Heart Filled Health

02/08/2024

Happy Breastfeeding Week 🩵 Supporting a new mama to breastfeed kinda made my week xx

14/01/2023

Happy birthday to me! My sweet girl took me to the shops the other day and we picked up ‘To Asia, With Love’ by my kitchen crush and my clever husband felt the vibes and gifted me some beautiful Japanese ceramic cups.

I always love it when my family pops into one of my favourite shops to buy me gifts. Thank you and .home.essentials for always stocking the best stuff for a beautiful life 🙏❤️

10/01/2023

I’d forgotten just how much better homemade granola is!

This batch was inspired by the ‘Orange, tahini and coconut toasted muesli’ recipe on p.36 of Emma Galloway’s glorious book, .

Personally, I prefer fruit free granolas, so I halved the quantity of dried fruit and only added it to one of the two trays of toasted goodness. Everyone’s a winner!

Customising recipes is always fun but here’s a few more reasons to make your own muesli in the first place:

1. Flavour
2. Texture
3. Ingredients
4. Variety
5. Cost
6. Low-waste
7. Convenience

I had all of the ingredients in my pantry so it was simply a matter of melt, mix, bake. Easy, delicious, wholesome, and don’t even get me started on the cost of store-bought granola 😱

30/11/2022

Something’s brewing over here…

24/05/2022

Love note from a friend 💕 Thanks Mon xx

15/05/2022

Sunday Savoury muffins.

Why haven’t savoury muffins taken off? They’re so delicious and lend themselves to more wholesome baking.

For savoury muffins I usually just follow a basic muffin recipe but swap out the sugar for grated cheese + a little salt. (I have a basic recipe a few posts back but feel free to use your favourite recipe!).

These ones are flavoured with zucchini, fresh mint, red onion, lemon zest… my taste buds are also recommending pancetta crumb, sheep’s feta, sun dried tomatoes, roast sweet potato, pine nuts.

And always a relish/ chutney + butter to serve 🤤

Wet ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup oil (I used a mild flavoured EVOO)

Dry ingredients:
1 cup SR flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 tsp salt

Flavourings:
1 cup grated cheese
I cup grated zucchini
1/2 red onion, finely diced
Plenty diced mint
Zest of 1 lemon

1. Mix wet ingredients
2. Fold in dry ingredients
3. Fold in flavourings
4. Bake 180 C for 30 mins
5. Enjoy!!

29/04/2022

I made a pot of dhal the other day and it has carried me through a very busy week.

And because I had a million things to do, I made the garam masala. Super easy recipe from 🙌

Also, naan bread freezes really well!! Just thaw and chuck it in the toaster!!

Garnish with plain Greek yoghurt and coriander leaves xx

Dhal recipe from “Gitam’s garden: healthy sattvic recipes from the Byron Yoga kitchen” (p. 58 of the 1st Ed.), one of my favourite recipe books that I use all the time 🙌

26/04/2022

I have the most talented friends 🙌 Beautiful dried floral arrangement by ❤️Thank you Vic, M loves it xx

21/04/2022

Seedy quinoa breaky bowl… delicious, I do day so myself! Although, it didn’t actually need the eggs - plenty of interesting textures and flavours without them. Here’s the components:

💚 Seedy Quinoa - toasted seeds + a little spice mix (chilli, fennel, cumin, rosemary) + cooked quinoa
💚 Avo - mashed with lemon, salt and pepper
💚 Wilted spinach, feta + sauerkraut

Would you guys like to see more of what I’m cooking these days? No pretty editing guarantees 🤪

I know I t’s been ages since I posted - I’ve been struggling to find a balance between looking after my health and focusing on my midwifery studies. Oh yeah and the family bit haha… but I think I’m finally getting the hang of it🤞

I’ve got a few new ‘formulas’ if you’re keen for time saving ideas that won’t take had your weekend to implement!

Ok, gotta go study, and pick up kids, and grab groceries, and set up for the birthday party, and buy wine… 😂

25/01/2022

Opening my heart and mind today xx
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27/05/2020

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20/05/2020

GARDEN TEAS // Simple remedies, fresh from the backyard 🌱

For many years, I’ve tried to grow some culinary plants, mainly herbs, greens and simple veg, although sometimes just a straggly pot of rosemary is all I’ve managed to keep alive!

I’ve grown food for flavour, to save money, for convenience... but whilst I’ve long been interested in herbs, I’m embarrassed to admit, I’ve only recently connected gardening with folk medicine.

I suppose medicinal herbs have always been dried in my mind and on some level, buying a pouch of dried herbs seemed a bit more scientific or clinical, more ‘therapeutic’ than something grown and picked by me, an amateur gardener.

I do like to read reports, data sheets and profiles of plants and plant extracts but, I wonder if it was also reflective of my maiden need for acceptance. The child of a doctor and a nurse, I’ve probably tried to ‘medicalise’ my path. Ultimately, we all just want to feel that we are loved, that we are safe and that we belong.

However, I’ve come to appreciate the simplicity and sufficiency of the folk medicine path. This kind of home herbalism just really speaks to me. A sprig of this, a leaf of that and we have a medicinal tea. A pinch of this, a turn of that and our food becomes medicine. This flower, that salt and a ritual bath awaits ✨

I am also fascinated by the rich history of herbalism, in particular, the way of the wise women healers, the midwives, the alchemists and, dare I say, the witches.

Such a simple act as growing herbs and brewing them into tea feels altogether revolutionary to me but it isn’t anything new, just wisdom forgotten.

In the quiet and the stillness, do you hear the whispers of your memories?