Recipe: Slow-Cooked Eggplant, Mushroom and Swiss Chard Curry

by Michelle on January 27, 2012 · 0 comments

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Even though animal products can be beneficial in the diet, it can be good to vary ones diet by having some vegetable-based dishes every now and again. Here is recipe for a vegetable curry that I made last week which I’m sure you’re going to love! Recipe: Slow-Cooked Eggplant, Mushroom and Swiss Chard Curry Allergen info/Recipe info: This [...]

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Recipe: Lime-Flavoured (Cooked) Tomato, Avocado and Capsicum Salsa

by Michelle on January 25, 2012 · 0 comments

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Here is another fresh summery salsa recipe! The last salsa recipe I posted was a Jalapeno, Mango and Tomato Salsa with Chilli and Lime Prawns. With this recipe, instead of a raw salsa (like the previous recipe)- this salsa is a cooked one. The benefit of a cooked salsa is that you will get the nutritional benefit from the tomatoes [...]

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Recipe: Homemade Spiced Dandelion Chai Recipe + the Benefits of Bitters

Are you eating bitter foods? Eating bitter vegetables such as dandelion leaf and root, kale, rocket, amaranth and swiss chard can have a great digestion-enhancing effect! These bitter foods help to improve our digestion by increasing bile flow, increasing gastric acid and improving our overall digestive function which improves our nutritional status. It’s the bitter flavour [...]

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Recipe: Barbeque Kale Chips

top: baked bbq kale chips. bottom: dehydrated kale chips. Here is another delicious green leafy recipe to get you eating more greens and loving them too! There are so many ways to enjoy kale and other green leafy veggies. Kale chips are really crunchy and delicious and are a healthier alternative to potato chips. Try [...]

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Recipe: Balsamic Roasted Veggie Salad with Fennel Seeds, Feta and Wild Olives

Here is another way to get some delicious veg in your diet. Recipe: Balsamic Roasted Veggies Salad with Fennel Seeds, Feta and Wild Olives Ingredients: 4 large beetroot, raw 4 carrots, raw 1 red onion a dash of red balsamic vinegar 1 bit of olive oil 1 tsp. fennel seeds, toasted full-fat feta cheese, crumbled wild [...]

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Recipe: Broccoli, Avocado and Pinenut Salad with Parmigiano Reggiano

This warm salad is quick, easy, nutritious and tastes delicious! Here’s how to make it: Recipe: Broccoli, Avocado and Pinenut Salad with Parmigiano Reggiano Ingredients: 2 heads of broccoli, washed, chopped into florets and stem sliced thinly lemon juice, to taste 1 tsp. butter or 1 tsp olive oil 1 avocado, peeled, pitted and chopped into [...]

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Recipe: Healthier Homemade Cherry Ripe (With Real Food Ingredients)

Two years ago I posted a recipe for Homemade Bounty Bars which has become one of the most popular recipes on my Health Food Lover blog. Now here is another treaty recipe, just healthified. This time I have made a recipe for Healthier Homemade Cherry Ripe made with real food ingredients (no artificial colours, sugars, flavours) just like [...]

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Recipe: Paleo Sweet Breakfast Omelette with Sautéed Berries

Here is a little twist on my sweet breakfast omelette recipe which many of you seemed to love: This new sweet breakfast omelette recipe is similar to the former recipe, however this time I cooked it in red palm oil and added some mixed organic berries that I sautéed with red palm oil. It was [...]

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Animal-Based Nutrition: How Animal Products Are Beneficial and Crucial to Health

We all make our own choice as to whether we follow an omnivorous diet or one contains little or even no animal products. No one diet can serve us all.   Though, for a long time, we have been taught from the media, special-interest groups and many other sources how a plant-based diet is superior to [...]

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Recipe: Mint & Berry Great Skin Smoothie

Ever since I read Karen Fischer’s book the The Healthy Skin Diet: Your Complete Guide to Beautiful Skin in Only 8 Weeks! (see my review here) a few years ago, I have loved to make smoothies that are great for the skin; smoothies that help to build and restore it. It’s great to know that just eating or drinking something delicious [...]

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