I’ve had a great week so far. I have mostly been hanging with Mad Dogs and Vintage Vans, who by the way I think should be renamed “Sassy Lasses with Lots of Cake, and Magnificent Vans” catchy huh?? More to come with them soon….. Monday and Tuesday they had the deliciously chic Betty Magazine doing a shoot. A lovely team they are too, and I … Continue reading BETTY’S SEASONAL NETTLE JUICE
Me and the hubs got away ….. without our children!!! Eeeek. We had an amazing time and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the city. It’s safe to say the only grass I enjoyed was wheatgrass. Mighty fine it was too! It’s amazing when you don’t have little ones tugging on your sleeve how you can take in the smallest of things. I loved the mist floating in … Continue reading AMSTERDAM PHOTO JOURNAL, RAW FOOD + JUICE GUIDE
Wow.. how is it October already? Apparently 71 ish days until Christmas I’m definitely not counting. I love autumn although it’s abrupt arrival left me weary for a few days. Was anyone else wearing flip flops one day, then massive woolly jumpers the next? The moon caused big changes also. No surprises considering the body is made of up to 64% water. I think the … Continue reading October – Mushroom Risotto with Kale, & Autumn Seasonal Food List
Our trees are having a great year, lots of produce. They seem to produce really well every other year. To make use of ALL the apples we are having to be pretty inventive. Obviously we have regular apple juice. Which I put through my omega juicer, light work and delicious. It’s sweet enough to be watered down. My next juice was about 8 apples, … Continue reading AUTUMN APPLE GLUT FORAGING + RECIPES
Our hazlenut tree (Cobnut) is bursting at the moment, even the squirrel is full! My children love chocolate spread, but even the organic ones are not really very healthy. This version is simple. It takes a little patience, but you get hot Nutella !!!! As I said we are fortunate to have a hazlenut tree in our garden, so a few shakes and we had a … Continue reading VEGAN HEALTHY NUTELLA CHOCLATE HAZLENUT (COBNUT) SPREAD
These don’t need much of an intro ⬆ just look!!! Wow. They are gooey, decadent and super quick. Refined sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, raw and vegan. I know I’m an angel…. treats that love you back. Full of antioxidants, good fats, fibre, and have the definite feel good factor. Ingredients 30 dates (soaked for at least 20 mins if hard) 1 large cup … Continue reading Raw Vegan Pecan Chocolate Brownies
This is amazing…no really it is seriously bloody good. It’s piddling it down here today, we have a snivvle too. I made a spicy bean chilli for dinner which ticked one box, but something sweet was a niggling. This was a massive success. You wouldn’t know there was beetroot in this. It has a really velvety deep chocolate flavour. I promise you will adore it! … Continue reading Luxury Red Velvet Hot Chocolate with Beetroot
Yes you read the title right!! I’m good to you! I promise this is divine. It was hard to get a great photo with all that gooey chocolateeeness melting off my fingers onto the camera. I don’t quite know how to describe this.. other than bliss obviously! It’s a very posh caramel slice with peanuts, chocolate and banana! 🍌🍫😍 You will need a food processor. … Continue reading Salted caramel peanut butter slice
Super breakfast! Huge fruit salad with raw cacao mousse. So delicious and full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and good fats! Blend 1 avocado with some maple syrup / honey roughly 1- 2 tbsp – keep tasting until sweet enough (remember fruit is sweet, so you don’t need too much). 1 tbsp of cacao powder & 1/tbsp of nut butter i used almond. Whizz and put … Continue reading RAW CHOCOLATE (CACAO) MOUSSE WITH FRUIT SALAD
Cleansing Shots Serves 2 14 Baby Plum Tomatoes 4 Oranges ½ a Beetroot(skin removed) Prepare your ingredients and juice. This juice is tangy, tart and refreshing. It is amazing for your skin. Tomatoes contain selenium which contain antioxidants that the body can you use to protect against cell damage, inflammation and ageing. Tomato juice is great for energy levels and shrinks open pores and regulates … Continue reading BLOODY SIMPLE CLEANSING SHOTS
