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Delicious Nutrient Dense Probiotic Berry Smoothie
This is a most delicious way to get probiotics into your digestive system with the added bonus of antioxidant-rich berries and beneficial oil found in coconut. Since kefir has protein in it this is an ideal breakfast lifter and nice for the warm tropical climates where a craving for liquid coolness even early in the morning is sort after. This recipe makes two large glasses or 3 small ones. Coconut Milk Powder can be sourced from The Source Bulk Foods Online or Instore Probiotics are especially important in peri-menopause and menopause. With changes in hormones this causes a disruption in pH and disruption in bacteria on our skin, digestive system…
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Sundried Tomato & Kale Pesto, bold in flavour & packed with nutrients!
This Kale and Sundried Tomato Pesto is bold in flavour and teaming with nutrients. Combining kale, sunflower seeds, almonds, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, lemon, and olive oil to create a delicious pesto in just 5 minutes. With kale season coming to the end now in the North Island of New Zealand due to the white butterfly that like to feast on kale in the warm months, this is your last chance to make the most it. Kale is a nutrient-dense superstar with good amounts of vitamin A, K, B6, and C, minerals calcium, potassium, copper, and manganese. The nutrient density will vary on what soil and growing conditions the kale has…
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On a winters night, make aromatic red lentil dhal.
With this wild Queens Birthday winter weekend upon us, it’s a great time to embrace the cold, the wet and the darker evenings with lighting the fire (we have a fake one, flick a switch and you are done, not quite the same though), snuggling under a wool blanket, putting on the slippers and getting out the winter recipes. One recipe which is my go-to because it is so quick, easy and nutrient-dense is my Mangawhai Wellbeing Aromatic Red Lentil Dhal. This recipe you can make your own, place in baby spinach, bump it up with broccoli and cauliflower, garnish it with coriander, serve with mango chutney and/or plain yoghurt,…
