Category Archives: Genuine Reads For Genuine People

Phil-friendly Double Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Regular readers will have no doubt heard read me mention my stepdad Phil a number of times. For the newbies, here’s the low-down. I love my Stepdad. A lot. When it comes to health we don’t always see eye to eye (and that’s putting it politely).

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Real Food Regrets

In this post I promised a follow up blog where I described my main mistakes when trying to work out what food choices suited my body the best. These mistakes are not regrets (so, my apologies for the title, I just really like alliteration). I learned a lot from making them.

That said,  if I can possibly help you avoid running into similar problems yourself, then consider me having taken one many for the team.

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My Favourite Green Smoothie

I have updated this post (I am writing to you in June 2019 and the post was originally written in 2016). It was wordy. Yawn! This smoothie doesn’t need a rant. It just needs to be embraced.

An even tastier variation is available in my glorious paperback; Periods, Poo & A Glorious You but for now, the original base recipe will do just dandily.

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Lamb ‘Foodgasm’ Soup

Winter is well and truly here. I’m still wearing shorts religiously. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike wearing pants? I digress.

In humble Adelaide I’m freezing my little titties off!!! I know, Rachel, GET SOME PANTS! Again, I digress.

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Medicinal Marrow Muffins

Is it just me or is Monday the perfect day to get your procrasti-bake on? I’m on swot-vac and with my next exam not until next Friday I’m not feeling much urgency yet. There is no guilt in leaving the books for a little while and following my instincts in the kitchen – my own personal form of therapy (that and barefoot beach walks).

The other day I had the idea to make a muffin recipe that included bone marrow (after this bone marrow custard recipe went down a treat with my family).

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Standing strong in your personal power

I’ve learned a major lesson over the past 5 months – one that I feel is too important not to share.

You may remember that I had a liver biopsy in January and experienced internal bleeding – catch up here. Despite the pain, uncomfortable recovery period and anaesthetic side effects, it thankfully showed me the results I wanted (a real life example of autoimmunity in remission) .

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5 Easy Rituals for a Better Day

Oh how I love me a good ritual. They take ordinary tasks to the next level and remind me to take some time for myself, even if it’s just a few minutes out of a whole, full, busy day. Below are my 5 favourite quick and easy rituals that don’t really take any extra time out of your day (maybe a minute here or there at the most!), but will leave you feeling uber pumped and full of warm fuzzies!

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A Pancake Miracle

Yesterday a miracle occurred in my kitchen. You see, for years I’ve been trying to perfect gluten free crepes for mum and I keep falling short. Most gluten free pancake recipes are thick and fluffy, as they are easier to flip and if you do find crepe-style instructions, they use buckwheat flour (mum doesn’t like this) or conventional pre-mixed GF flours (full of refined ingredients and usually additives too!).

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I’m On FULL GAPS!

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 crazy these past few months. Full time study takes up a lot of time! To be honest with you, I’ve even had times where I’ve considered leaving the blogosphere. I didn’t want the ‘added pressure’ of maintaining a website. It’s okay my new pals Emma and Carla snapped me out of that. Real Soup HQ is here to stay.

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