Easy Baked Beans
Another tasty and simple breakfast, lunch or dinner. Make a double batch to enjoy throughout the week. Serves a family of 4, plus leftovers.
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Breakfast, Breakfast, Snacks, Sweet treats
Choc Banana Nut Smoothie
This smoothie packs in approximately 17g of protein per serve and makes a delicious post-workout snack or meal.
Dinner, Lunch, Recipes
Bron’s Vegetable, Lentil & Barley Soup
My cousin Bron makes a lovely hearty vegetable soup which I have adapted to create this recipe. It is a very forgiving recipe so feel free to use whatever vegetables you have in the garden/pantry/fridge. Serves a family of 4 with leftovers.
Dinner, Recipes
Roasted Tomato Pasta with “Pizza” Tofu
During Summer we often have a glut of huge, super sweet heirloom tomatoes from our vegetable garden, so I created this recipe to use them up. It is delicious served with pasta and cubes of tofu that have been seared in the pan and coated in pizza seasoning. Serves 4 hungry adults.
Recipes, Snacks, Sweet treats
Chocolate Squares
My Mum was a wonderful cook and a jar of these chocolate squares was always in the fridge when I was growing up. They make a delicious post-dinner sweet treat or snack if you are a chocolate lover. Makes approximately 20 squares.
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Tofu Scramble
This makes a tasty breakfast, lunch, or dinner. I love tofu and how versatile it is. It’s also incredibly health-promoting and has been eaten by the Okinawans (Blue Zone in Japan) for centuries. No, soy foods will not give you cancer or man boobs! Serve with sourdough toast and a side of steamed greens. Serves
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Red Lentil & Sweet Potato Dal
I love making this recipe in winter as it’s so easy, warming and satisfying. Serve with brown basmati rice or fluffy white rice mixed with riced cauliflower for extra vegetables. Note: Adding black pepper to dishes containing turmeric increases the bioavailability of curcumin, the main active ingredient in turmeric, by 2,000%. Curcumin has several health
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Almond & Oat Granola
I love putting granola on top of my smoothie bowls, but shop-bought versions contain added sugar, oil and other unwanted ingredients. This is based on a recipe by Dreena Burton from her book ‘Plant Powered Families’. It’s super easy to make and highly addictive. Makes approximately 6-7 cups. Ingredients Directions Pre-heat oven to 160 °C
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Health Balls
A recipe inherited from my lovely Mum who found the original recipe in the Epicure section of the Age Newspaper many years ago. Due to the quantity of nuts used and the coconut, avoid these if you are on a low-fat diet for health reasons.