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Potato patty
Ingredients
3 large potatos
1 red onion
1 egg
1 bunch coriander
3 tbs Potato starch
Vegetable oil

Boil potato in a saucepan until soft, drain and remove skin and mash
Chop onion finely and shallow fry in oil until soft
Chop coriander and mix into potato, beat egg and add salt and pepper. If too mushy add 2 tbs potato starch
Make into tbs size pattys and Shallow fry on medium heat until brown on both sides.
You can also make them smaller into balls for party appetisers.

Food as Medicine, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes for kids, Vegetarian

Sesame crusted Tofu Quinoa bowl

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This is such a great recipe for powering up vegetarians.

Its high in protein and contains great nutrients for optimising red blood cells, maintaining healthy bowels and supporting great skin.

You can also make a few servings to have for another lunch or dinner.

Ingredients:

500g Firm Tofu

½ Avocado

1 cup Quinoa

3 tbs Sesame seeds

Canned Lentils

1 bunch Spinach

Vegetable stock 2 cups

3 Tbs Tamari

1 tsp ginger

Drain and slice your tofu into squares.

Place in a bowl with tamari and grated ginger.

Marinate whilst preparing quinoa.

Place quinoa in saucepan with stock to cover. Heat  until stock  is absorbed. (Approximately 10—15minutes )

While quinoa is cooking, slice your avocado and set aside.

Rinse your spinach, chop into small pieces.

Drain the tin of lentils

Add the spinach to the quinoa to wilt for the last 5 minutes.

Heat a non stick frypan and add sesame seeds for a minute to toast. Set aside in a bowl.

Add the tofu to the frypan and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side. Take each tofu slice and coat in sesame seeds.

Serve the quinoa and spinach in a bowl. Add a few slices of tofu, some of the lentils and garish with avocado.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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Colour Healing ORAcle

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Turquoise healing (One of my favourites)

Colour healing oracle reading- Turquoise for communication, intuition, empathy and compassion

Posted by Dragonfly Natural Therapies Centre on Sunday, July 26, 2020

This beautiful colour is a favourite for many.

Turquoise is for me is reminiscent of sunny days, relaxing by the water.

It is a pleasant way to heal.

I have also noticed that children in particular always gravitate to the turquoise crystals in my clinic. 🦋

Turquoise colour healing works with the throat and heart chakras.🐬

It reminds us to balance our hearts and words in all our communications.
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Cacao Smoothie Bowl

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Cacao Smoothie Bowl

This delicious smoothie bowl isn’t just pretty to look at, it’s packed full of goodness as well .

The pomegranates are great to keep up your vitamin c, cacao is full of antioxidants, the hemp is high in protein and especially good for vegetarians, the pumpkin seeds contain zinc to support your immunity and the coconut is high in fibre to support good digestive health.

Ingredients

Cacao smoothie

2 tbs Hemp Cacao powder

1 frozen banana

½ cup Soy Milk

Toppings:

Pomegranates

Pumpkin Seeds

Coconut shredded

Cacao nibs

Fresh Banana

Directions:

Chop the frozen banana and add to a blender with milk and hemp & cacao powder.

Blend until consistency of a thick shake.

Pour into a bowl.

Cut slices of fresh banana and cut open a pomegranate and remove pomegranate arils to  

Sprinkle  on top of your cacao smoothie along with pumpkin seeds, cacao nibs and coconut.

It’s best to enjoy your smoothie bowl as soon as you make it.

Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes for kids, Vegetarian

Healthy Chocolate recipes

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Chocolate is one of the most loved foods around the world but it’s often high calorie with so much sugar and fat.

There are however some beautiful ways to enjoy your chocolate without the unhealthy parts by changing up some simple ingredients.

Below are six healthy chocolate recipes for you to try out.

Vegan Coconut Chocolate ‘bounty bar’ hearts
These 4 Ingredient chocolates are so easy to make and are a ‘not so naughty’ chocolate treat to enjoy. Reminiscent of the classic ‘Bounty bar‘ ,It’s definitely one of my favourites.
http://dragonflynt.com.au/wp/2020/05/vegan-coconut-chocolate-hearts/

Beetroot Brownies
These gluten free super moist brownies are a great way to hide your veggies!
http://dragonflynt.com.au/wp/2018/06/beetroot-brownies/

