Matcha Truffles Ingredients: 5 very ripe frozen banana’s (mine were very small) 5 pitted madjool dates 1tsp pumpkin spice 1 tsp vanilla essence pinch of salt Method In a food processor blitz the frozen bananas until smooth. Then add in pitted dates, pumpkin spice, vanilla essence and pinch of salt. Blend until well combined. Serve …
Nutty Seedy Keto Bread
Nutty Seedy Keto Bread Ingredients: 100g sunflower seeds 75g psyllium husk 35g chia seeds 50g finely chopped almonds 25g coconut flour 1 tsp baking powder Pinch of salt 2 eggs 50g melted butter 1 cup of warm water Method Preheat oven to 180 oC Line a loaf tin with baking paper Mix together all the …
Apple Muffins
Apple Muffins – nut-free, gluten-free, school-friendly Ingredients: 1/2 cup coconut flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp cloves Pinch salt 1 cup apple puree 1/4 cup honey 1 tsp vanilla 4 eggs 1/2 cup almond milk 50g melted butter 1 cup grated carrot 1/4 cup sultanas Method: Preheat oven …
Apple Pie Waffles
Apple Pie Waffles Buckwheat Waffles with Apple Pie toppings Waffles 450 mls milk (any milk of choice) 125 g butter (melted) 3 eggs (beaten) 1 tsp vanilla ¼ cup sugar 300 g buckwheat 1 tsp baking powder Apple Pie Topping 1½ cups apple puree (could use canned pie apple) 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp cardamon …
Slow Bowels? Estrogen Dominance?
Slow bowels? Only pooping every few days? Are you also noticing? Heavy painful periods Swollen tender breasts Increased body fat on hips and thighs Headaches/migraines Mood swings creating irritability or impatience Did you know your slow bowel movements could be creating these signs of estrogen dominance? When your body is done with the estrogen it …
Are you as Mobile as you Think?
During March, I will be asking my patients to get more mobile for Mobility Month! A recent survey by the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) found that one in ten Australians claim their pain hindered their ability to play with their children; one in ten indicated impacts on intimate relationships; and one in 20 realised their …
Balancing Hormones with Vitamin D
As a nutritionist and a chiropractor, I talk with many women in pain and struggling with hormonal issues. Nutritional sufficiencies are key to hormonal health, inflammation control, and whole-body health. If you don’t feed your body with the nutritional building blocks it requires to perform its daily functions it cannot expect it to work optimally! …
Breaking free of stress
I see a lot of female clients that are stressed! This stress causes an imbalance of hormones creating a cascade of side effects including weight-loss resistance, frazzled brain, inability to focus, lethargy, sugar and coffee cravings, exhaustion, anxiety, and many other symptoms. When these amazing women try to address the symptoms they get nowhere. They …
Slow metabolism? – How lifting weights can help.
“I have a slow metabolism” A phrase I have caught myself saying and hear often from my clients. What does it mean? What is metabolism really? How does it affect your weight? I have often felt I have a slow metabolism. I have decided that if a famine hit Australia, I would be fine. My …
Wellness Care – How does Chiropractic help?
What is Wellness? Is it just a fancy word for feeling good, or a hippy term for spiritual enlightenment? Dictionary.com says wellness is: noun the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort. an approach to healthcare that emphasizes preventing illness and prolonging life, as opposed …
17 Surprising benefits to walking
The hint of spring and warmer weather is here. Although as I type this it is about 10 degrees celsius outside, freezing and raining. But I have had a few glimpses of sunshine, in the last week or so, that has given me hope that summer is on its way. I even went for a …