Category Archives: Vive Health Nutrition

Summer Mango Smoothie

Ingredients 4 strawberries (cold) – cut into half 1 mango cheek (cold) – cut into chunks 2 kale leaves (stalks removed) 400ml coconut water (or enough to cover everything) 1 tablespoon linseeds 1 tablespoon psyllium husks 1 teaspoon Amazonia Raw … Continue reading

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Holy Moly Guacamole!

Ingredients 2 ripe avocados 2 roma tomatoes, finely diced 4 spring onions, finely diced Juice of half a lemon Dash of sweet chilli sauce Salt and pepper Tabasco…for added heat 😉 Directions Mash avocado with lemon juice, then add spring … Continue reading

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Apricot and Turkey Rissoles

Ingredients 300g turkey mince 1/2 cup chopped Fruit Bliss Turkish apricots 1/4 cup chives, snipped Herb salt and freshly ground pepper (to taste) Directions Mix all ingredients in a bowl together using your hands. Roll into smallish ball size rissoles … Continue reading

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Matt’s Poached Pear with Vanilla Sheep Yoghurt

Ingredients 4 firm pears (almost unripe) 1/2 cup raw organic honey 1/2 cup coconut sugar 2 cups of your favourite organic red wine 6 star anise 4 cinnamon quills 1 cup Meridith Dairy sheep’s yoghurt 1 tsp Madagascan gold vanilla … Continue reading

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Healthy Smoothie Recipes

#1 Ingredients 2 cups frozen mixed berries 2 cups coconut milk or Bonsoy soy milk Handful cranberries Handful dried goji berries 1 tsp Amazonia Raw Energy 1tbsp Power Cacao Powder 1 tbsp honey Directions Combine all ingredients in a blender … Continue reading

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Coconut and Chia Pudding

One of our customers found this amazing quick and simple chia pudding on thehealthyfoodie.com website. Luckily for us she shares the tasty ones. Thanks Helen 🙂 Ingredients: 1 dessertspoon desicated coconut 2 dessertspoons black chia seeds 3/4 cup coconut milk … Continue reading

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Black Bean Salad

Ingredients 2 x 400g cans black beans, drained and rinsed well 1 very large tomato, chopped 2-3 cobs of corn – Steamed or grilled and sliced off 1⁄2 red onion, chopped 1 can sliced water chestnuts, drained and rinsed 1 … Continue reading

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Chia Crusted Sweet Potato Wedges

Ingredients 1/2 tsp smoked paprika 1 1/2 tbsp white chia seeds 1 1/2 tbsp chia oil 3 medium sweet potatoes, cut into wedges 30g grated parmesan 1/2 tbsp chopped parsley Directions 1. Preheat oven to 200C.  Gas Mark 6. 2. … Continue reading

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Lentil and Pumpkin Gluten Free Lasagne

Ingredients Serves 4 Olive oil spray 1 large brown onion 4-5 garlic cloves, crushed Âź cup white wine 400g pumpkin, steamed and pureed 415g can lentils, drained and rinsed 794g can Muir Glen Fire Roasted crushed tomatoes 5 tablespoons olives, … Continue reading

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Winter Warmer Cleansing Broth

Ingredients 2 litres water 1 medium carrot 2 celery stalks 1 medium brown onion 4 tsp Hilde Hemmes Vegetable Broth 1 tsp (per serve) Unpasturised Miso 2 tsp Braggs Nutritional Yeast Sea Chanti Chilli Seaweed Crisps Directions Finely dice carrot, … Continue reading

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Nut Free Lunch Box Goodies

Ingredients 1 cup Coconut Milk 1/3 cup Eskal Smooth or Crunchy Nut Free Butter 1/4 cup Raw Cacao 1/2 cup Black Chia Seeds 1/2 Pepitas 1/2 cup Sunflower Seeds 1/2 cup Coconut Flour 2 TBS Pure Harvest Rice Malt Syrup … Continue reading

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Cacao Nut Smoothie

Ingredients 1 cup coconut milk (or non-dairy milk of choice) 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons cashew butter (or use any nut butter of preference) 1 teaspoon raw cacao 1 banana Directions Combine all ingredients in a blender Blend until smooth … Continue reading

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Warming Porridge

Ingredients 1/4 cup quinoa flakes 1/2 cup organic rolled oats 5 fresh dates, pitted and chopped 1 tablespoon chia seeds 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup rice / almond milk Cinnamon Directions Place all ingredients, except cinnamon, into saucepan and cook … Continue reading

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Quick Chickpea Salad

Ingredients Tin of organic chick peas – drained 2 handfuls rocket leaves 1/2 red capsicum – sliced into strips 1/3 zucchini – grated 1/2 carrot – grated Handful walnuts – chop if you like 1 orange – peeled & sliced … Continue reading

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How Bees Can Help our Immune Systems

by Mikaela Duffy We all want to stay well during the winter months and reduce our exposure to common cold and flu viruses that do the rounds at this time of year.  We also know that in keeping our bodies … Continue reading

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Raw Food Isn’t A Raw Deal – Here’s Why We Love it!

If you’ve heard about raw food and assumed it’s just uncooked food. You are correct. Sort of. Raw food is uncooked food, but technically speaking, it is food that hasn’t been heated above 46 degrees centigrade (115 degrees Fahrenheit). So … Continue reading

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Salty Goodness

By Mikaela Duffy This week has been salt awareness week, and is a topic I often discuss in clinic.  There are many different salts on the market, and conflicting ideas around safe consumption levels. It is important to remember there … Continue reading

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Shining the Spotlight on the Paleo Diet

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave (pun intended) chances are you will have heard of the Paleo Diet. Everywhere you turn it seems there is a new celebrity endorsing the diet, another friend or family member “going Paleo” and … Continue reading

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Are Gluten Free Foods Good for Gluten Tolerant People?

The thing about gluten intolerance is that it is an ambiguous term. When we talk about gluten intolerance, we are generally talking about two quite different conditions: coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity. Coeliac disease and gluten sensitivity – what’s the … Continue reading

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What’s all the fuss about Soy? Part 2 – Manufacture

By Megan Crockart Last month I wrote about genetically modified soy and whether phyto-oestrogens are a concern for hormonal imbalance. (Click here to read that article). In this article I will address whether the manufacture of soy is a concern … Continue reading

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