Bright Diets

07/09/2025

The term Diaita extends to more than food. It referrs to your lifestyle. Everything is connected, your food intake, body movement, sleep, emotional connection with all these things and the people around you.

06/09/2025

Happy Father's Day to My Dad (who is having a grand time in Europe!) and to all Dads and Father figures!

My Dad loves food and cooking, coming from a traditional Greek family where cooking meals was a daily thing and eating together was important.

He taught us lots of other things, like riding a bike, skiing, driving and fixing things. He used to drive around and fix people's TV's, videos, DVD's and microwaves for work. Sometimes I feel like I followed in his footsteps driving around and helping people with their eating.

Can't wait to celebrate when you get back!

06/09/2025

ROASTED CHICKPEA SALAD

With the weather only starting to warm up and lettuce a plenty in the garden, have a go at this salad with a warm, crunchy twist which is guaranteed to fill you up and give you that long lasting energy.

Serves 2

- 1 can of chickpeas (375g)
- 1 cup wom bok cabbage or salad greens of choice
- 1 cup corn
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes - quartered
- 1/2 cucumber - diced
- 1/2 cup beetroot (canned) or boiled/roasted, diced 1.5cm size
- 1/2 avocado diced 1.5cm size
- 1 shallott- finely sliced
- 1 clove of garlic, minced/finely diced
- Fresh herbs of choice (from the garden): eg 2 Tb parsley, chives, rosemary, sage
- 2 Tb Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- Pinch of salt


Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Chop up the herbs pf your choice and add to a baking tray with the crushed garlic, pinch of salt and 1 Tb oil.
3. Drain and rinse the chickpeas and add to the pan.
4. Stir the chickpeas to coat in the oil and your fresh flavours.
5. Place in the oven for 40 minutes. Stir after 30 minutes to ensure the chickpeas are browning evenly.
6. Chop up the salad ingredients, place in a bowl and stir.
7. Make the dressing: mix the oil (2TB), any other herbs you desire, pinch of salt and lemon juice. Add more or less as desired.
8. When the chickpeas are crunchy, remove from the oven to cool a little before topping onto your salad and stiring together with the dressing.

05/09/2025

DO YOU USE THE RIGHT FUEL?
Our friendly Dietitian, Carin, is here to help you keep your body running as smoothly as possible throughout your journey in life.

She can help with:

- healthy eating, foods and nutrients to meet your body’s nutrition requirements
- learning how food affects your health condition and what is best to eat
- portion sizes and portion control
- label reading of food products
- hunger and satiety management
- tackling emotional or comfort eating and sugar cravings
- meal planning
- coaching around fitness and sleep routines
- successful goal setting and action planning

Be clever about your eating and get the support you need. Reach out and book in to our Thursday clinic at Wyoming by calling 4339 7497 or email admin@ccfamily.com.au.

04/09/2025

Come to the Plant Lovers Fair. My first time! I will be at the Permaculture Central Coast Inc. Stall on Sunday. Come and say hi! Looking forward to buying some veggie seeds and chatting Permaculture!

04/09/2025

FREE CLASS TOMORROW

Join these happy faces at 11am Narara Eco-village. Come 15 minutes earlier if it is your first class, wear comfortable exercise shoes, bring your family, friends, some water and leave all self judgement at home!

Stay for lunch or a coffee afterwards Cafe Neville!

Join my team: https://millionmoves.org.au/zumba-gold-with-carin

See you on the dancefloor!

Wanna prep? Check out my 🕺Online mini class, warm ups and dances: https://www.zumba.com/en-US/p/Carin-Clegg/2756837
5 minute warm up, 5 minute body and mind warm up, Zumba Dances (Give Me Sunshine- 80's Aerobics Oz style warm up, Dreamland -A sweet swing number, One love- a Sexy Salsa)

Keep shining!

03/09/2025

Thanks to for promoting my free Zumba Gold classes as part of Million Moves Campaign to get everyone moving and grooving. For more local events check out https://coastfm.org.au/events

Join my team: https://millionmoves.org.au/zumba-gold-with-carin
Check out my free sessions to get your 75 moves in a day:
🕺Online mini class, warm ups and dances: https://www.zumba.com/en-US/p/Carin-Clegg/2756837
5 minute warm up, 5 minute body and mind warm up, Zumba Dances (Give Me Sunshine- 80's Aerobics Oz style warm up, Dreamland -A sweet swing number, One love- a Sexy Salsa)
💃 Friday 5th September 11am Narara Eco-Village
🕺 Sunday 14th September, SPIRAL COAST: 2pm Circus play, 3pm - Zumba Gold Class, Sensory Park, Showground Road, Gosford.
💃 Tuesday 30th, 2.30pm Wallamba/Gosford 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre (all adult ages welcome)
Keep shining!

02/09/2025

JOIN MY TEAM, LOG YOUR MOVES! LET'S GET TO A MILLION MOVES!

Join my team: https://millionmoves.org.au/zumba-gold-with-carin

What you been doing and how has it made you feel?

Check out my free sessions to get your 75 moves in a day:
🕺Online mini class, warm ups and dances: https://www.zumba.com/en-US/p/Carin-Clegg/2756837
5 minute warm up, 5 minute body and mind warm up, Zumba Dances (Give Me Sunshine- 80's Aerobics Oz style warm up, Dreamland -A sweet swing number, One love- a Sexy Salsa)
💃 Friday 5th September 11am Narara Eco-Village
🕺 Sunday 14th September, SPIRAL COAST: 2pm Circus play, 3pm - Zumba Gold Class, Sensory Park, Showground Road, Gosford. If raining move to Roundabout Cricus
💃 Tuesday 30th, 2.30pm Wallamba/Gosford 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre (all adult ages welcome)

Keep shining!

02/09/2025

Babies do not need 'baby food'. That is clever marketting.

Parents do need to change their food choices to eat the same foods and role model eating foods they want their bubs to eat. Most babies do not need to eat puree, mashed is usually fine to start, just like in hunter gatherer days where it was pre-chewed.

Some people choose to buy store bought 'baby foods' for convienience and they should be legislated better. Please sign if you agree.

Parents should be able to pick up any baby or toddler snack at the supermarket and trust it’s healthy.

They should also be able to trust the marketing on the pack isn’t misleading. It's a no-brainer, right?

But right now, there are too few rules in Australia around how these foods are made and marketed — and our kids' health is paying the price.

You can help us change this. Sign our petition today to improve baby and toddler foods: https://bit.ly/4mV3zFF