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Planning your weekly shopping and family meals are essential tools for achieving positive healthful eating. The weekly shopping is just one of the critical topics we discuss in the information-packed workshops that provide loads of ideas to integrate easily into your lifestyle. At Food Lovers Nutrition, I am all about helping create healthful eating habits to nourish your health and vitality. For more information on the food Lovers Nutrition workshops check out my website or give me a call. http://foodloversnutrition.com/nutrition-workshops/

Chia infused in coconut chai with mango | Food Lovers Nutrition

Chai tea and coconut made the perfect infusion for this chia pudding and the homemade coconut mango ice cream was incredible. give it ago, click on the link to take you to the recipe on my website http://foodloversnutrition.com/chia-infused-in-coconut-chai-with-mango/

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Creating healthful eating habits is what Food Lovers Nutrition and I are all about. Healthful eating restores and nourishes health and vitality. Give me a call to make an appointment to see how I can support you to create the healthy habits that are right for you, or visit my website for more information www.foodloversnutrition.com

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Sweet Potato and Ricotta Muffins. It might be holiday season but that doesn’t mean the pressure is off for healthy snacks. With all the unhealthy “treats” around it is even more important to have healthy options readily available. These little beauties are great because you can freeze half (if you make a double batch) and always have them available when you need to think quickly of what to take out with you. I don’t think it is necessary to differentiate between sweet and savoury when the flavour is delivered. Recipe in my "Healthful Wholefoods EBook available free via my website http://foodloversnutrition.com/healthful-recipes-and-blog/

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This is my perfect green side salad: Kale and sprouts are both nutritionally dense and renowned for their high fibre, vitamins (A, K, C, B6) and minerals (manganese, magnesium, calcium) profile. Throw in some avocado and you get more vitamins and good fats. There is no need for a dressing as you use olive oil and lemon juice to massage the kale, see yesterdays post for directions and my website for more salad ideas.

Until a few months ago kale was for me was relegated to a winter vegetable. But as kale is still growing strong in my garden I’ve had to rethink that standard convention. Rubbing Kales with a little bit of olive oil, salt and lemon juice creates the most amazing tender aromatic leaf that is perfect for salad. It you haven’t tried it yet, give it a go. Massaging it softens the fibrous cells while losing none of its wonderful vitamins and mineral through cooking.

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It is stone fruit season in South Australia, so I get to eat loads of all my favourite fruits: apricots, peaches, peacharines, nectarines and cherries, with natural yogurt and honey roasted walnuts, pepitas and sunflower seeds.The health benefits of stone fruit are mainly from the abundance of Vitamin C (particularly if picked ripe) Vitamin A, potassium and the wonderful fibres. The added bonus is that stone fruits are generally lower in sugars than most other fruits.

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Sprouts are a 'living food' bursting with nutritional value. Rich in amino acids and vitamins, sprouts are also recognized for their high levels of fibre and enzymes and for being antioxidants and alkalising. Unlike cooked food, eating living food is something you 'feel'. Smaller quantities generally satisfy the appetite because of their high nutritional value. Germination transforms the seed and triggers a series of positive changes: the enzymes start to pre-digest, the starch is broken down into components that are simpler to digest and the level of vitamins goes up. After sprouting, the nutritional value of the seeds increases ten-fold and brings the body vitamins and minerals that can be considered as bio-available. For more healthy tip and recipes www.foodloversnutrtion.com

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You’ll love this Chocolate Zucchini cake. You can shout out that it has zucchini in it but probably nobody will believe you. The texture is dense but not heavy, so is quite filling; leaving no room for the not so healthy chocolate snacks that are every where at this time of year. And is so simple to make. Cream 100gms of butter with 3/4 cup of sugar and 1tsp vanilla paste. Beat in two eggs. Fold in 2 cups of wholemeal plain flour, 4 tabs of raw cacao, 1tsp of cinnamon, ½tsp of salt, 1tsp of bicarb and 1tsp of baking powder; alternatively with ½ cup of milk. Sir through 2 cups of packed grated Zucchini (approx. 2 medium). Pour into greased 20X30cm tin and bake in160°C fan forced oven for 40 mins. For more healthy snack and recipe ideas visit my website and eBook. http://foodloversnutrition.com/category/recipes/

Are you getting a good nights sleep? | Food Lovers Nutrition

Sleep is essentially a restorative process for our mental and physical states. The foods we eat and or avoid have a significant influence on our quality of sleep. If you are looking to improve your sleep start with the basics of what foods you are consuming. Deficiencies in calcium, magnesium, B vitamins, folic acid and melatonin directly impact the potential for a quality sleep... for more detail on foods to include and foods to avoid click on the photo to take you to my latest blog. http://foodloversnutrition.com/are-you-getting-a-good-nights-sleep/

Festive entertainers salad | Food Lovers Nutrition

Christmas salad sorted… it has the colours, textures and flavours. Hope you enjoy it. For the recipe click on the photo, it will take you to the full recipe on my website http://foodloversnutrition.com/festive-entertainers-salad/