Are you an avid avocado aficionado? I certainly am!! Lately avocado has become the hippiest from all veggies/fruit, don’t you think? Any café with a smidgen of self-respect has the smashed avo on their breakfast menu (and they are not afraid to charge an arm and leg for it…). But what really is an avocado and what are its origins, do you know? Is it a veggie? Is it a fruit? Well, none of the above! Are you surprised yet?…
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We all have been there: ” you knew that your high school reunion (family holiday, best friend’s wedding…) is in 3 months, and you planned to lose some weight before that, however, life happened ( work got busy, your knee gave up, house renovation took over the rest of your life…) and now you have 7 days to perform some magic so you can fit into that slinky dress you plan on wearing. Are you panicking yet?? If so, don’t until…
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It’s that time of the year. Whoever you meet, whoever you speak to have the same New Year resolution: to get healthier, to eat better and 9 out of 10 times: to lose weight. You start in high spirits; sign up for a gym membership, get new exercising gear, wake up a little earlier and go for a morning walk… But then, sometime in the first days of March the motivation dwindles, the morning sleep seems irresistible and the gym…well,…
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What Christmas would it be without a proper Christmas Pudding?? Silly question, I know! If someone asked me that today I would most likely roll my eyes and think “poor guy had a concussion…” However, if you asked me the same question 20 years ago, I would stare at you like you just fell of Mars. No idea! Back then I lived in Europe (born in Poland, with a short, 5 year long stint in Berlin) and my Christmas was…
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The last few days were absolutely sweltering in this part of the world, and on days like this all you crave for is cold, freezing, frosty ice cream. I don't know about you, but I have a problem with the comercial ice cream.
And the problem is this: not only is it FULL of sugar, it is also chock-a-block of crap ingredients you don't want to eat or feed your pets, not mentioning your little angels.
Have you ever made ice cream…
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Would you like to hear me talk about nutrition? Well, here is your chance ! This Thursday I will be supporting my friend and colleague Hazel Key as she talks about her new book “The Clever Packed Lunch”. The book is all about healthy kids lunches and I was lucky to be asked to be the supervising nutritionist and to edit Hazel’s yummy recipes. The talk will take place tomorrow, the 9th of February at Riverbend Bookshop, Bulimba, at 9.00…
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It’s that time of year when most of us make New Year’s resolutions. It appears that the beginning of the new year is the best time to get rid of old habits and replace them with new ones which we hope will make us thinner/ healthier/fitter/ smarter/more organised/… Losing weight is consistently at the top of most people’s lists. If getting trimmer was one of your goals this year, here are some helpful hints to help you! Don’t starve yourself! Fasting can trigger the evolutionary response in your body…
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