The best Christmas gift EVER
I don’t know about you, but I’m at the stage in life where there just aren’t that many THINGS that I need. In fact, these days I find I get far more satisfaction out of decluttering my home and office than I do out of acquiring new stuff! So I don’t really want anything for…
‘Tis the season to… gain 2 kg
That’s how much weight the average Australian gains over the December-January festive season. It might not sound like a lot, but when you think about how much effort it takes to SHED that extra weight, compared to how little effort is required to gain it in the first place, the old saying ‘an ounce of…
It’s not about the food
Whenever I’m working on food cravings with either my private clients or participants in The LEAN Program, we ALWAYS reach a point where they realise it’s not about the food. They start off completely wrapped up in the desire to eat chocolate, or lollies, or hot chips, or bread and butter, or whatever their “frug”…
Hawaiian Pineapple Cake
As the official family cake-maker, the only way I’ve ever had a decent vegan birthday cake in the past is to make it myself . But this birthday I had a lovely treat – my son Mitch and my darling hubby made the cake, and Imogen decorated it. They used Dr Fuhrman’s Hawaiian Pineapple Cake…
Leek and Kale Quiche
I adapted this recipe from the Thermomix A Taste of Vegetarian cookbook. Simple, nutritious and delicious! Ingredients: Crust 100 g almonds 40 g sesame seeds 200 g rolled oats 120 ml water Filling 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped 1 leek, cleaned and roughly chopped 3 cloves garlic 1/2-1 red chilli, de-seeded 1 bunch…
Banana Oat Biscuits
Ingredients: 2 cups rolled oats 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 4 medium overripe bananas 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 1/4 cup raisins Method: Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Use a high powered blender or food processor to process the oats into flour. Pour the oat flour into…
Carrot, Sweet Potato and Cauliflower Rogan Josh Curry
My kids are polar opposites when it comes to tolerance for chilli (as they are in many other ways!). Mitch can’t get enough of the stuff and Imogen can barely tolerate a whiff of it. So their preferences when they make curry are quite different. This is Mitch’s idea of a curry! See Imogen’s Very…
Kiberry Cream Pie/Parfait
Ingredients: 5 fresh bananas 4 frozen bananas (peel and break into chunks before freezing) 1 cup frozen strawberries 1 cup fresh strawberries 2 frozen kiwifruit (peel before freezing!) Method: For the pie crust, slice and mash 4 fresh bananas and spread evenly into a pie plate. Place in the freezer. For the first layer,…
Soba Noodle-Stuffed Pumpkin
Ingredients: 1 large jap pumpkin 2 tsp olive oil 4 large onions, peeled and chopped into eighths 1 clove garlic 1 bunch English spinach, roughly chopped 160 g soba noodles 4 shallots 2 tsp rice vinegar Method: Preheat oven to 200°C. Cut the pumpkin in half, scoop out seeds and bake for 45 minutes…
Bluevado Pie
This is the perfect dessert for a hot summer night! Ingredients: Crust 10 date and coconut rolls (available from many large supermarkets, health food shops and greengrocers) 1 cup rolled oats ¼ cup desiccated coconut ¼ cup sunflower seeds ¼ cup walnuts Filling 300 g frozen blueberries 10 dates, pitted and chopped 4-5 bananas 1…