Tips and advice from NZ Real Health on body health, natural health, recipes and nutrition.
Now that the weather has been on/off improving with spring in full swing, I’ve been getting out in the garden a lot more. During my pregnancy and throughout Miss E’s first year, the garden went downhill pretty quickly as it essentially became abandoned. But that didn’t stop me looking wistfully at it every time I …
I kid you not, dessert hummus is one of the hot new food trends taking off overseas. In New Zealand we’re now pretty used to having savoury hummus (which typically consists of chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, olive oil and cumin) served up with Turkish food and flat breads. Now there’s a new following for …
Long before Miss E came onto the scene, one of my good friends introduced me to babywearing. I think we’ve pretty much all seen someone wearing a baby in a structured carrier at some point in our lives, but there’s a whole world of babywearing out there that I never knew existed until I had …
The NRL finals are on tonight which is kind of a big deal in our household. This is far more important than just chips and dip. This occasion calls for some serious food! This is our menu for tonight – easy, delicious food made from scratch which is satisfying and can be mostly prepped in …
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Nothing beats a rich, decadent chocolate cake. I still remember baking them during the school holidays with my best friend and her mum when I was a kid, and that luxurious moment of satisfaction after the cake went into the oven and we were given the bowl to lick. Fast track several decades and we’ve …
I’m always on the lookout for new and amazing health and wellness products for life in the kitchen, the gym and at home. Here are my current faves; a combination of some of the latest products that have come across my desk for me to try out, and the products I’ve found myself that I …
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New Zealand-based soundscape guitarist Arli Liberman has just released his new album Allegra and announced he’s joining the international Wanderlust circuit (which makes him kind of a big deal!), with shows coming up across the US, Europe, Canada and Australia, with additional performances scheduled in New York, Malibu and Colorado. Playing solo sets as well …
I have a complete obsession with dates. My previous experiences with them were limited to the occasional date loaf or a batch of date scones, but thanks to the bliss ball craze (otherwise referred to as wholefood balls), my interest in them has been reinvigorated and now I can’t get enough of them. Here are …
If you asked me five years ago about my thoughts on healthy eating, it would be a rather different answer compared with today. My food philosophy nowadays has nothing to do with how much kale you can include in your diet (I can’t stand the stuff), whether you should substitute bready pizza bases for ones …
One of the fun things about getting our box of organic fruit and veges deliver each week is figuring out what to do with the random stuff you wouldn’t normally buy. This week we got a leek. Gotta say not exactly one of my favourite vegetables, but I rose to the challenge and made this …
One of the final things we did at the end of last semester at my yoga course was to spend some time in the kitchen as part of a practical Ayurveda class whipping up some recipes and remedies. Ayurveda is an ancient Indian healing system and its been around for thousands of years, so I …
Between personal training, teaching, studying, chasing around after my 11-month-old, running our household, and general life, I’m pretty time poor when it comes to meal preparation. But ensuring that my family has healthy food on the table is one of my top priorities so it’s important to me that I make it work. Evenings are …