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Goodness Guru Helping you make good choices about good food, good health & good living. Do you love good food? Lisl Bennett is a nutritionist and chef.

As a qualified nutritionist, naturopath, tai chi teacher & sustainability consultant, I share quick, practical tips to inspire, inform & encourage you as you find your good life. Do you wish you had more time so you could create fabulously healthy meals for your family? Or would you rather pay someone to just take all the hassle out of the kitchen and do it for you? She creates fabulously good food with a healthy twist that has delighted celebrities and finicky families alike. Whether you're signing up to learn to do it yourself or hiring a Private Chef, you will love the unique creativity and flair Lisl brings to your food.

Snoek donut with spekboom jam.... so yum!
01/10/2024

Snoek donut with spekboom jam.... so yum!

Indian food in Botswana. Turkish food in Poland. Subway in Beijing... it's a melting pot for the traveling foodie. W...
05/09/2024

Indian food in Botswana. Turkish food in Poland. Subway in Beijing... it's a melting pot for the traveling foodie. What's your strangest combination of flavour and place?

There's a chapter about Warsaw in where I am saved by a soul-warming . This cold rainy morning in Cape Town that foo...
26/08/2024

There's a chapter about Warsaw in where I am saved by a soul-warming . This cold rainy morning in Cape Town that foodie memory has been supplanted by the best Shakshuka EVA with the added delight of halloumi, harissa and sorghum spurdough. Basically

It starts with an onion... one of the first stories I wrote for my book stayed on mycomputerforyearsbeforeit finallywe...
19/08/2024

It starts with an onion... one of the first stories I wrote for my book stayed on mycomputerforyearsbeforeit finallywentoutintotheworld. This connection in a was so beautifully illustrated by .bothma

25/07/2024

https://fb.watch/txR9j96U7r/ you can watch my squiggly career talk here. And if you're in the area of Greyton this weekend come join me at my Book Launch

Rain, rain stay away... We'll find a way to stay warm and dry come what may
25/07/2024

Rain, rain stay away... We'll find a way to stay warm and dry come what may

Finally my book is in my hands so exciting after all this time. Baby steps though for those far away. Only available...
05/06/2024

Finally my book is in my hands so exciting after all this time. Baby steps though for those far away. Only available in print from me... Online ordering and digital links to follow.

Star Theatre, CNR Caledon and Buitenkant. 28 May. 1900
18/05/2024

Star Theatre, CNR Caledon and Buitenkant. 28 May. 1900

Cheers from Cape Town, District 6. I missed so just catching up on celebration
14/05/2024

Cheers from Cape Town, District 6. I missed so just catching up on celebration

isn't this colour just so appealing. The sweetest tomatoes in season
12/02/2024

isn't this colour just so appealing. The sweetest tomatoes in season

Windhoek rewarding our hard work with fabulous afternoon thunderstorms and great food for amazing venison
07/02/2024

Windhoek rewarding our hard work with fabulous afternoon thunderstorms and great food for amazing venison

Low water means mekoro out of action in the
03/02/2024

Low water means mekoro out of action in the

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My journey from chopper jock to goodness guru

It was a long and winding road. I don’t know about you, but my life hasn’t gone as planned or in straight lines. If I could go back and talk to my ego-driven, shaved head, determined soldier self, how would I explain that in 20 years I’d be cooking for a living instead of flying? In those days I lived on beer, buns and tabasco.

The first step on the road was the dream of flying. I studied aeronautical engineering, saved every penny for flying lessons and joined the air force as soon as they would let me. I became the first female helicopter pilot in the South African Air Force (SAAF) and spent the next 13 years serving in the military.

I think my dreams started to change as I studied martial arts. They led me to tai chi which led me to healing. When I left the military, I walked the Camino de Santiago and then spent a year travelling around the world. I worked on big project sustainability in London, small scale recycling in Guatemala. I taught tai chi in Spanish in Nicaragua and taught French to orphans in Morocco. I rode a pink fairy bicycle up the Alpe d’Huez and went canyon swinging in New Zealand. You might notice the travel bug got me a bit off track here…

But soon I was back in South Africa studying naturopathy and working to help my community go green and reconnect with where their food comes from. As I gained experience as a healer and nutritionist, I realised that so many people just don’t have the time to cook real nutritious food on a daily basis. So I started to do it for them, making Goodness Guru Goodies for sale at markets and this is when the cooking bug got me.