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Morning Routine – Lemon Water

March 25, 2017March 26, 2017 akitchenfairytaleImage1 Comment

A wonderful habit to add to your morning routine – a mug of lemon water before breakfast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vs2vVYoq1I Advertisements

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I always seem to be the last person to the hashtag-parties and this time I am lagging behind on the #breastfeedingweek or #breastfeedingawarenessweek !! But it is such an important one that I am totes getting involved! (And omg my face is so salesey here, please ignore!!)! Soo let’s recap: little baby is now 1 year and 2 weeks and still breastfeeding several times a day. In the past month quite a few people from the older generation have said how unusual it is to see a 1 year old still being breastfed; in their generation it was common practice to stop around 3-6 months. However, I find it so reassuring to see the World Health Organisation say the following: “Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age, with continued breastfeeding along with appropriate complementary foods up to two years of age or beyond.” That last part makes most people look twice because I guess it’s quite uncommon to see babies (toddlers/kiddies) go that long. However, after my own experience of getting so very sick, I want to give my baby the best start that I can with this magic potion! I feel privileged to have been able to have a drug free pregnancy despite my rheumatologist’s prediction a couple of years ago. However, it wasn’t given for free - I have worked on it every single day since 6th October 2015 and the work continues. I talk a bit more about this in my Isle of Man-talk which I am hoping to share a video of very soon. But back to the breastfeeding: initially I followed the NHS’ advice on feeding on demand, with 6 weeks of a lot of pain in getting the latch right etc, then at baby’s 1 year check up I told them he’s still feeding during the day and to my surprise they said that’s unusually often and that he only needs to feed morning and evening. Well guess what? This mama thinks differently and because he is not going onto any cow’s milk follow-up-milk and because of all the amazing properties of human breastmilk, we’ll keep doing what we’ve been doing so far. And it seems to work just fine for this little turnip 💛 @ellenfisher blogs about breastfeeding on her website and I found so much reassurance there in the initial stages 🌿 (continued below in comments)⬇

I am so honoured and excited to be part of this collaboration, which stems from yet another extraordinary plant-based healing journey! (My cookbook ‘A Kitchen Fairytale’ will be out end of October - more on that later!) I have shared one of my favourite traditional Finnish recipes in a plant-based version, and from the sneak peek of the book I can tell you that the other recipes are just mouthwatering! Here’s a bit of background to it: . A couple of years ago, Andrew Taylor @spudfit shocked the world when he ate nothing but potatoes for an entire year. He lost over 55kg and totally changed his life in the process. The king of comfort foods remains at the centre of his diet. . . In The Spud Fit eCookbook you’ll find over 100 Whole Food Spud Based recipes with contributions from some of the most knowledgeable and influential people in the plant based world, people who are leading from the front in all walks of professional life from Olympians to nutrition scientists. This ebook will show you the magic of potatoes and everything they can do for you. You’ll get: ● Over 100 recipes from some of the biggest names in the plant based world, including chefs, doctors, athletes, advocates and leaders at the forefront of the health revolution. ● Over 80 contributors give their favourite whole food spud based recipes. ● Mindfulness tips to help you beat cravings once and for all. ● Learn the science behind the benefits of potatoes and a whole food plant based diet for good health and fighting our biggest chronic diseases. . ...and much, much more. The book is available for pre-order now through the link in my bio, with a nice early bird discount! 🥙🥔🥕🌿 . . #vegan #plantbased #healing #healingwithfood #spudfit #potato #veganfood #vegansofig #vegancookbook

Hehe I have never had so many messages from an Insta story, so I better share the recipe for the Buffalo cauliflower wings: . 1 cauliflower . Sauce: 6 tbsp gluten free flour 2 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp paprika powder 1 tsp cumin powder 10 twists of black pepper 1/4 cup almond milk 1/4 cup water . Coating alt 1: Sriracha - a spicy chilli sauce which has sugar in it, so you can choose to make your own instead: . Coating alt 2: 1 tsp maple syrup 1 tsp onion powder Cayenne pepper, a good sprinkling 1 tbsp water . * Cut the cauliflower into florets. * In a bowl, stir together all the ingredients for the first sauce until you have a thickish batter. * Dip each floret into the sauce, shake off the excess and place on baking paper in an ovenproof dish. * Bake at 180C for 10 mins, then flip them over and bake for another 10 mins. * Take out of the oven. * Dip each floret into the Sriracha sauce - or into your cayenne sauce (stir together the cayenne, maple syrup and water) * Return to the oven for another 10 mins or until the cauliflower is soft inside. * Enjoy! . . #cauliflower #cauliflowerwings #buffalowings #vegan #veganmom #vegannuggets #paddisonprogram #delicious #healing #rheumatoidarthritis #autoimmune #inflammatoryarthritis #healing #healingwithfood #surrey #surreyvegan #sriracha #plantbased #pbwf #pbwfno

Whipped up a butternut risotto last night which wasn’t too shabby at all 😍 It took about 15mins to make - just steam fried some onions and garlic, added chopped butternut squash then basmati rice and cooked until done. Stirred in nutmeg, black pepper, paprika powder and nutritional yeast, then set a portion aside for little turnip and finally added some @herb.amare for flavour for husband and my portions, oh and chopped chives and butter beans (omg I am obsessed with butter beans)! Super quick, easy, delicious and nutritious + a big green salad on the side 🥗 . . #vegan #veganbabyfood #veganmum #veganmom #healing #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #paddisonprogram #healingwithfood #butternut #butternutsquash #risotto #veganrisotto #butternutrisotto #autoimmune #inflammatoryarthritis #rheumatoidarthritis

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