Getting back into the grind

Well coming back to work after the long weekend makes us all feel a bit out of whack.
Hoping you all had a nice and enjoyable easter, and rationed the chocolate intake as much as your hands would let you.
Coming up this week we have a great barley & grains recipe, with some information on the benefit of soaking your grains prior to cooking.
And remember for other great recipes check out our 'recipe page' on our website.
I'll leave you with this little quote to help get you through the rest of the working week!
Keira

Enough thinking...time for creating.

So much information running around in my brain about pesticides in food, technical notes about probiotics, inspired thoughts about how to help shift a depleted patient onto the road upwards to recovery

... and what do I do? 

...take a quick look at the food blogs I receive each week for some lovely photos of food!! 

Yes, the secret is out - I am a closet foodie, finding therapy in glossy pictures of delectable food (most of which I will never cook or taste because the reality of life is I have an 8 and 3 year old who are not adventurous in the ways of the palate and I am too tired of fighting a culinary battle each night). 

But things must change, I vow. 

I must make that dahl recipe a kind and skilled patient gave me. 
I will make those bliss balls I scoffed and then insisted on the recipe.... THANKYOU MARIA!

Enough thinking ... time for creating.

Happy Easter

Fig and almond balls

Figs and almonds are rich in calcium, magnesium and fibre.

8 dried good quality figs

150 g raw almonds

Zest of 1 lime

Juice of ½ lime

1 tsp ground cinnamon

A pinch of salt

80 ml (1/3 cup) of water

Seeds of half a vanilla bean

Dessicated coconut

Makes approximately 20 raw food balls

Mix all ingredients except dessicated coconut in a food processor.

Form into 1 tsp balls and then roll in dessicated coconut to cover.

The Vision for 2013

February already who can believe we are one month in already? I feel  a little more ready to take on 2013, as already I have attended a Vision Board work shop (thanks to Kyla at Your Power Centre,(http://www.yourpowercentre.com.au/) and have my goals for the year clearly fixed. There is a lot more work to do on this month by month, but somehow even having made a start feels like I am well on the way to achieving my goals. Beats my 2012 preparation already, as a hectic start to the last year, meant I did not wake up to myself and what I wanted for 6 months, then I spent the rest of the year one step behind. I am determined to make 2013 different and a ‘vision’ is the first step.

So if you haven’t already done a Vision Board and would like to – all you need is your goals for the year, a pile of magazines, some glue, any pieces of inspiration you have collected along the way and of course a board. Then factor in a little time in an inspirational space and you can get your ‘creative’ going.

Also, for the tech savy amongst you, you might like to do your vision board online, Oprah will help you take care of this at, http://www.oprah.com/spirit/O-Dream-Board-Envision-Your-Best-LifeTM.

Happy New Year. And Happy Vision Setting.