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cherry orange slice

Cherry Orange Festive Slice

So this slice started out as something a little different and morphed into the delicious Cherry Orange Festive Slice!

I had just whacked together a few things in my pantry and fridge and was expecting to work miracles again without too much effort. Unfortunately this time… not so lucky.

My taste testers said “yeah it’s ok, but a bit bland.” And I had to agree. Not sweet enough or flavoursome at all really. It was kind of like my White Christmas Slice but no where near as good.

So luckily with these melt and mix type creations, you can melt it down again and add more things. So that’s what I did.

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body temperature weight loss

Body temperature affects weight loss

Did you know that body temperature affects weight loss?

Do you know what your resting temperature is?

How about 30 mins after you eat food?

Why do all these measures matter anyway?

Well turns out your body temperature and heart rate are like a little window into your metabolic system and give a good indication if it’s cranking properly or spluttering to a halt. Health professionals are using these measures along with blood work and checking a list of symptoms, to give a true picture of what’s working, what’s not and if your hormones and thyroid may be out of whack.

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how to make gummie bears

How to make gummy bears.

The first step in How to make Gummy Bears is to ensure you have a bear mould. I don’t, so we are making stars instead! Same method, same ingredients, just a different shape.

Now that coffee has crept back into my life a little, it was inevitable that it would appear in some recipes. Added here in this Coffee Gummies recipe, it gives a brilliant taste to the gummie lolly, which ends up all creamy, sweet and bursting with flavour.

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healthy chocolate popsicles

Healthy Chocolate Paddle Pops

If I’d known these Healthy Chocolate Paddle Pops were so easy to make, I would have done it years ago!

I’ve been reading lots of recipes for banana ice-cream lately with some peeps even making whole recipe books about it! And most others declaring that it is soooo good. I’ve been meaning to try it for a while, but I don’t often eat bananas as I find them too starchy and just all too much really.

I’ve bought bananas a few times and cut it up and whacked it in the freezer with the intention of giving it a go, to see if it is ‘just like normal ice-cream’ as they say but every time I would forget and a month later – oops the frozen bananas are a bit too rank to do anything other than throw them away. (Sorry food waste police!)

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dark chocolate healthy bars

Dark Chocolate Healthy Bars

I wanted to create something that I could take with me for hiking adventures or even work when I don’t have a fridge handy. These Dark Chocolate Healthy Bars are the answer.

While I totally love my normal fudge/chocolate creations, they are strictly fridge to mouth options only, as they melt into a gooey mess within half an hour of being out of the chilly environment.

Not so practical for the lunchbox or if you want to take travel snacks.

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coconut cookies no bake

Coconut Cookies No Bake

After I nixed the peanut butter for peanut powder – less damaging unsaturated fat – I ventured to try Coconut Butter. So that’s not the oil but just the coconut meat mixed together to make a kind of butter. This led to a new recipe creation – No Bake Coconut Cookies!

So brought the jar home from my local health shop and was excited to try it. Open it up and… it is as hard as a rock! What the…

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healthy hormones, ray peat

Dr Ray Peat – fast metabolism & healthy hormones.

Just reading some new information from Dr Ray Peat and it really interested me from a number of angles. It encourages a healthy high metabolism, supports healthy thyroid function and healthy hormones.

There were stories of low carb dieters who had been low carbing for some years and their health had started to deteriorate.

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