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Easy zucchini, spinach & parmesan pesto gnocchi your family will love!

If you need a delicious dinner recipe for your family, look no further than this delicious gnocchi with zucchini, spinach and parmesan pesto! With simple ingredients that you can find in your pantry and fridge, or easy to find at your local supermarket, this quick and easy pesto might be your new family favourite. Serves 4 Ingredients 2 small or 1 large zucchini 500g Gnocchi (my pick: Aldi World Kitchen) Half cup of baby spinach Half cup of freshly grated…

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Kid friendly – Gluten Free Banana & Oat Mini Pancakes

When my young son wasn’t able to eat gluten and wheat for a period of time, I had to look for alternatives when it came to pancakes for the kids. Even though he can now eat wheat, these banana and oat mini pancakes are a weekly breakfast option at our place that the kids (and we) love! Ingredients Makes 12 mini pancakes. 1 Banana Cinnamon (light sprinkle to your taste) 1 egg 1 cup rolled oats Milk of choice (only…

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Pana Chocolate – a guilt free treat you must try!

Plant Based. Gluten Free. Delicious. ⁠ They’re definitely not wrong! ⁠ If you’re looking to satisfy your sweet tooth with that chocolate craving you get at night (anyone else ??), you need to get on board with Pana Chocolate, one decadent cube at a time. Founded in Melbourne, Pana Chocolate is all about chocolate that’s full of antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Chocolate without preservatives, organic, dairy free, soy free and refined sugar free. Chocolate for everyone. We just…

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Treat yourself to these delicious chocolate biscuits!

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Who loves a chocolate biscuit? Me, Me, Me !!! Now I love a biscuit dunked in my tea, but I haven’t bought mainstream biscuit brands for a while now. Many of them have contained palm oil or vegetable oils and super high levels of sugar which I try to avoid, and frankly ingredient labels on biscuits have SO many ingredients with codes and numbers, at times it’s too overwhelming for me to work out is it healthy or not. So I try…

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The Organic Butler Fresh Produce

I am a big believer in manifesting (combined with taking action) to get what you want in life, and I have a little story to share.⠀ It was Sunday morning last month, and hubby and I were chatting about how time is so limited now with all our work and family commitments. One of the things we have been striving to do is minimise – minimise our material stuff, minimise our commitments (I’m currently failing at that lol!!), minimise where…

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Gluten & dairy free snacks! Leda Banana Bars

It’s morning or afternoon tea time and you really need a pick me up. And plain fruit isn’t cutting it. So in the past, I would have a biscuit, some salty chips, lollies, anything to give me a spike in sugar or salt (or both) and I was happy for about 30 minutes. ⠀ Nowadays, I have improved my snack choices so my energy levels last a lot longer and I usually munch on a Carman’s Kitchen muesli bar, some…

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Pukka Tea

I LOVE drinking tea. Which might sound odd, considering I’m of Italian heritage and coffee is deeply entrenched in our culture and family way of life. I don’t mind coffee occasionally, I just much prefer tea. ⠀ Tea makes me feel relaxed, peaceful, happy, chilled and is perfect shared with a friend. It seems to soothe any conversation and help heal the soul.⠀ I don’t mind what flavour either … which was great considering on my last visit to Healthy…

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Free range vs caged eggs

Sundays are for a free-range eggy brekky. 🍳 If you try non-free range eggs and compare eggs from chickens raised in a backyard or farm which free roam, you’ll notice in the free range option: The colour of the yolk will be a vibrant yellow rather than a pale yellow, the taste will be incredible as opposed to bland, and you will know they are better for you as they are fed food scraps, are allowed to free roam to eat…

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Ceres Organics Herb Salt

Want a healthy alternative to your processed aromatic seasonings for your meats and veggies?⠀⠀ For a long time, I had been using powdered chicken, veggie or beef powdered stocks full of anti-caking agents, flavour enhancers and artificial preservatives to season our cooked meals. It tasted so good, but I knew it wasn’t good for us.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ By now you’ve probably worked out, I always look for a better healthier option wherever possible. 😉⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I headed to my trusty Healthy…

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Sulphites and how they affect me.

Can certain processed and packaged food cause hay fever / asthma type symptoms? The answer is a big fat YES. It happened to me. Starting with a blocked nose which lasted about 2 years. At work, colleagues would ask if I had a cold (I didn’t), as I sounded so nasal all the time. It got worse at times with extreme bouts of hay fever symptoms, scratchy throat, blocked nose and irritability – I now know this was due to…

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