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Banana Pecan Spice Bread (grain free), Quirky Cooking

Banana Pecan Spice Bread (Grain Free)

It’s Easter, and that means a lovely long weekend. I’m in holiday mode, and just want to [...]

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{New Podcast & Video} "Cultured Ice Cream, with Wa

{New Podcast & Video} "Cultured Ice Cream, with Wal Foster of Natural ice Cream Australia"

(Go to my Quirky Cooking YouTube channel to watch, or search Quirky Cooking Chats on podcast apps)

From his iconic, blue ice-cream van in Brunswick Heads, chef @walfoster of @naturalicecreamaustralia (NIA)creates unique, small-batch cultured ice creams that incorporate native Australian flavours like wattleseed, mountain pepper, tamarind, rosella, smoked paperbark, pandanus, finger lime and aniseed myrtle.

In this episode, the Quirky Cooking team stops by to visit Wal while on an events trip and I chat to Wal about the story behind NIA. Wal shares his interest in probiotic and prebiotic foods and "food as medicine" and talks about how his focus has changed over the last few years from creating sugar-laden French classics and working long hours, to creating one-of-a-kind, gut-healthy ice creams (with indigenous ingredients that he often forages himself), while living a slower, healthier life that includes time to surf and spend time with friends.

When you stop by NIA for a treat, expect it to also be a learning experience. Wal takes the time to share the fascinating stories behind each ice cream as he serves them, including the ingredients (which may include native fruits you've never heard of before!), where they're sourced, how the ice cream is made and why it's good for you. Wal's amazing creations always bring a lot of joy and delight to his customers, many who may have never really thought about the health of their microbiome before visiting his little blue van!

Wal generously shared a recipe for honey-sweetened, cultured ice cream with mountain pepper and roasted apricots in my latest cookbook, Simple, Healing Food, so it was a fun idea to have a cookbook signing and ice cream party at Wal's van in Brunswick Heads. If you have this cookbook, this recipe is a must try!

https://youtu.be/cigFabfmtIY

#podcast #video #wholefood #chef #culturedfood #cultured #icecream #food #foodismedicine #guthealth #healingfood #healthyeating #healthytreats #quirkycooking #quirkycookingchats

Happy Monday! Here’s some tips for starting you

Happy Monday!

Here’s some tips for starting your day well: 💚

1. Go to bed early so you get enough sleep

2. Be up early: set an alarm & jump out of bed!

3. Sit in the sunshine & drink water

4. Have some quiet time on your own before everyone else is up

5. Do a “brain dump” - jot down whatever is on your mind, then make a to-do list just for today

6. Plan your day - check your calendar & plan your meals

7. Journaling (if you have time) for creativity & sorting out your thoughts

8. Movement - stretching, exercises, a walk, or even just 5 mins of chi squats

9. Eat a nourishing breakfast

10. Declutter your space (even 5-10 mins helps!)

What morning habits do you find help towards having a great day?

What 'prepare-ahead' breakfasts have you been maki

Here’s one of the quick & easy, prepare-ahead br

Here’s one of the quick & easy, prepare-ahead breakfasts I mention in my latest podcast, “Preparing Ahead for Breakfasts ‘On-the-Go’!”

Have some baked “Herbed Meatballs” in the fridge ready to go for breakfast, snacks or lunchboxes (recipe in Simple, Healing Food - but basically it’s just mince, herbs, garlic (opt), salt & pepper - bake on oven tray for 15 mins at 200C). Warm a few meatballs in a pan with ghee or olive oil, add whisked eggs and scramble! I also like to add some chopped chives or fresh herbs sometimes. Serve with sauerkraut and micro greens or salad for a nutrient-dense breakfast! (Or lunch!)

You can find my video podcasts of prepare-ahead breakfast ideas on Quirky Cooking Chats (podcast and YouTube). 🍳🥑🫐

#breakfast #breakfastideas #quickbreakfast #nourishingbreakfast #prepareahead #mealprep #familyfood #wholefood #glutenfree #dairyfree #gaps #paleo #scd #aip #simplehealingfood #simplefood #quirkycooking

Do you ever wish you had a job that not only pays

{Quirky Cooking Chats Podcast} Preparing Ahead for

{Quirky Cooking Chats Podcast} Preparing Ahead for Breakfasts "On-the-Go" (Part 2) is up! How to boost your breakfast when your busy routine doesn’t allow time for a sit-down breakfast in the morning 🥑🍳🍎

Toast and cereal may be easy options, but they often cause bloating or blood sugar crashes later on. A "quick carbs" breakfast also means you’ll generally be hungry again in a couple of hours, whereas a nutrient-dense breakfast will set you up for hours and will reduce the desire for snacking later on!

