No words needed. Our family is growing and I’m super excited to be able to share with you! On a not so happy note, my Nana passed away this weekend and once again, I am reminded just how precious life is. One life ends, another begins. This...
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Excellent! It’s Friday. This week I was lucky enough to be paid a special visit by my Dad. And so I quickly put together this simple (and gluten free) dessert as a after dinner treat. It’s a great winter warmer and ready in 20...
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Original image here So I’m back with more on the pill. The response to last weeks post on ‘The Pill – is it for you‘ was so tremendous, I really wanted to get this next piece of the puzzle out as soon as possible, whilst...
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Original image here A week ago, Australia was getting ready to celebrate Mother’s day. A recent report showed that Australia is the number two place in the world to be a mum. This is pretty good news for those of us looking to add to our family!...
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Original image here So my lovely friend Nadia (from Micro Mania – micro greens) and her little poppet Amie, paid us a visit today with huge box of kale in tow. Nadia promised to show me how to make her wonderful kale chips – and I...
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The oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is the most used pharmaceutical, world wide. Most women have taken it at some stage during their life, Many young women are being prescribed the pill to ‘sort out’ a wide variety of health issues...
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image from here Going through puberty can be scary but with the right information it doesn’t need to be as daunting. A regular menstrual cycle once is begins, occurs each month – very often co-inciding with the moon (since the moon...
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This recipe is lip smackingly good. I pumped out a batch on Tuesday night (after dinner – intending to freeze it). It was completely gone by 12pm Wednesday! Spiced & roasted pumpkin soup 1/2 japanese pumpkin (or whatever your choice) 1...
Read moreI asked the lovely Mel Armstrong from ditch the gym to talk to me about her thoughts on fats, sugars – the good and the ugly. Mel is a personal trainer and lover of all things wholesome and healthy – she knows a thing or 50 about good...
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This is my mum (with one of her precious grand children). She has done the best job of maintaining herself. She doesn’t wear sunscreen (unless exposed for long periods of time), she doesn’t use fancy creams on her skin. She eats well...
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Ok so we all know I quit sugar 2 months ago now (because I haven’t stopped raving about it!) – but should you choose to indulge in hot cross buns this year – these are the beauties I mixed up last year. They were so delicious...
Read moreI’m an advocate for fat. Full fat. On the flip side, I quit sugar. Seem odd to you? Perhaps that’s because we have had it drummed into us that sugar isn’t ‘fattening’ because technically it doesn’t contain fat...
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