Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
6 Ways to Eat Healthy on a Budget
If you’re anything like us here at the Affordable Wholefoods family, you are probably drawn to eating healthy foods and want only the best health for yourself and your family. This can be challenging at the best of times and when you’re on a budget it also means you need to be super onto it in the planning, cooking and…
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Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Kitchen Essentials Part 2 – Apple Cider Vinegar
A lovely old apple press. Photograph by Bill Owen 2012. Apple Cider Vinegar is made from fermenting apple juice using bacteria and yeast, producing a fresh and sour tasting amber coloured liquid. Often you will notice floaty particles in the vinegar and this indicates the presence of the culture used to produce the vinegar and is only present in healthy…
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It's Trending, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Kitchen Essentials Part 1 – Vanilla
The Vanilla bean is the source of all natural vanilla products and is harvested from the Vanilla Planifolia plant native to Mexico. The plant is now grown in other areas around the globe with the majority of vanilla beans today coming from Madagascar or Indonesia. The vanilla plant is actually a vine growing orchid. It is in fact the only…
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Breads & Pastries, Healthy Lifestyle
Spelt Soft Dough Pretzels
This weeks recipe has been contributed by Vitamin Specialist Robyn-Anne Rose. When she is not working in the pharmacy Robyn loves to be in her kitchen preparing healthy, delicious, plant-based meals for her family. Robyn also has her own blog ‘Vitamins & Sprouts’ and has recently written her first book set for publish in early 2017 titled ‘Vitamin ME: how…
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Gluten Free Living
How to Choose your Rice?
Rice is a type of cereal grain that is produced from either an Asian or African grass species. It is one of the most versatile foods and has been a staple for many cultures around the world for centuries. In the west, rice is not commonly a part of the average daily diet, and is often avoided by those watching…
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Sensational Salads & Sides
Healthy Yoghurt Slaw
Teaming up again with the ‘Nude Nutritionist’ Lyndi Cohen to share another healthy salad option for the holiday season. This time a healthy coleslaw recipe using fresh herbs, pomegranate and crushed walnuts with a yoghurt dressing to replace the more commonly used mayonnaise. Preparation time: 20 minutes Serving: Serves 4-6 Ingredients: Salad: 1/2 red cabbage, thinly sliced 1/4 red onion,…
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Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Why Carob is a ‘Super’ food
The carob tree, known also by its beautiful botanical name Ceratonia siliqua, is native to the Mediterranean as well as Western Asia where it has been cultivated for over 4 thousand years. This large evergreen tree produces sweet carob pods that are actually classified as legumes. The pods or seeds can be eaten as they are but are most often…
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Wholesome Dinners
Vegan Earth Burger
This weeks recipe of the week is from Laura Saunders of Nourished – N.F.W (Nutrition. Fitness. Wellness). Laura is a Nutrition & Dietetics student at Endeavour College of Natural Health with a keen interest in fitness training as well. Today she shares with us one of her favourite recipes for spring, her infamous Earth Burger that is a combination of…
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Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Choosing the Right Protein Powder for You
Image: Choose what works for you. Keep it simple. Protein is an essential nutrient found in every cell in our body and is vital to the structure and functioning of all our bodily tissues. Protein is made up of amino acids that the body uses to make our natural brain chemicals, our enzymes, immune cells, hormones, regulatory and storage cells. …
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Healthy Lifestyle, It's Trending, Raw & Delicious
The Benefits of Eating Raw
This week on the blog we had the pleasure of working with Raw Food & Vegan Chef and Owner of Healthy Living Inspirations Kerrie Cox. Kerrie specialises in offering Raw Food Workshops for the Lismore, Bangalow & Byron Bay Hinterland area from her property in Modanville. She and her husband Jeff also run a B&B from their property which enables…
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