Chocolate Bark
Ingredients: 1 cup organic coconut oil 1 cup raw cacao powder 3-4 scoops choc adrenal switch 1/3 cup goji berries 1/3 cup raw cacao nibs Spring shredded coconut on top Method: Mix all ingredients in a bowl and then pour into a baking paper lined tin. Sprinkle with...
Adrenal Snickers Bites
These are not low carb, so please be aware of this! They also contain peanuts. Feel free to substitute with another nut butter (I use macadamia or almond) if you don't mind not having that real 'snickers' taste. Ingredients: 8 tsp. natural peanut butter 8 dates...
Health(ier) Easter Eggs
These do still contain sugar in the maple syrup or rice malt syrup - so please be aware. These are a much healthier option and are definitely best saved as an Easter treat! Don't have any Adrenal Switch on hand? Simply add an extra scoop of cacao powder and your...
BBQ Chicken Tenders
Oh how I love this time of year! Hot days and warm nights. The weather is warming up beautifully and once again the BBQ is being used often as our meal times shift from the dining table out to the patio. These tenders are light, summery, easy to prepare and delicious...
Chocolate Gummies
Oh so easy to make, oh so delicious and oh so good for you! These delicious gummies are great way to increase your intake (or your kids intake) of gelatin, and it gives you the stress-reducing, muscle repairing, adrenal function supporting, fat busting and muscle...
Chocolate Ice Cream (Thermomix)
Chris was out washing and detailing both of the Hilux's and the caravan, mowing the lawn and tidying up the yard and when I went to check on him, he said he felt like chocolate. Hmm. My mind started ticking and this chocolate ice cream is what eventuated! It's fast,...
Balsamic Lamb Shanks
My son loves these, even though he's 'not a fan of lamb shanks'. They are melt in your mouth tasty, easy to make and heart warming on a cold, rainy day. They also make your house smell amazing! Give them a try and please comment below any tips you have or variations...
Egg Free Bread
Having been diagnosed with an egg intolerance certainly makes finding a good bread recipe hard! Thankfully, this now exists and is a regular for me. I have made it a few ways; once I accidentally left out the ACV and it turned out fine. I have also made it once using...
Gluten Free Scone Cake
I recently purchased a thermal cooker and one of the most popular recipes to make in this appliance after stew, is scones. Of course I wanted to try this but I wasn't about to use the traditional recipe, so I set about finding one that I could. Unfortunately it failed...
Chicken, Eggplant and Sweet Potato Casserole
This was my first ever attempt at creating a meal in the thermal cooker - and it turned out fabulous! So tasty! 🙂 And it only required 30 minutes of electricity. I can't wait to experiment with roasts, cakes and desserts ... many fun times int he kitchen coming right...
LCHF Nutty Chocolate Squares
This is a quick and easy ‘throw it together’ kind of treat. Add in what we extras you feel like! Ingredients: 80g nut or seed butter (I use macadamia/almond) 30g coconut oil (I dont melt it, but you can if you like) 2 Tbsp. butter (omit for dairy free) 40g unsweetened...
Slow Cooker Beef
This recipe came about this morning when I had the choice of coming home after dropping Charli off to school and having 10 minutes to fill, or getting to Zumba early. I had fully intended on going to Zumba and playing around with a new song, but I auto-piloted myself...
Lard
Finally, lard is finally making a comeback as a healthy, nuritious fat. It has been used in generations past, and is finally being given the recognition it so rightfully deserves. Lard from pastured pigs is a wonderful source of vitamin D and of monounsaturated fat –...
Oven Baked Chicken Thighs
Ingredients: 5 slices bacon diced 8 chicken thighs, deboned and skin off Salt and freshly cracked pepper 2 tsp. Italian seasoning 2 tsp. thyme 2-3 cloves garlic minced Sliced mushrooms 1 cup coconut milk 1/4 teaspoon salt Method: Preheat oven to 180C. Preheat a...
Maple Cookie Bites
Please take care to keep track of your macros and only eat what you know you should. This recipe contains ingredients that will increase your carb intake, but I have offered alternatives (that you SHOULD take) if following LCHF. If I'm baking for others, I will use...
Banana Flour Recipe
3 kg of green banana's makes about 1 kg of flour How to: Peel the banana's. The skin will be quite hard and the bananas may 'snap off' inside the skin, so be careful. You can boil or steam the bananas to loosen the skin (I don't do this). Cut banana's into thin...
Banana Flour Chia Cookies
Green flour is a great substitute for ‘real flour’ and it’s a great source of prebiotics as it’s high in resistant starch. You can buy it from most health food shops and some green grocers, or make it yourself (like I do) from green lady finger bananas. It’s highly...
Egg Free Custard (Thermomix)
I love custard! and when I was told by my naturopath to do a 2-week gut cleanse that involved no dairy, bacon, mushrooms and other things that I love to eat, I was determined to make a dairy free custard. I did and it's yum! But now I'm eating dairy again, and I have...
Dairy Free Mashed Sweet Potato (Thermomix)
Thermomix Sweet Potato Mash Ingredients: 1000 g sweet potatoes 250 g milk 60g butter or ghee 2 Tbsp. nutritional yeast Salt, to taste Cinnamon, to taste (optional) Nutmeg , to taste (optional) Method: Peel and chop sweet potatoes in small cubes (3cm x 3cm) Place...
Bone Broth
You should be making bone broth on a regular basis so you have it on hand as a base for lots of your yummy recipes. It is often used as a healing meal on its own. It's always a good idea to have bone broth ready in the freezer! It may seem like a hassle to begin with,...