Guiltless Chocolate Pudding
What if you could indulge your chocolate cravings without any guilt, while fuelling your body with antioxidant-rich powerhouse foods? Chocoholics, your prayers have been answered! Cacao (raw chocolate powder) is more than 3.5 times richer in antioxidant polyphenols than regular cocoa; Blueberries protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia; Goji berries are the…
Fresh Figs with Macadamia Fig Cream
Figs are delicious and nutritious, in both their fresh and dried form. Figs are high in fibre, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper and manganese. Dried figs contain a whopping 250 mg of calcium per 100 g; whole cows’ milk has only 118mg per 100 g. The worst thing about fresh figs is how short their…
Thermomix recipes
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Cancer Knockout Smoothie
Coriander, bok choy, berries, cherries, cacao, pomegranate juice and seeds all contain substances that inhibit the growth of cancer. Deliver a knockout blow to cancer while tantalising your taste buds! Ingredients: 1 medium banana 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cherries 4 pitted dates or 2 medjool dates, pitted 1…
Totally Awesome Chocolate Mousse
Sweet potato, blueberries and cacao are all packed with antioxidants. Together, they’re totally awesome! Ingredients: 1 medium sweet potato 100 g pitted dates 150 g fresh or frozen blueberries 3 tbsp cacao (raw chocolate) powder, or carob powder 100 g baby spinach 50 ml plant milk Method: Bake sweet potato in its skin for…
Rhubarb and Apple Crumble
I just love the sweet-tart flavour of rhubarb! What a bonus that it provides good nutrition too. Rhubarb is rich in multiple B vitamins including folate, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, thiamin and pantothenic acid. The red stalks contain several vitamin A precursors which also exert anti-cancer activity, including ß-carotene, zeaxanthin, and lutein. Rhubarb is an excellent…
Recipe Directory
Every day in my practice, I counsel my clients on the profound and wide-ranging benefits of basing our diets on minimally processed plant foods. Making vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds the cornerstone of your diet, is the key to overcoming disease and earning optimal health and vitality. This approach has helped many…
Recipe Competition
The winning entry in my recent readers’ recipe competition was… drumroll please… From Phyllis in Arizona, USA. Chickpea and Vegetable Curry with Banana Ingredients: 1 onion, finely sliced 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tbsp curry powder 2 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ground cumin ½ tsp each ground turmeric & cinnamon…
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