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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: 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: Frangipane Custard Tarts with Fresh Summer Berries

Last week when I was dreaming up christmasy recipes, I originally wanted to make some sort of fruit tart or pie. I thought about making a healthier version of fruit mince pies, but it seemed to wintery (and we’re currently in summer here) and it seemed a shame to not takeÂ advantageÂ of the fresh summer fruit […]

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Recipe: Chocolate & Walnut Essene Brownies (Sprouted Grain Brownies)

I’ve finally finished exams for the year, so time for a treat! Recipe: Chocolate & Walnut Essene Brownies (Sprouted Grain Brownies) Allergen info/Recipe info: This recipe contains, eggs, dairy and gluten, so is not suitable for those sensitive to any of those. Carob is much less stimulating than cacao/cocoa (Cacao contains caffeine, which is a […]

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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)Â actions, amongÂ it’s other uses (1).Â 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: Sesame-Crusted Avocado Wedges

Recipe: Sesame-Crusted Avocado Wedges Serves: 2-3 Allergen info: This recipe contains almonds, eggs and sesame seeds. It is dairy-free. Ingredients: 2 avocados, peeled and pitted 1/2 C. – 1 C (or as needed) almond meal 1-2 raw eggs, beaten ~1/2 C- 1 C (or as needed) white sesame seeds salt and pepper, to taste ~ […]

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Recipe: Purple Kefir Smoothie

Ahh Kefir. So many uses, so little time! Good thing for all those kefir-lover’s out there: I have a new recipe for you! Â Last time I shared the recipe for Jaffa Kefir (below). If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend you do! Now, here for you today is another colourful andÂ delicious kefir […]

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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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All About Kefir + A Recipe for Homemade Organic Kefir with Lemon Zest & Raspberries

What Is Kefir? Kefired milk (or Kefir; said as ke-fear), is the fermented dairy* product made from adding Kefir grains** (which are also known as Kefir; see picture above which shows kefir’s cauliflower-like appearance) into milk to ferment. The Kefir grains are a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast which exist on a structure of polysaccharide, protein, amino […]

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Why Animals To Be Eaten Must Be Killed: An Excerpt From The Colonial Cook Book, The First Published Australian Cookbook

In my new blog Creative Vintage Lover*, I spoke about my favourite vintage cookbook (currently anyway), which is The Colonial Cook Book: The Recipes Of a By-Gone Australia By Paul Hamlyn. It is a reprint (from 1970) of the “first published Australian cookÂ book”, originally published in 1864. As you can imagine it has a lot […]