive complains. It was also prescribed with great success as an aphrodisiac for both men and women. Today, coriander preparations are used by herbalists for digestive [...]
As a dedicated GAPS practitioner I’m constantly searching for and experimenting with easy to make but nutritious GAPS recipes to suggest to my clients, usually busy mums. I find that making GAPS desserts could often be the trickiest part of meal preparation for many of them but it needn’t be this way at all! In this post [...]
Green smoothies include a variety of fresh or frozen produce, including green leafy vegetables. They are a great and easy way to increase the amount of raw fruits and vegetables in your diet. Consuming just one smoothie each day provides an enjoyable and easy alternative to a plate of vegetables or a bowl of fruit. [...]
Have you ever tried making meals with spaghetti squash? I just did and was very pleased with the result:) Spaghetti squash is called a vegetable alternative to pasta because after cooking or baking it looks like thin, golden pasta. It’s really filling and using just one squash goes a long way, the one I got [...]
I made this delicious dish recently and it was so good that it needs to be shared! This chicken recipe was created by Jude Blereau, one of my favourite food writers and cooks, it is easy to make, and it doesn't require lots of ingredients to taste fantastic. Here is the recipe: Lemon, Thyme and [...]
Have you discovered quinoa yet?! I recently enjoyed a really tasty quinoa and vegetable dish served with grilled chicken and a green salad - it was just divine! This inspired me to make a few quinoa dishes from the recipe book ‘Cooking with quinoa the supergrain’ by Rena Patten, and I’d like to share with [...]
Turmeric milk is a traditional Indian beverage that is commonly referred to as “Golden Milk” because of its many healing properties. It’s very soothing, helps with sleep, is anti-inflammatory, decreases muscle and joint pain and will help your body to gently detox. It is well known that turmeric taken on its own is poorly absorbed, [...]
