Path to Wellness

What you need:

• 1/2 cup of chia seeds
• 1½ cups of nut milk (I used almond milk)
• ¼ cup frozen berries (I used blueberries)
• ½ teaspoon of stevia
• 1 green apple
• ½ bunch fresh rhubarb
• Cinnamon, to taste (for garnish)

What you do:

1. The night before add chia seeds, milk, berries and setvia to a bowl and mix.
2. Let sit over night in the fridge.
3. The next day wash and cut rhubarb into 2cm chunks and add to the saucepan of 3cm of boiling water. Stirring occasionally. Rhubarb should become a stringy consistency. Once completely stringy let slightly cool.
4. Add chia pudding to a glass or bowl, then layer the rhubarb on top, then add more chia pudding again. Sprinkle with cinnamon and a few slices of apple.

Rhubarb is not something I always have in the house and to be honest it’s something that is quite often missed when I go to the farmers markets. God knows why, it’s delicious.

Often thought of as a fruit but really a vegetable, rhubarb is an excellent and healthy food to add to your diet. You can bake with it or have it on a pizza even. For me I like it for breakfasts or in my desserts.

Rhubarb is an excellent source of Vitamin C, which is important to help support a healthy immune system. High is dietary fibre, which helps to maintain regularity within the digestive system. High is Vitamin K, which is thought to help prevent diabetes and it also gives you strong bones and teeth being a good course of calcium.

Do you cook with rhubarb? If so what’s your favourite way to incorporate it into your diet?

Base

What you need:

• 1 cup walnuts
• ½ cup fresh majool dates, pitted
• ¼ cup desiccated coconut
• ¼ cup coconut oil

What you do:

1. Throw everything in your blender and wiz away.
2. Place in a cake tin and smooth with a spoon.

Topping

What you need:

• 1 cup raw cacao powder
• 2 avocados
• 1/4 cup fresh majool dates, pitted
• ¼ cup desiccated coconut
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon raw organic honey (for people with a sweet tooth)

What you do:

1. Throw everything in your blender and wiz away.
2. Smooth over the top of your base.
3. Garnish with coconut.
4. Place in the fridge for 1 hour.

What you need:

• 50g organic unsalted butter + a bit extra to grease cake tin
• 360g organic dark chocolate (I used organic green and blacks 85% but you can use this or this also)
• 12 organic eggs

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Separate egg whites in one bowl and egg yolks in another.
3. Add butter and chocolate in a heat resistant bowl over a saucepan of boiling water. Stir occusally.
4. Using an electric beater beat egg whites until they form peaks.
5. Rinse electric beater and beat egg yolks until pale.
6. Once chocolate has completely melted, take off heat and let cool.
7. Stir in egg yolks to melted chocolate mixture.
8. Slowly fold in egg whites – a little at a time.
9. Grease baking tin with extra butter.
10. Pour mixture into tin and place in the oven for 35 minutes.
11. Test cake by placing a knife in the middle. It should be really moist and almost clean.
12. Let cool entirely before removing from tin.
13. Serve with fresh berries or pomegranate.

Enjoy!

If you haven’t already noticed I LOVE cacao, maybe even more than Cacao God David Wolfe.

Cacao (raw chocolate) is a potent antioxidant, which contains chemicals that can actually enhance your physical and metal well being. This includes alkaloids, proteins, magnesium, beta-carotene, leucine and lysine, just to name a few.

Cacao also promotes cardiovascular health by helping dilate blood vessels, reduce clotting, improve circulation, regulate heartbeat and blood pressure, lowering LDL cholesterol, and reducing your risk of heart attacks or stroke.

Not only is it good for you it taste divine!

Tip: Try adding a tablespoon of cacao to your morning smoothie. Seriously delicious!

Or you can make these fun Raw Cacao Fudge Bites.

These are super easy, quick and ridiculously delicious! Great for an afternoon pick me up.

You can make a large batch and store them in a glass container in the freezer for ages.

