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Sweet Macadamia Cookies

23/5/2014

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Just before I left to go on holiday I started clearing out my pantry and found a whole jar of macadamia nuts. What better way to use them up than to make delicious soft cookies!

Macadamias are high in unsaturated fatty acids and also palmitoleic acids, which actually helps to speed up metabolism and lowers cholesterol. They are an excellent source of minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese and zinc as well as being rich in vitamins, especially the many B-complex vitamins.

The nuts are quite oily and fatty, so a little goes a long way. These are a delicious treat, and so easy to make.

You can get quite creative with the cookies, add chocolate chips, other dried fruits, seeds if you wish to make it less sweet. The oils in the nuts will help hold the cookies together nicely and a quick 10 mins in the oven helps set them so they are a bit crunchy on the outside while soft and chewy on the inside.




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Like A Flower Petal Blooming...

19/5/2014

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When we go to school, start at a new job, or do something new like learn a musical instrument, we aren’t expected to learn everything straight away. In fact there’s step-by-step guidelines and levels that we aim for before moving onto the next one. So why is that when it comes to something as important as our own bodies, the physical vehicle that houses our spirit, we cannot slow down and be patient, taking it step by step?


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Raw Fig Jam

13/5/2014

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I have been craving banana bread all day so I decided I would have banana and coconut bread for dinner and what better way to accompany that than with fig jam! Jams are super easy to make, you can use either coconut oil or chia seeds depending on the texture you want.

You can use fresh figs for this also, just take away the water as it already is quite juicy, especially now that it's fig season or simply soak dried figs overnight so they soften. The luscious sweet fruit are a great source of fiber and full of vitamins and minerals. It's actually one of the fruits that contains a high nutrient content.

Figs are rich in beta-carotene, and contains Vitamins A, C, E and K, also minerals such as calcium, copper and iron. A good source of potassium, they're great for preventing high blood pressure and helps control heart rate.




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Banana Macadamia Coconut Bread

13/5/2014

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Any overripe bananas are great for making banana bread; the sweetness is a natural treat without all the added refined sugars. Bananas are one of those super fruits containing an array of health benefits, here's a great article detailing why they're so awesome. This bread is very easy to make. It's gluten-free, soft and moist, and it's a great healthy treat. Have it with somefig jam or even nut butter!


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Creamy Vegan Mushroom Soup

4/5/2014

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Mushrooms have to be one of my all time favourite things. The different types with their earthy flavour, whether it's raw in salads, or cooked, or in soups. Normally mushroom soup is made with milk or cream to achieve a thicker consistency but I have found a super easy healthy alternative - cauliflower!


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    Carl Gustave Jung

    I'm Binny, a full time Bikram Yoga teacher and studio owner that lives in Perth, Australia.

    I started this blog to share the things I love the best in the world: being healthy and happy, food (especially raw), yoga, traveling and most importantly, learning how to love and be true to myself.

    I suffered from severe digestive problems when I was younger, being gluten and lactose intolerant, and developed compartment syndrome and fibromyalgia in my teens. I have lived with constant pain for over 16 years now.

    Over the past 10 years, I've shifted to a mainly plant based diet and realised that being well and healthy is a way of life. I have been teaching Bikram yoga since 2011, in the US and Australia. Due to my health issues I've also had a lot of bodywork done as well as explored alternative therapies.

    I've become much more aware of myself as a result of all this - physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. Right now I love my life. In my career I love what I do and I do what I love. I have traveled to some amazing places around the world and made lifelong friends. In between working and traveling, I cook up a storm in the kitchen, especially raw  desserts, spend time with the people I love the best, which now includes a yoga husband, a mini yogini Estell, and our dog! I try to listen to my body the best I can.

    I truly believe that we all have the power and the capabilities to heal our own bodies, to nourish the spirit and seek our own happiness and life's purpose. This my journey...

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