Tag: healthy

One of the best things I’ve done for my health recently is to remove grains and other starchy carbs from my diet again….again you ask?   Well I’ve done it before but it’s just so easy to relax the rules and eat the donut or croissant or something from the sandwich platter. This is called living.  All of a sudden

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The hardest bit about transitioning to a real-food, grain-free, paleo-friendly, Food with a Conscience style of eating is knowing how to avoid the cravings.  I’ve been there before, sometimes all you need is chocolate. As much as possible in as short a time as possible! Often it’s just a habit.  That 5pm, cooking dinner, tickle in the throat that signals

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We’re all bred for convenience these days.  I’m guilty.  I want dinner in 20 minutes and the kids in bed so I can sit on the couch, watch Netflix, check my social media, play a shitty game on my ipad and read a book on my tablet all in that hour or two before bed. Same goes for looking after

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Stick with me, learn to cook using ingredients that nourish and are in season and you no longer need a shopping list. It’s not about buying for a recipe, it’s about cooking with whats available and in season.  Just because you can get apples all year round – does not mean they are always in season. Skip the convenience foods

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It’s that time of year on the Gold Coast Spring has sprung – The fishing season has a couple of weeks break to let the ocean restock and before the locals go crazy for it’s bounty! Christmas in QLD means seafood for a lot of families as the heat makes traditional roast turkey etc a little uncomfortable. I know I

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Almost 5 years ago (Pre-Pete Evans and his paleo way) I was introduced to the paleo lifestyle by a couple of local fitness professionals. I’d blown out weight wise, my diet had absolutely no guidelines. It wasn’t that hard to grasp, I’d just finished reading David Gillespie’s book “sweet poison” so I was aware of the damage hidden sugars were doing

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