What you need:

•  2 cups walnuts
• 2 1/2 cups medjool dates, pitted
• 1 cup cacao powder
• Pinch of sea salt

What you do:

1. Soak dates in warm water to soften for 5 minutes. Whilst dates are soaking add walnuts, cacao and salt to food processor and blend until finely ground.
2. Add dates and blend until combined. The mixture should resemble cake crumbs but when pressed will easily stick together.
3. Place mixture into fun ice cube trays (like these) and into the freezer.
4. Freeze for at least 1 hour.

Enjoy!

For more recipes using cacao, check out my healthy choc chip cookies, cacao balls, energy bliss balls, or my seriously delicious raw goji + ginger chocolate fudge. 

After my weekly trip to the Eveleigh organic market on Saturday I came home to whip up something new, special, paleo, and super yummy.

This Lamb Stew is super easy to make and packed with nutrients.

What you need:

• 2 lamb shanks (preferably grass-fed, & grass-finished)
• 1 carrot
• 1 zucchini
• 2 stalks of celery
• 1 large garlic clove
• 1 large onion
• 200g pumpkin
• 1 beetroot
• 1 leek
• 1-tablespoon salt
• Pepper (to taste)
• 1-tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Bay leaves (to taste)
• Filtered water

What to do:

1. Place lamb in slow cooker.
2. Cut up carrot, zucchini, celery, garlic, onion, pumpkin, beetroot and leek into large chunks and place in the slow cooker.
3. Add enough filtered water to cover the shanks.
4. Add salt, pepper, apple cider vinegar, butter and bay leaves, and cook on low heat for 6 hours.

The reason we add the apple cider vinegar, is because it encourages the nutrients from the bone marrow to seep out. The marrow is packed with the good stuff and is extremely nutrient dense.

What you need:

• 2 stalks of celery
• 2 carrot
• 1 cucumber
• 5 lettuce leaves
• ½ green capsicum
• ½ cup cooked quinoa
• Last night’s leftovers: Lightly steamed, pumpkin, parsnip, turnip and beans
• Himalayan salt
• Olive oil
• Organic shredded coconut

What you do:

1. Cut up celery, carrot, cucumber, lettuce and capsicum.
2. Toss in quinoa and last night’s veggies.
3. Sprinkle over a pinch of Himalayan salt, olive oil and shredded organic.

What you need:

• 1 cucumber
• 2 stalks of celery
• ½ green capsicum
• 5 lettuce leaves
• 1 small green apple
• 1 tablespoon goji Berries
• ½ cup of cooked quinoa

For the dressing:

• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil

What to do:

1. Cut up cucumber, celery, capsicum, lettuce, and apple and throw into a large bowl.
2. Add quinoa and goji berries.
3. Sprinkle over your dressing.

Enjoy.

As you can probably gather by now I have a massive sweet tooth! I am not going to deny it or hide it. But yet let it shine and give it what it needs. The key is finding things that hit the spot so you don’t reach for the packet of M&M’s at 3pm.

This date ball recipe is super easy and sure to satisfy any sweet tooth! And you can make a big batch and keep them for ages.

What you need:

• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1 cup cashews
• 1 cup brazil nuts
• ½ cup of organic shredded coconut

What to do:

1. Soak the dates for 15 minutes in warm water.
2. Add dated to food processor and blend for 1 minute.
3. Add cashews, brazil nuts and coconut to processor and blend.
4. Roll mixture into balls.
5. Devour!

What you need:

For the cupcakes:

• 3 free-range organic eggs
• ½ cup of raw organic honey
• ½ cup organic coconut oil
• ½ cup organic coconut flour
• ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup of organic shredded coconut

For the icing:

• 300ml organic cream
• Lime zest (from 2 limes)
• ¼ cup or raw organic honey

What to do:

1. Add eggs, honey and coconut oil to a bowl and blend with a hand blender.
2. Slowly add flour, salt, baking soda and shredded coconut and blend.
3. Let batter sit for a few minutes to thicken.
4. Add a large tablespoon of batter to cupcake liners.
5. Bake at 175 degrees for 25 minutes.
6. Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
7. Add cream, lime zest and honey to a small bowl and blend.
8. Add icing to cupcakes.

Enjoy!