Chia chocolate pudding Yummy and simple. This raw pudding can satisfy your chocolate needs and it keeps you full for longer too. Kids and adults alike will love this one. Chia seeds are one of my most common dietary recommendations for my clients. They are so versatile and packed with nutrition.
http://dragonflynt.com.au/wp/2014/10/chia-chocolate-pudding/


Superfood energy balls How to stuff as many super food ingredients into a bite size delicious snack? This was the question I wanted to answer when I woke up this morning. 
http://dragonflynt.com.au/wp/2014/10/super-food-energy-balls/

4 Ingredient Chocolate Smoothie
A quick, easy and healthy chocolate fix. This is one of my favourite go to post exercise smoothies. 
http://dragonflynt.com.au/wp/2017/05/4-ingredient-chocolate-smoothie/

Gluten free chocolate brownies

I confess,  I do love a good chocolate treat and I’m so glad that I can create the perfect chocolate brownie that my taste buds love without overloading my digestion and having sugar remorse.The brownie gets it’s sweetness and fibre largely from the sweet potato, so you can have your sweet craving satisfied and stay full for longer.The chocolate icing is fabulous and no trace of icing sugar in site.  It’s also full of healthy antioxidants.


http://dragonflynt.com.au/wp/2014/07/gluten-free-chocolate-brownies/

Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes for kids, Vegetarian

Vegan Coconut Chocolate hearts

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These 4 Ingredient chocolates are so easy to make and are a ‘not so naughty’ chocolate treat to enjoy. Reminiscent of the classic ‘Bounty bar‘ ,It’s definitely one of my favourites.

Ingredients
1 cup dessicated coconut
1tbs Agave syrup or brown rice syrup (If you are not vegan you could use honey)
3tbs coconut oil
½ block Vegan dark melting chocolate (check the ingredients for no milk solids)
(double this recipe for the coconut bars)

Method
For coconut hearts:
You will need a flexible Heart shaped chocolate mould like this.
Melt the coconut oil and agave/brown rice syrup gently until liquid.
Pour the coconut into a bowl and combine with the melted liquid until it resembles slightly wet sand.
Pour your mix carefully into the moulds and press down firmly.
Transfer to the freezer for 1 hour or until firm enough to remove form the mould without losing shape.
Melt your chocolate on the stove or microwave.
Take your frozen coconut hearts one at a time and dip in the chocolate to cover.
Transfer to a baking tray or plate lined with baking paper and return to the fridge to set.
Keep them in the fridge until serving but they will do fine in room temperature for a few hours without melting (as long as its not summer!)


For coconut bars
Melt the coconut oil and agave/brown rice syrup gently until liquid.
Line your baking dish or pyrex dish with baking paper.
Pour the coconut into a bowl and combine with the melted liquid until it resembles slightly wet sand.
Pour your mixture  into a square baking tin or rectangular pyrex dish the and press down firmly.
Transfer to the freezer for 1 hour or until firm enough to remove form the mould without losing shape.
Remove the frozen coconut from the baking dish by lifting the baking paper and transfer to a chopping board.
Cut the coconut into bars
Melt your chocolate on the stove or microwave.
Take your frozen coconut bars one at a time and dip in the chocolate to cover.
Transfer to a baking tray or plate lined with baking paper and return to the fridge to set.


 
 
 
Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes for kids, Vegetarian

Gf and veg cannelloni

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Gluten free Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni

Gluten free Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni

Ingredients:

1 250g tub Ricotta

1 cup Mushrooms

 1 bunch Spinach silver beet

500ml Passata

1 clove Garlic

½ cup Cheddar cheese

Rice paper rolls

Olive oil

Pink himalayan salt

Pepper

Directions:

Soak  and wash spinach and chop roughly

Chop mushrooms roughly.

Chop garlic finely.

Add some olive oil to a fry pan and cook the mushroom, spinach and garlic until soft on medium heat.

Set aside to cool.


In a bowl add ricotta, salt and pepper to taste.

Once the spinach mix is cooled add to ricotta and gently combine.

Grate cheese and set aside.

Pour ½ passata mix to cover the bottom of a baking dish.

Take one rice paper roll and wet until flexible. Lay on a flat surface and spoon some of the mix into the middle.

Wrap up by rolling to enclose mixture and tuck in the sides.

Place your cannelloni roll on top of the passata.

Continue rolling rice paper rolls until your mixture is used up and place side by side in the baking dish.

Drizzle a little more passata over the top of your cannelloni and sprinkle cheese on top. Heat under the grill until sauce is heated through and cheese is browned.