Serves 2
Bring 2 cups of water to boil in a wide saucepan
Add quinoa, sea salt, cinnamon, stevia and butter/coconut oil
Cover and reduce heat and simmer for 12 minutes
Remove from heat and scoop into a bowl add almond milk and enjoy
Makes 4 pancakes
Mix flour and baking powder well in a large jug
Add the egg and milk and combine to remove any lumps
Heat small frying pan on high, with coconut oil and carefully pour in batter, swirling to cover pan in a thin layer of pancake
Reduce heat slightly and when browned flip to brown other side
Enjoy with warm berry compote and cashew nut cream
1. Beat egg whites with salt until firm
2. Blend together the yolks and pureed vegetables until liquefied
3. Fold yolks into whites and spread into a paper lined baking tray
4. Bake at 150 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes
5. While still hot from the oven, use a flat spatula to remove the bread from the sides of the dish and turn it out.
6. Separate it from the paper on the bottom and return it to the dish bottom side up. Bake this side for an additional 10 minutes
7. Remove from the oven and let cool then slice into 8 slices. Refrigerate
6 packets frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained (no additives) Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius
Grease baking tray or ceramic roasting pan
Mix together spinach, eggs, and garlic in a bowl
Season with salt and pepper
Spoon mixture into prepared pan and flatten, pressing down with fingers
Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until set
Allow to cool slightly then using a knife or pizza cutter slice into 10 rectangles
Use a spatula to remove individual slices from pan
Wrap slices in freezer wrap and freeze until ready to use
Taryn Hall-Smith who is the Director of The Contented Body www.thecontentedbody.com talks more about Candida this month and 12 ways to avoid it.
12 Ways to Avoid Candida
There are a number of factors that can disrupt the balance of organisms in our intestines and lead to the overgrowth of Candida. Yeast infections have opportunities to take hold when our body systems become imbalanced. Understanding the importance of these imbalances allows you to be proactive in preventing this pathogenic organism taking over your digestive tract and damaging your health.
Taryn Hall-Smith who is the Director of The Contented Body www.thecontentedbody.com talks about the body's gut flora this month and how imbalances can lead to the inability to lose weight.
Could your efforts to lose weight be due to your body’s gut flora imbalance? The digestive system is home to trillions of micro organisms colonising the gut making an amazing ecosystem called the gut flora. A healthy adult has about 2kg of these bacteria in the gut. All these bacteria live in a highly organised micro-world with certain species predominating and controlling others. They play a number of vital roles in the body and without them we probably would not survive. It is absolutely essential that we take care of our gut flora, as an abnormal or damaged gut flora is one of the main root cause of many diseases including heart disease, auto immune diseases like Lupus and Arthritis, allergies, food intolerances and even cancer.
Could your inability to lose weight be due to an undetected food intolerance?
Are you overweight and frustrated that when you try reduced calorie diets you only have limited success? Or do you feel that although you are very physically active you still lose very little weight? Or do you experience really strong cravings for a particular food and then break your diet because you just can’t resist these cravings? It is possible that you could be suffering from food intolerances which can have a huge impact on weight management.
Taryn Hall-Smith who is the Director of The Contented Body www.thecontentedbody.com talks about the benefits of exercise and detoxification this month.
Exercise and Detoxification
We are all exposed to numerous toxins and harmful chemicals on a daily basis – in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and in the beauty and household products we all use! These substances enter our bodies and are slowly broken down and eliminated, although some do remain lodged in our fat cells for a very long time. Although it is possible to reduce our exposure to and intake of toxins it is practically impossible to avoid them altogether, which is why detoxification or detox measures should be an important consideration for all of us.
I'm pleased to announce our new feature writer for this month is Taryn Hall-Smith who is the Director of The Contented Body www.thecontentedbody.com
Taryn is going to share with us some fantastic information about dining out and travelling with food intolerances.
Taryn it's over to you...
Hi and welcome to week 4 of our Superfoods News with an article by Carole from Energy Superfoods.
The following selected grains are particular favourites of mine from a nutritional as well as fuel perspective, all of which I use to support increased energy, weight control, alkalising and fitness training efforts.
Super Fruits! Absolutely amazing, nutritious and mostly delicious! The all time top superfruit and one of the top superfoods world-wide, is the powerful antioxidant fruit Acai Berry. It's an incredible, power packed berry from the Amazon. Cultivated in a completely natural environment it can boast never having so much as seen or heard of pesticides or herbicides, making it one of the purest forms of a naturally grown organic super fruits on the planet.
We are please to bring you week 2 of our superfood articles. We hope you enjoyed last weeks article on cruciferous vegetables and their amazing health benefits, as well as the nutrition available from broccoli sprouts and hope you enjoy this article just as much. This week we are looking at Nuts and Seeds.