Recipes
In today’s fast-paced world, where convenience is often essential, thoughtful choices are so important when it comes to our families nutrition. By embracing the principles of naturopathy, we follow a holistic approach that values the innate wisdom of the body and the power of natural ingredients – food as medicine! We’ll work with you to start improving the balance, colour and nutrition in lunchboxes in a way that works for your family.
Navigating allergies or intolerances, or family members with a limited list of foods they enjoy can be overwhelming and frustrating. Together we can find ways to help gently add more foods and diversity to those lunchboxes and minimise any uncomfortable symptoms along the way.
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Raspberry Chia Jam
I love this jam as an alternative to the traditional, store bought, sugar-laden variety. The sugar comes from fruit (and a little honey or maple syrup if that's your thing), and it is 'set' with the chia seeds that gel when they are mixed with the juice from the...
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Pancakes are loads of fun. We have cottage cheese pancakes every Saturday, pretty sure that's the primary reason they've learned the days of the week! This recipe is a great alternative - rich in protein and fibre, a good source of calcium and iron, and low in sugar...
Spiced Stewed Apples
Stewed apples are a classic and simple dessert, and a great addition to lunchboxes. As they freeze well, you can always have portions on hand to add to yoghurt, top with oats for a quick and healthy crumble, or pop into a reusable squeeze pack. Flavoured with...
Quick Cucumber and Edamame Salad
This is a super quick salad to put together, and as always, it's easy to adapt with what you have on hand. This version is high in calcium with the addition of shelled edamame, sesame seeds and canned salmon (leave the bones in, people!!). You can increase the...
Rhubarb Quinoa Slice
Commercial snacks are often filled with refined sugar in one of its many guises, trans fats in the form of margarine and hydrogenated oils, simple carbohydrates that provide instant energy, but poor nutrition. These lunch box treats send the other snacks packing. ...
Roast Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad
So we got an air fryer for Christmas, and it's living up to the hype! 5 minutes preparation, 15 minutes in the air fryer while you have a cuppa, and done. Tender cauliflower and slightly crunchy chickpeas, creamy hummus, little pops of sweetness and some fresh...
Spiced Molasses Cookies
These sweet spiced cookies are a nutrient rich, plant based sweet treat. Made with teff flour, a great source of calcium (180mg per 100g), which is why I've included it in this recipe. It's naturally gluten free with a sweet, earthy and nutty flavour, that's not too...
Green + Grain Salad
I love cooking this recipe both for functions where lots of family and friends will be around, but also if we have a big week ahead as it lasts really well in the fridge. It's really hearty, but still tastes really fresh. You can swap the cavolo nero for curly kale...
All The Greens Soup
1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium brown onion, finely chopped 2 sticks celery, washed and diced 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 head broccoli, roughly chopped 1 head cauliflower, roughly chopped 1 litre vegetable or chicken stock 1 cup frozen peas 1 bag baby spinach Salt...
Red Fruit Salad with Creamy Yoghurt Dressing
We love this idea to help our kids try different flavours and foods, by narrowing foods down to one colour for a special treat. Once they start to experiment more with the fruits they’re given, try out another colour of the rainbow, or start adding in another colour...
Smoothie Freezer Packs
These smoothie packs are a fabulous way to save time in the mornings before school and are a great way to get a nutritious breakfast into your little one. Rich in fibre, protein and colour, you can be sure that these Smoothie Packs are nourishing and filling to hold...
Sweet and Seedy Bread
These Sweet and Seedy breads are more like soft crackers, and are delicious teamed with nut butter and sliced fruit, or served with cheese on a savoury platter. If you’re after a crispier cracker, simply quarter fill your muffin pans to allow the breads to cook...
The Simple Lunchbox
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