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Chocolate Nut Butter Cups (courtesy of Renee - thanks Renee, this looks like a great alternative to commercial chocolate this Easter!) "Chocolate": 6 tbsp coconut oil, melted 2/3 cup carob [...]

I recently read a great article in Choice Magazine (October 2012) “Cereal Offender” where Choice gave a great breakdown on the Australian breakfast cereal market – finding many breakfast cereals [...]

With Easter Bunny on his way this weekend and supermarkets overflowing with chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies, I thought it apt to write about chocolate. After all is there anyone [...]

Check out the Healthy Weight Week free cookbook, which contains 7 healthy gourmet recipes by Luke Mangan and nutrition tips from an Accredited Practising Dietitian for each meal. Check out: [...]

Start the day with breakfast. We hear it time and time again, but are you doing it? It’s true, breakfast eaters are more likely to be a healthy weight and [...]

This post follows yesterday’s post about sustainable seafood Good pant-based food sources of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids include: Chia seed, Flaxseed & Flaxseed oil (aka Linseed), LSA (ground Linseed, Sunflower [...]

After a lengthy review process which began after the Draft release in Dec 2011, the new Australian Dietary Guidelines are finally here. Check them out at www.eatforhealth.gov.au. What’s ‘new’ in [...]

As a Sports Dietitian one of the common problem areas I see in an athlete’s diet is inadequate recovery nutrition practices. “Effective recovery from intense training is the difference between [...]

Welcome to my latest blog - a day in the ‘eating’ life of Tasman! Following on from Breakfasts in the previous blog, this one is all about lunch! PICTURES: Despite [...]

Australia’s Healthy Weight Week 2013 runs from 20-27th January. It aims to motivate young Aussie women (18-25yrs) to kick-start healthy eating habits. [pl_blockquote cite="Dietitians Association Australia"]“Rates of weight gain in [...]