Raw chewy choc-mint brownies recipe + 5 herbal teas to start drinking now

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How are you on this fine Friday? Fabulous I hope! We are quite busy….. whoah!!! Actually – back it up, back it up. I’m not overly fond of the response “I’m busy”, so what I am going to say instead is – wowzers… lots going on over here in our corner of the world. All [...]

Three onion quinoa risotto + a FREE guide to healthy living in Perth

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My journey to abundant health began when I was living in Perth, Western Australia. I found that when I first started out and exploring the world of healthy living, I spent a large portion of my time googling “where to find organic food” and “healthy raw/vegetarian restaurants”. Google is fabulous, but if you’re anything like [...]

Almond Butter Banana Smoothie Recipe + 5 reasons to drink smoothies

Almond Butter

You may know by now (and especially if you follow me on instagram) that I am a HUGE fan of smoothies. Back when I was working full time and attempting to fit my life in and around my job/travelling to and from the CBD, smoothies were my saviour, they were my lifeline… I relied on [...]

I have something to tell you + spicy thai pumpkin soup recipe

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Just a few short years ago I was overweight, lethargic and seriously unhappy. I experienced every symptom under the sun and was in and out of hospitals with a ton of different illnesses. I was lacking direction and purpose and I absolutely despised the person looking back at me in the mirror.   And then [...]

Hemp & Coconut Smoothie Recipe

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In my farewell email to my workmates a few weeks back, I made a joke about needing a bit of sympathy because my new worries living in the middle of a rainforest would now include protecting my beloved pooches from being eaten by the local python. Having never been to our new house, nor the [...]

Raw figgy nut bites recipe

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I’ve been getting requests lately for snacks and sweets recipes lately so I decided to create something using the 2kg of dried figs I have sitting in the fridge. Ever since I arrived here at our new place, all I’ve been wanting to eat is fruit, fruit and more fruit. It’s so humid and hot [...]

How to reduce the severity of your cold & flu

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By Candice Aiken. My body has a strange way of letting go, detoxing and cleansing after stressful and/or life changing moments, or when I am simply going on a big holiday and finally allowing my body to relax. I usually, if not, always come down with a full blown flu… to the point where even [...]

Blue baby smoothie recipe

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Wowzers, it has been a whirlwind of a week… or two… or three. As you sit (or stand) there reading this, I have finally touched down in far north Queensland and busy getting absolutely smothered with love from my beautiful family up in our rainforest retreat in the mountains. You may know that leading up [...]

Watermelon Cooler Juice Recipe

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Tonight is the night my friend… Curtis will soon be boarding a big jet plane with the dogs to fly on over to far north Queensland and set up our new life before I arrive next Sunday. Want to know a funny story? I’ve never actually been there! And I’m not just talking about the [...]

Curtis’ raw vegan mayo recipe

Rawveganmayo

Why hello there! You may be wondering if we dropped off the planet over the past few weeks… and you would be right in thinking that – sure did feel like it anyway. For some strange reason when we sold the house a few weeks back, I assumed all we would need is a day [...]