Meatless Monday: Quinoa Enchilada Casserole
Are you looking for some delicious and healthy options for meatless Monday? Eating a meatless meal at least once a week can help significantly increase your overall fibre intake and decrease your intake of saturated fat. Plant-based protein sources, such as quinoa, beans, or legumes pack a significant amount of…
Mediterranean Style Lamb with Quinoa
This Mediterranean style lamb is a delicious and simple recipe for any night of the week. It also includes a serving of whole grains from quinoa! It also gives you a few servings of vegetables from the eggplant and roasted pepper. Mediterranean Style Lamb with Quinoa Serves 4 Ingredients 400g deboned lamb…
Thermomix Minestrone Soup with Pasta
I love making soup in the Thermomix. It is so easy and you don't have to use multiple pots and pans to get a delicious soup. Vegetable soup is definitely one of my favourites! This particular one is an Italian-style minestrone with tons of fibre (from the beans as well…
Chicken and Spinach Soup with Pesto
Soups are a great way to not only warm up in the winter, but also to help you re-set your digestion and health after a any period of time of less than perfect eating. For me, it was a cruise I went on with my family recently where it was…
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup Recipe
Soups are one of the best things about winter, as is warming up in front of a fireplace with a hot cuppa, and the fact that the lawn does not need to be mowed quite so often. However, with the change in weather, it can be easy to make excuses to exercise…
Zucchini Pasta
Zucchini pasta adds sneaky vegetables while being naturally gluten-free, grain-free (paleo) and low carb! I find zucchini is a very versatile vegetable in the kitchen as it is easily accessible, affordable and contains fibre, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and manganese. This zucchini pasta can be used raw or cooked - use…
Chicken and Spinach Pesto Pasta
There is nothing better than coming home after a long day of seeing clients to find your wonderful husband has not only cooked a delicious dinner but has also cleaned the kitchen (this was the happiest part)! This is the recipe for the surprise pasta dish that I found in…
Breakfast Slice
This breakfast slice is a super simple and of course tasty breakfast (or snack) idea. I like these types of recipes because they take less than hour from beginning to end and they are perfect to make ahead of a busy work/school week. The first version I made, I didn't…
Healthy Muesli Bars
A muesli bar may be a quick and easy grab as you run out the door in the morning, but is your bar as healthy as it could be? Many muesli bars, although calorie controlled, may contain an enormous amount of sugar, a significant number of calories, and maybe even…
Gluten-Free, Low-Sugar, Banana Bread
Here is a great recipe for those of you craving a healthier, sweet dessert. Since this doesn't contain any flour it is great for those of you following a gluten-free diet. The sweetness in this recipe comes from the bananas and dates, which also provide a great deal of fibre.…
Coconut and Almond Rice Pudding
I've always loved rice pudding or 'rizogolo' in Greek as my wonderful mother-in-law calls it (and I should note her more traditional cinnamon and vanilla version is to diet for...and she has made this for me MANY times in the last decade). This rice pudding just has a little dairy…
Bean & Beetroot Brownies
These densely succulent morsels of beaniness (yep, that's a new word!) come after many requests for ideas for healthy, chocolatey sweet treats. You all said it couldn't be done - but here it is - a healthy brownie! And trust me, even my doubter of a husband who loves proper brownies with all their…
Quirky Quinoa Salad
We have posted about how much we love the super grain Quinoa before (check it out here) so I thought we should post another recipe for you all to try! I made this for a family Summer BBQ we had last weekend. I knew my sisters would love it however I…