Watch on my Quirky Cooking YouTube channel, or search "Quirky Cooking Chats (season 2)" on your podcast app 😃

In this episode:

- Delicious, simple egg-based breakfasts
- Egg-free, grain-free, dairy-free breakfast ideas
- Changing your thinking around breakfast
- Soup for breakfast!
- A meal in a thermos
- Smoothies-on-the-go
- Nourishing hot drinks
- My go-to quick breakfasts
- How-to videos for ideas

Find recipes and tips on my website and in my cookbooks:
- Simple, Healing Food
- Life-Changing Food
- Quirky Cooking

https://youtu.be/LYQ31-u4sKg

#breakfast #breakfasttime #breakfastideas #breakfastrecipes #prepareahead #mealprep #mealprepping #mealprepmonday #cooking #quirkycooking #quirkycookingchats #podcast #cookingvideos #guthealthy #glutenfree #grainfree #wholefood #nourishing #nutrientdense #food

How good is that feeling of picking pesticide-free

How good is that feeling of picking pesticide-free spinach and lettuce from your own backyard garden for lunch??!! 😍🎉🎉

(Also, it’s a good feeling to be saving some money on leafy greens and herbs - wooo! 😂😂)

#backyardgarden #backyardgardening #gardening #veggiegarden #leafygreens #pesticidefree #organicgardening #organic #sprayfree #biodynamic #regenerativeagriculture #savemoney #growyourown #lettuce #spinach #growvegetables #green #nourishyourfamily #growyourownfood #athertontablelands #farnorthqueensland #fnqlife #fnqfood #quirkycooking

Our Quirky team trip in fast forward! 🎉🎉 Tea

Our Quirky team trip in fast forward! 🎉🎉 Team working holiday + book signings + nutrition summit + catch-ups with friends + lots and lots of good food and fun!! 😄😁😍 It was lovely to meet so many of you and hang out IRL for the first time in what seems like YEARS (oh wait, it has been years 😵‍💫). There was lots of chatting, laughing, hugging, eating, learning, listening, and even a few tears. It was amazing. And I am so tired after all the late nights, early mornings and all-day-peopling but it was #worthit 😄

🤗🤗🤗

#quirkycooking #teamtrip #teambuilding #booksigning #catchup #meetandgreet #connection #community #irl #friends #laughs #hugs #chats #brunswickheads #brisbane #mullumbimby #goldcoast #kingscliff #australia #nutritionsummit #eatingout #travel #jowhitton #quirkyteam

Ok Brunswick Heads, it’s time!! The first 20 peo

Ok Brunswick Heads, it’s time!! The first 20 people get a free kefir-cream-Russian-custard ice-cream lollipop!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Book signing and meet & greet - bring your Quirky cookbooks or buy one here 😁

#brunswickheads #jowhitton #elysecomerford #quirkycooking

{Newsflash - Brisbane & Brunswick Heads!💥} Book

{Newsflash - Brisbane & Brunswick Heads!💥} Book signings and hang outs with me & the Quirky team & @elysenutritionist next week!! 🎉🎉🎉

I’m excited to announce that we have booked in some “meet and greets” next week while we’re in the SEQ and Byron Bay area! Woooo!! If you are nearby we hope you can pop by for a chat, get your books signed (you can buy a book there), PLUS you can have a healthy ice cream 🍦 at @naturalicecreamaustralia, or stock up at @thesourcebulkfoodsbulimba 🛍 or at the @greenlightpantry 🛒! 😃 So fun!! 🤩

⭐️ BRUNSWICK HEADS: WED 27th JULY 2-4pm at @naturalicecreamaustralia

⭐️ BULIMBA: THURS 28th JULY 10.30am - 12pm at @thesourcebulkfoodsbulimba

⭐️ JIMBOOMBA: THURS 28th July 5-6pm @greenlightpantry

I’d love to meet you, so please don’t be shy - come have a chat. 🤗 I’ll have my wonderful team with me: Emma & Magda from Melbourne, and Bea and India from FNQ (sadly my sister Joye can’t come 🥲) - but my good friend @elysenutritionist will be joining us which I know you’ll be happy about! Elyse wrote the gut health section in Simple, Healing Food and is a very experienced integrative nutritionist and gut health practitioner.

Come and have a chat!! ❤️🎉🎉

#quirkycooking #booksigning #meetandgreet #hangout #chattime #seq #northernrivers #brunswickheads #funtimes #lifechangingfood #simplehealingfood #cookbooks #healthfood #healthyeating #jerf #gaps #wholefood #paleo #realfood #glutenfree #grainfree #recipes #recipevariations #allergyfriendly #guthealth #healingfood #jowhitton #cooking #elysecomerford #nutritionist

Weekend treats ❤️ It’s been a while since I

Weekend treats ❤️ It’s been a while since I made the Nutty Chocolate from Life-Changing Food! Today was the live “Snacks” class for our online gut health program (The Gut Health Formula) and we talked about natural sweeteners, healthy snack ideas, reducing the food stress, and lots of different ways to make CHOCOLATE!! And we made this recipe. So good, if I may say so myself 😁

What’s your favourite additions to homemade chocolate? I added lots of roasted almonds, macadamias and cashews to this one. And I may have eaten too many pieces while cutting it up… 🙈😂

#chocolate #nuttychocolate #homemadechocolate #guthealth #guthealthy #healthychocolate #healthyeating #wholefood #dairyfree #gaps #paleo #treatyourself #weekendtreat #quirkycooking #lifechangingfood #recipes

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

- John Muir

Camping under the stars - I didn’t stay the night (it was the kid’s camping trip), but the long, dirt-road drive around the lake and the quiet, starry night and watching the moon rise was a great way to end a busy week. 💙

Happy Saturday, I hope you’re taking some time out to let your soul catch up to your body this weekend! 🤗

#saturday #weekend #starrynight #camping #campfire #lake #laketinaroo #outdoors #timeout #dirtroads #adventure #gooutside #moonrise #fullmoon #athertontablelands #farnorthqueensland #fnqlife #cairnslife #australia

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