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Healthy Lunch

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

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

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: 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: Slow-Cooked Kangaroo Bolognese with Zucchini Spaghetti

This bolognese is really very delicious and is worth the wait to cook it! This is actually the second time I’ve made it. The first time I used organic beef, while this time around I used kangaroo mince. Both were great. The first time I served the bolognese on some steamed veggies which is another [...]

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Recipe: Cleansing (& Delicious!) Salad: Version 2

Here is another salad recipe, version II of the Cleansing (& Delicious) Salad recipe. This week and in this recipe I used veg from Ceres Fair Food which I highly recommend if you’re in Melbourne. Recipe: Cleansing (& Delicious!) Salad: Version II Serves: Serves three. Ingredients: 3 beetroots, roasted peeled, chopped into quaters and then [...]

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Recipe: Nettle and Berry Smoothie

In herbal medicine, Nettle (Urtica dioica) is used for it’s nutritive properties (it’s rich in many nutrients) and depurative (blood-purifying) actions, among it’s other uses (1). The nutrients in nettle leaf include: Vitamin A, C, beta-carotene, calcium, potassium, phosphorous, chlorophyll, magnesium, tannins, flavonoids, sterols and amines (2). Nettle can also be used as a food and is commonly [...]

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Recipe: Cleansing (& Delicious!) Cabbage Salad

This is not your normal cabbage/coleslaw salad (so leave those cabbage-hating preconceptions at the door!)! This salad is spicy, zesty, herby and really yummy! Recipe: Cleansing (& Delicious!) Cabbage Salad Serves: Two as a side dish or one very hungry health food lover! Ingredients: 1/4 cabbage, sliced into thin strips 1/8 red cabbage, sliced into [...]

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80+ Ways & Recipes To Use Milk Kefir

Got milk kefir and not sure how to use it? Here are 70+ ways & recipes to use it. Here are now 80+ ways to use milk kefir! Some things you should know: What kefir ? What are fermented foods? How to make milk kefir. Storing kefir for ripening & reducing lactose Kefirpedia There are a lot [...]

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Recipe: Green Spinach Pancakes!

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I know sometimes it can be hard to get greens in your diet, but here is another way to inspire you: Green Spinach Pancakes! These were born simply from my idea of wanting to make a green smoothie into a pancake! Oh, and for those spinach-haters, here is some good news: these pancakes don’t taste like spinach, they just taste like banana [...]

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Rosemary Potato Pancakes with Sour Cream and Sauerkraut

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Today I have a really tasty recipe for you. These potato pancakes are flavoured with rosemary and are served with good-for-you fermented foods sauerkraut and sour cream. This recipe was inspired by Naturopath Helen Padarin. Helen advocates eating fermented veggies for good health. She even wrote a guest post here at healthfoodlover.com, all about fermented [...]

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