Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Wholefoods for Kids
In a world where allergies, anxiety and attention disorders are sky-rocketing in our kids, there is much to be said about eating a wholefoods diet and its role in the prevention and treatment of these conditions. It is also a great way to educate children, and bring more fun into eating for them as they explore the different textures,…
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Desserts & Baking, Gluten Free Living, It's Trending
Gluten Free Carrot Cake with Coconut Maple Frosting
We took the original inspiration for this recipe from Jamie Olivers gluten free collection, modifying it to be dairy free as well. The result was super delicious. The olive oil made it really moist and gave it real depth of flavour. This is the healthiest carrot cake we have ever made/eaten, and the maple coconut frosting – delicious, not…
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Desserts & Baking, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Snickers Bliss Balls
We’ve had this sweet little number up our sleeve since the Affordable Wholefoods Christmas get together last December. You can always count on Tess (Our Coffs Harbour store Manager) to bring something high on the decadent scale, and this time she surpassed even her own standards. Tess found the original inspiration for this recipe on the Wholefoods Simply Recipe…
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Our Wholefoods Kitchen, Sensational Salads & Sides
Sensational Summer Salad
This is hands down our pick for a sensational salad this season. Fresh, crisp, sweet, crunchy and wholesome in one. With the addition of quinoa, combined with lightly toasted walnuts, fresh salad vegetables and leafy greens it covers all bases on the nutritional front, but doesn’t leave you feeling hungry like other green salads can. It’s also simple and…
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Dressings, Dips & Sauces, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Tahini Lemon Dressing
From the popular Moosewood Resturant Cookbook published in the late 1990’s comes this classic recipe for tahini lemon dressing. A few of us have used this recipe consistently over the years and felt it was a great one to share for when you are looking for more then just a simple salad dressing of oil or vinegar (or both)….
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Healthy Lifestyle, It's Trending
Self-Care Tips for a Healthy Mind & Body
Caring for your body is a way of showing how much love you have for yourself. It’s you telling you that you’re important, that you matter and that you deserve to be cared for. There is no limit to how self-care can support you to feel good about yourself and its amazing how simple it can be. It also…
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Gluten Free Living, Sensational Salads & Sides
Pecan Seed Mix
We’ve been sharing a few paleo recipes with our readers of late (inspired by seeing Pete Evans and the crew on MKR – guilty). So when we saw this recipe from budding young food entrepreneur Sarah Follent (Baked Livingness), we were straight onto asking her permission to share. Sarah runs cooking workshops out of Brisbane for both adults and…
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Gluten Free Living, Healthy Snacks & Smoothies
Spicy Ginger Roasted Pecans
Most of us here at Affordable Wholefoods enjoy experimenting with different ways to eat nuts and seeds from the store. This recipe for Spicy Ginger Pecans was made by our Coffs Harbour Manager, Tess, who is rarely out of the kitchen out of work hours – unless she off with her native bee family. Inspired by a Sarah Wilson…
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Healthy Breakfast, Vegan Sweet
Gluten Free Maple Granola
We had a bit of fun in the warehouse this week making up a gluten free granola for our readers. Choosing a few of our favourite nuts and seeds, and sweetening with a little maple syrup, we attempted to keep it as simple as possible, but with all the beautiful flavours. We topped it with our favourite natural COYO…
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Dressings, Dips & Sauces, Gluten Free Living
Basil & Macadamia Nut Pesto
Teaming up with Food Blogger Erin from @turbocharged_living. Erin shared with us her favourite basil pesto recipe to which will be a feature in an up and coming ‘Recipe of the Week’ – A delicious Mediterranean Style Zucchini Noodles w/ Avocado Pesto. Thanks Erin, was great to work with you. Ingredients: 1 clove garlic crushed 1/4 cup raw…
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