Warm Turmeric Balance Bowl

I like to enjoy this particular warm bowl of oats on cold and windy winter mornings.  

There is nothing quiet like going out for a walk in the fresh winters air and then coming home to a warm bowl of porridge.  Particularly one that has amazing anti-inflammatory properties.

Turmeric has a natural anti-inflammatory compound.  Now don't get me wrong, a little inflammation in the short term is incredibly important.  It helps the body fight foreign invaders and also has a role in repairing damage.  Without inflammation, pathogens like bacteria could easily take over our bodies and kill us.  Although short term inflammation is beneficial, it can become a major problem long term and inappropriately deployed against the body's own tissues.  This is a problem and it is this chronic inflammation that is now known to be a contributor to many common Western diseases.

Turmeric can inhibit many molecules known to play major roles in inflammation.  Therefore, anything that can help fight chronic inflammation is of potential importance in preventing and even treating and inflammation causing disease.  So sprinkle Turmeric on everything (I do!)

So to make this warming balancing bowl of goodness you'll need:

• 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/3 cup oats
• 1 cup water (or enough water to cover the oats in the pot, I normally do this by site)
• 1 tablespoon of LSA mix
• 1/4 cup of activated nuts
• 1 tablespoon shredded coconut

How its done:

• Add the oats, water and spices to a pot and whisk with a fork to get all the spices combined.
• Bring the oats to the boil, stirring (this should only take a couple of minutes)
• Then pour into a bowl, then add the nuts, LSA mix and shredded coconut
• I like to smash my nuts up in a zip-lock bag before I add them to the top

Then sit in the sun, or the warmest part of your home and saviour each and ever mouthful.  Ahh bliss

xx

Procrastination & a Chocolate Craving = Figgy Choco Logs

I've been studying like crazy this weekend and loving every second of it.  Study, study, study... then it hit a craving for something sweet, something chocolate to be exact and it could not be satisfied by store bought artificial garbage.  This craving could only be satisfied by clean, whole healthy food.  Luckily I needed a break and something had to be done about this craving. STAT!

I looked into my pantry and pulled out the ingredients to produce Figgy Choco Logs.

Figgy Choco Logs

Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup oats

- 1/2 cup almond meal

- 1/2 cup walnuts / almonds

- 1/2 cup shredded coconut + some for rolling

- 3 tablespoons of raw cacao powder

- 6 organic Turkish figs

- 1 tablespoon organic coconut oil

- 60ml water

- pinch of salt

- 1 tbs of maple syrup (if desired)

Directions:

Add all ingredients to a food processor except for the water.  Process the mix until it comes together, it'll be a bit crumbly at this stage.  Continue to mix while adding the water a little at a time until the desired consistency is reached.  It should be a little sticky and should stay together when rolled into a ball or log shape.

I scooped out tablespoon size of the mix and rolled them into log shapes in the shredded coconut.

You could eat these straight away but I think they are better refrigerated for about 20mins or so.  

Enjoy my lovelies.

xx

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Glowing Goddess Smoothie

Ok, I just want to tell you something...


I love green smoothies, I love love love them :)


Every day for over a week I've started my day off with a green smoothie, a glowing goddess green smoothie to be exact!  Eeeeppp I'm so excited about this little concoction I've come up with that I couldn't contain myself I needed to share and spread the goodness to you beautiful people.

I've noticed my energy levels have picked up during the mornings, my skin is starting to glow a little brighter and well, I'm eliminating more regularly (ladies, don't be shy, this is super important for glowing goddess like us).  Also this smoothie is super alkaline, read more about the benefits of being alkaline here.

I don't have a Vitamix as yet, I'm saving all my spare pennies for one, but I have to be patient and wait for it.  So I had to come up with a way to make my smoothies super smooth without the super blending power of a Vitamix and I think I've almost got it there!

This is how I did it:

- Add 1.5 - 2 cups of water (filtered is preferred, but any water will do)
- Leaves of 2 stalks of kale
- Handful of spinach, or mixed lettuce leaves

BLEND

- Add 1 apple - cored and chopped
- Add 1 pear - cored and chopped
- Add 1/3 cucumber - chopped into chunks

BLEND

- Add 1 banana
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon

BLEND - ENJOY :)