This cake was a result of being in year 12, studying hard and getting to the end of the day and needing a big bowl of chocolate cake all to myself that I could chip away at whilst indulgently watching a few episodes 7th Heaven. Don’t even judge me!
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Banana Mug or Pancakes
I’m just going get straight to the point. This batter is good. I mean really good. As in I-can’t-believe-it’s-just-banana-and-eggs good. I’m not even going to ramble and give you a cute little story as to the background of this recipe. Nope, let’s just get cooking!
“Buck-weet-bix”
In middle school I was an absolute sucker for crushed weet-bix, hot milk and a sprinkle of brown sugar – especially on cold mornings.
I avoided weet-bix like the plague throughout primary school, knowing that all cereals (bar baby rice cereal … which I happily enjoyed until the age of 7 when Mamma T decided I was too old for “baby food”) made me feel nutritionally violated. Somehow in middle school, I temporarily lost this intuition and became seduced by the aforementioned warming, sweet and creamy wheat-based combo.
My day on a (GAPS) plate
Oh hello there. You’ve found some very old content. Please read the disclaimer on this page before thinking I’m still a total sheep who has been sucked into a bone-broth worshipping fad diet. Been there, learned from that and am now a much less rigid human.
It’s been ages since I’ve done a GAPS update. I figured one was well overdue! I am up to stage 4 and have been since March 15.
I’m yet to introduce raw veggies and fruit. My body still freaks out if I so much as have too much fibre in the form of avocado, fermented veggies and cooked veggies so I don’t feel ready to introduce raw veggies yet. Thank goodness it’s winter and not really salad weather anyhow.
My Favourite GAPS Muffins
For those of you that didn’t catch it, on Friday I was interviewed by my gorgeous friend Jo from Quirky Cooking on her Podcast ‘A Quirky Journey’. During the show I mentioned my GAPS muffins a few times and actually gave away the recipe. It’s virtually the same as this recipe but made in muffin tins. I use the ‘If You Care’ brand because they aren’t bleached, don’t contain any chemicals and are good for the environment. In SA, Foodland sells them, but I’m sure if you just do a trusty Google search, you’ll find somewhere to purchase them online such as organics on a budget.
Being up one's self, being humble and finding a happy medium
Why are we terrible at taking compliments? Quick to dismiss the good we do? Feel like we can’t show pride? Downplay praise? And why, dear ones, do we think we need to be modest, humble and quiet achievers, all in the name of not being ‘up ourselves’?
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Spectacular Soul Saturday: Leah Laidlaw
This week I introduce you to my mate Leah; wife, mother and blogger at Life’s Pantry. Leah sees food as medicine and loves nothing more than getting creative in the kitchen to sustain her three energetic and little ladies.
Allow me to introduce you to this grounded Mamma Bear.
28 reasons I love Twenty8
I’d like to introduce you to Twenty8. Google them. A business that is influencing the world, one aroma at a time.
Below are the 28 reasons that I fall more in love with these incredible products (and the team behind them) each and everyday.
Not so stale about kale
It’s been way too long since we last caught up. I’ve just finished my first ever round of uni exams and have been spending every moment (apart from when I’m cooking, sleeping, running and working) studying because that’s what you have to do when you’ve got this much knowledge to consolidate (I’m stretching my arms out far and wide when I say ‘this much’) in this (I am now hovering my pointing finger a millimeter above my thumb) amount of time.