Adelle

With a lot of media hype about health benefits of low carb diets, many people are heeding the message and cutting back on Carbs. It’s true that much of the [...]

1. Choose foods based on nutritional quality rather than the quantity of food that can be purchased. 2. Reduce food waste by planning meals and buying ingredients to match, carefully [...]

Accredited Dietitian and Accredited Sports Dietitian Adelle Purbrick is returning from Maternity Leave to work 1 day/week in Lennox Head. The focus of Adelle's work is in the areas of [...]

2 cups dates (firmly packed) Boiling water 1 cup sunflower seeds ½ cup desiccated coconut* 3 Tbsp raw Cacao Powder or cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla extract ¾ cup desiccated [...]

Someone recently asked me if Jamie Oliver’s 15min meals are in fact healthy as he ‘adds salt to most of his recipes’. My response: the recommendation to avoid added salt [...]

I love the strong flavour in this warm chicken salad. Although perhaps ‘salad’ is the wrong name as it’s a meal in itself.   2 Tbsp Olive oil (I used [...]

Even in Australia approximately 31% adults have inadequate Vitamin D levels. Sources of Vitamin D: 1)DIET: In Australia food is not good source of VitD. Most adults are unlikely to [...]

Following on from ‘Which fat is which?’ (part 1) to answer two common questions: “Isn’t it bad to cook with Olive oil?” And “should we avoid margarine because they contain [...]

Following on from last week's blog, this one is all about what my 12month-old Tasman eats for Dinner! Moroccan Chickpeas with coucous & yogurt dressing The answer is [...]

Winter is a time for the dreaded cold and flu. Eating a nutritious diet, including variety of all the food groups, adequate fruit and vegetables, and a good dose of [...]