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Gut-loving + immune-boosting chicken SOUP

9/1/2017

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Is your digestive system groaning from Christmas and New Year's indulgence? All that festive and delicious cheese and wine, second helpings at Christmas lunch, champagne brekkies, boxed choccies and rich desserts.... Wonderfully indulgent, and a lot of work for our guts, hey!

Feasting is one of life's great pleasures and we're fortunate to be able to do so. It's also good to rest and soothe our digestive systems.

​For a light-yet-satisfying, restorative meal, try this Vietnamese-style soup. It's rich in liver-detoxifying and gut-soothing amino acids, herbs and spices, thanks to the bone broth, ginger and coriander it contains. It's also gluten-free, hydrating, and offers the antimicrobial powerhouse combo of chilli, ginger and garlic - good medicine for anyone recovering from a cold or other respiratory illness brought on by end-of-year exhaustion.



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​Dairy-free, creamy and herby mushrooms

29/6/2016

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Getting a serving of veges in at breakfast time is a great start to the day. That said, creamy mushrooms on toasted sourdough makes a delicious, easy dinner, too!

You can use either goat cream or coconut cream to substitute cow cream here. If you decide to use goat cream, this recipe isn't dairy free because goat milk is still an animal milk and contains lactose and milk proteins, just like cow milk.
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However, people who are allergic or intolerant to cow milk can often enjoy goat milk, cream, yoghurt and cheese without adverse effects, perhaps because goat milk
contains less lactose and much less of the protein Alpha S1 Casein (cow milk has lots of both).

If you're unsure about using goat cream because you have a dairy allergy, use coconut cream instead. 


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Sardine passata with spring greens

20/4/2016

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Here's to omega 3 - the highly beneficial fats found in small, oily fish, flaxseed oil, butter, free range eggs and grass-fed and wild meats. Omega 3 plays so many important roles in supporting your health, including:
  • making part of the structure of your brain and eyes
  • reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and arterial disease by reducing inflammation, blood triglycerides and the risk of hardened and narrowed arteries
  • reducing inflammation and relieving the symptoms of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, PMS and rheumatoid arthritis
  • promoting myelination, the fatty insulation on your nerves and white matter in your brain that helps brain cells communicate and supports mental health.
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​Omega 3 fats also
show promise for reducing the symptoms of depression, post-natal depression, bipolar disorder, OCD, ADHD and schizophrenia. And with mental health problems on the increase, it's notable that many of us are deficient in omega 3, largely because of the way our food choices have changed so much in the last several decades.

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