Have you tried using essential oils in your food yet?! They create an amazing taste sensation. This recipe is also great with Wild Orange pure essential oil. ⭐️What you need: 2 cups of nuts (cashew + pecan or macadamia + walnuts are good combos but any nuts will work) 1 cup of dates, soaked hot water then drained (=approx 8-10 …
Join our 5 Day Free Breakfast Challenge!
Hey did you just catch us on The Cafe? Click here to join our challenge and grab your free Healthy Breakfasts For Busy Parents eBook! Are you up for a challenge? Our Free 5 Day “Beyond The Box” Breakfast Challenge is coming next week 3 July!! For all the attention on lunchboxes I believe the key to healthy eating …
Sign the petition to ditch the Health Star Rating System
We’ve launched a petition!!! Please sign the petition to show your support for petitions to the NZ and Australian Houses of Representatives to ditch the Health Star Rating System in both countries in favour of a much simpler visual depiction of how many teaspoons of sugar are in the product and more education on why and how to eat real …
Nut Free Bliss Ball
Supermarket bought bliss balls are generally full of preservatives and refined sugar. Or where not with refined sugar still over 50% sugar with the high level of dried fruits. You can make bliss balls that are higher in fat and lower in sugar which is my preference but these are generally not so great in the lunchbox as they tend to …
Nut Free Muesli Bar (Paleo)
I’ve been experimenting for a while for a nut free, grain free, dairy free “muesli” bar that will hold together for the school lunches. This is the current best attempt so far. The challenges are that what holds most bars together is the grains and loads of sugar plus they’re usually full of additives and preservatives including industrial seed oils …
Blogging, boundaries & “being real” online.
An overdue letter. Hey there! Happy New Year! Yes I know I know – I’m a bit late on it. Seriously can you believe we’re almost into February 2017? The last year went so fast. But then I think that for many of us finishing up 2016 couldn’t come soon enough. I’ve been thinking a lot about New Year’s resolutions. …
Christmas Pudding Bliss Balls
Yes crazy I’m actually doing a blog post with a new recipe – Christmas Pudding Bliss Balls! We’re over here in the UK visiting with my Mum for Christmas. Must say a lot more of our traditional Christmas dishes make a lot more sense over here in the colder weather and somehow it DOES feel more Christmas-y. So here’s a …
The Paleo Family Toolkit – Amazing Real Food Resource For Busy Parents
Hey everyone – our lunchbox eBook (“Lunches for Kids”) is being featured in The Paleo Family Toolkit – an amazing real food resource for busy parents with a huge bundle of books, videos and discount coupons. This toolkit is way better than any other bundle I’ve seen before and I’m so excited to be a part of it. There’s amazing content, huge …
NATURALLY NOOD BARS: An Open letter to Sanitarium from Dom’s Kitchen.
In this week’s Sunday Soapbox I’m ranting about greenwashing in respect of the new Naturally Nood Bars from Sanitarium. We’ve seen it with Pepsi Next and Coke Life and well be seeing it a whole lot more. Just look at all the products marked “gluten free” that are free of gluten but are full of all other manner of undesirable …
Love Heart Jellies
Dom and I made these Love Heart Gelatine Gummies today as we started off going to make a lemon and honey drink for my cough but then got idea to make these. So easy! Gelatine is According the information I’ve read the list of benefits associated with gelatine (or gelatin as it’s also called) are far ranging and include supporting healthy …










