Our Wholefoods Kitchen, Soups, Casseroles & Curries
Caramelised Fennel & Parsnip Soup
One of the things we love about winter is the fennel! It generally comes out around autumn and lasts until the end of the winter season. Fennel is so great to eat fresh in salads, but its even better when its roasted or sauteed and added as a base for soup. Here we share with you one of our…
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Our Wholefoods Kitchen, Soups, Casseroles & Curries
Pumpkin, Carrot & Ginger Soup (G/F VG D/F)
This weeks feature recipe has been contributed by Tristen Van De Kley from Balanced Body Nutrition. Thanks Tris, we love sharing your recipes. “Pumpkin soup is such an Autumn (or any time of the year) favourite. It’s quick, easy, and nourishing and provides powerful antioxidants. The added carrot, ginger and Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil not only give it…
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Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Our Top Ten Wholefoods to Keep you Healthy this Winter
One of the best ways to keep healthy throughout the cooler months of winter is through our diet. Eating a wholefoods diet supports us year round, but is particularly beneficial in times when our bodies immune system may be compromised as it is when we are exposed to cooler temperatures for long periods of time. Of course, we cannot…
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Gluten Free Living, Wholesome Dinners
Aegadian Penne Pesto (Gluten Free)
The second of a series of pasta recipes we will be rolling out from Pooi Keun of L’Abruzzese Pasta is this inspiring traditional Sicilian style Aegadian Pesto Pasta combining fresh tomatoes, herbs and nuts. Pooi has a rich background in Italian cooking sharing with us her warmth and knowledge to create delicious family meals such as this one. Here…
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Healthy Lifestyle, Living Sustainability
Affordable Wholefoods Raises the Bar on Sustainability
After our experience with Cyclone Debbie and the impact of the floods on the Lismore community, we have been reflecting on our own position with sustainability within the store. Personally we saw so much waste from the flood, nothing in the store could be salvaged in keeping with hygiene, health and safety regulations. So every tub, every container, every-thing…
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Gluten Free Living, Healthy Snacks & Smoothies
Macadamia & Green Apple Smoothie
Another inspiring recipe from contributor Sarah Follent of Baked Livingness, Brisbane. This time a simple and nutritious smoothie recipe for a light breakfast or snack. This one can be consumed at room temperature or cold from the fridge depending on your preference. ‘Super simple, absolutely delightful & completely satisfying’. Free from gluten, dairy, soy, egg, preservatives and refined sugar’ –…
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Healthy Lifestyle, It's Trending
The Bigger Picture: Why Eating Wholefoods is Better for your Body & the Planet
A wholefoods way of living supports us in so many ways, and in a time where we are witnessing much environmental and resource depletion it is certainly showing us there is a need to take more care with our food choices and our environment. By choosing wholefoods over processed foods we can all individually contribute to minimising the damage…
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Healthy Breakfast, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Low Gluten Macadamia Bircher Muesli
We get a lot of customers asking about our organic low gluten rolled oats (also known as uncontaminated oats). These oats are what they call gluten free oats in the United States, however due to the very small amount of gluten still present, exactly 3ppm, they do not qualify by Australian Standards as being gluten free, hence the term…
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Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Message from the Owners
Its our 100th ISSUE of the Affordable Wholefoods Newsletter! Wow! Epic! Amazing!! What does it mean? Well, when we were children one hundred seemed like one of the biggest numbers in the world. If something was 100 dollars it seemed unobtainable, something 100 years old was old as time itself and 100 runs in cricket was a dream. It…
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Desserts & Baking, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Denise’s Chocolate Cake
To celebrate this weeks 100th episode of our Newsletter we are sharing an old family favourite. A rich chocolate cake, no holds barred. This one comes with all the trimmings and tastes divine. Enjoy! Ingredients: 1/4 cup organic alkalised cocoa powder (Dutch Cocoa) 1 cup water 150g unsalted organic butter 1 1/2 cups organic raw sugar 1/2 teaspoon…
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