Simplicity

I am really enjoying the warm weather, Summer is a great time to enjoy the simple things in life. Fresh air, sunshine, clean beaches, clear water, great running and walking, relaxing, family, friends, pets, gardening.. all of these things are free and bring so much joy. There not complicated, agressive or negative if we handle them properly. Enthusiasm, encouragement and positiveness with friends, family and pets and the sheer joy of our natural environment with the remainder. We are so lucky.

And one of my favourite for summer.. (actually all year!) is the FRUIT.. wonderful, glorious fruit! I am devouring rockmelons, watermelon, mango's, papaya, pineapple, apricots, peaches, kiwi's and more..... it's all just so sweet and hydrating. I am thoroughly enjoying the simpliciy of Fruit! It tastes great, it digests well, it satisfies my sweet tooth and it's easy to get and prepackaged.

Enthusiasm

I can remember where I got this story from but I love. I didn't meet the lady but this is the story as I saw it.
"I met a woman who looks very young for her age. When I asked she told me simply that her secret was enthusiasm. I believe it. That is why people can find falling in love so rejuvenating, - the excitement actually makes the cells more alive. (which is a testament to the power of emotions to affect our health). I think enthusiasm is a little lower key but therefore also more sustainable for the long term. So find the things you love to do and do them with enthusiasm!
I love to do all that I can with enthusiasm.. I love what I do. Work doesn't feel like work. My husband who has been struggling for some time with what his line of 'work' asked me..
If you had all the money you needed, what would you be doing..
I thought about it seriously for a couple of minutes and my answer was,
I would be doing exactly what I am doing now!
I love making and creating genuinely healthy food for everyone in my attempt to help people get away from the destruction being caused by over consumption of highly processed food and what it is doing to our world. It is my passion to help them realise that fresh, natural food tastes so much better, makes you feel so much happier and takes away the drudgery of having to worry about your weight, with good clean food and a little movement your body will naturally be at the correct weight it is supposed to be. You will not feel deprived, to me it is a 'life of Abundance'.. I really want everyone to see and feel that too!
So tomorrow morning.. which will be Monday. I will enthusiastically wake up, make a fresh healthy breakfast for my family.. smoothies, fruit salads and Kitz Granola, lunch and morning tea.. then go for a good run, then get into my Kitz Kitchen to make a large batch of Fresh Herb Crackers.. What a great start to the week.
:)

Kitz Kristmas Kindness..

It's all about enjoying the fun of the festive season.. the tastes, the smells, the socialising, the gathering, the feasting! We have some healthy new Christmas treats we will be getting online and into the shops as quick as we can as we only have 6 weeks to go.. here are some teasers of what is on offer..

   Kitz Kristmas Pudding                        Kitz Almond Shortbread

Delicious Dinners

Zucchini Pasta with Tomato Mushroon & Asparagus

 

Most of us are bought up in a culture where dinner is our main meal. Not only is it traditionally our largest meal of the day but it also symbolises coming together, especially for families. Food is so about so much more than what we put in our mouths. Every celebration, reunion, meeting, birthday, Christmas, Easter and even wakes all happens around food. I think that most of our cravings are related to the ‘when’ and ‘why’ we usually ate something. The smell of bacon reminds us of relaxing Sunday morning breakfasts, donuts of special treats usually centred on a fun time such as a party or outing. Hot bread coming out of the oven and everyone getting excited about having that first piece, then watching the butter melt on it.

 

I am able to admit that I still enjoy those smells but actually can’t even remember the last time I ate any of them. They just don’t appeal to me as food. I explain this to people by saying that I also like the smell of frangipanis and roses but I don’t want to eat them. The smell gives me more pleasure than actually eating them does. Eating them would take the pleasure away and they would actually make me feel quite ill. I find that I am now at a happy place of enjoying the smell, the memories they represent, and I am happy to leave it at that.

 

Here are some of my favourites:

• Zucchini Pasta with Italian tomato sauce, mushrooms and asparagus.
• Zucchini Carbonara.. made with Cashew cream
• Curry Cauliflower couscous with corn salad 
• Raw lasagne 
• Zucchini Cannelloni with Walnut Spinach filling and Tomato sauce 
• Savoury Italian nut patties with salad and coleslaw 
• Corn Chowder and crackers 
• Raw sushi 
• Raw Burritos.. made Cos lettuce leaves filled with blended salad, avocado and sprouts

Most of these are quick and easy. With the right equipment anything can be put together in a short amount of time. And I always find cleanup to be just as quick and easy when preparing nothing but fresh raw food.

 

I have always followed dinner with a serving of fruit.. I know it’s not what you are supposed to do but as much as I have tried not to do it, it just seems to cause me more grief that good! So I just do it and enjoy it. I sleep much better on a full stomach than an empty one. I do try to finish eating at least an hour before I go to bed. I have tried not to do this but found that I was waking during the night and was not able to go back to sleep. I then discovered that I was hungry!  So now I get my fill and sleep soundly. As I have always said .. Do what works for you. I know many people that eat very little in the evening.. I commend them for that. They are lucky. But I have learnt to embrace and enjoy my own ways and don’t let them bother me anymore.

 

Healthy eating also involves a Happy & Healthy relationship with food.. love it and embrace it, it is not our enemy.. it is there to nurture us! As long as it is good quality, clean, fresh and unprocessed it is your friend.. ENJOY

 

Curry couscous with blended salad, rocket & avocado.

Raw Pizza

Vegie Pasta with Nutballs   

 

 

Luscious Lunch

Now it's taken me a bit longer than it should have to get back here. Not good but I have been so busy. We need double the amount of dehydrators.. so contact me if you have one you would like to sell.. :)

Back to the next main meal of the day.. Lunch! For some this is a fairly substantial meal for others it's more like another snack.. I am more the snack type lunch as I am more of an evening eater. I tried for many years to fight it. We are taught to eat our largest meal for dinner usually followed by a dessert of some sort. Then as we get older we are told to eat a large breakfast, a medium lunch and a small dinner. For me that just doesn't work. It just tends to make me food obsessive where I just want to eat all day and the energy required for digestion zaps me. I just feel extremely unproductive.. I figured it’s just not how I am supposed to eat! But for some it is perfect. I recommend that you go with whatever makes you feel the best and then adjust it to suit your needs as in making healthy meal choices.

Here are some great ideas..

Lunch meals:

• Green smoothie
• Large salad with avocado
• Raw sushi
• Lettuce rollups – lettuce with grated carrot, zucchini, beetroot, sprouts, avocado or Sunflower seeds pate rolled up on a Cos or Romaine lettuce leaf. They are amazingly delicious and so quick and easy.
• Vegetable Pasta with Tomato Salsa and avocado
• Vegetable Bolognaise – Spiralized zucchini, pumpkin, carrot etc with raw tomato sauce and nut cheese. Add a few crackers either crushed up or sprinkled over the top, or just as substitute bread.
• Mixed salad of Lettuce, rocket, carrot, beetroot, cucumber, onion, celery, fresh corn, with a few crushed nuts, avocado and your favourite dressing.
• Sandwich made from crackers filled with tomato, lettuce, and avocado or fillings of your choice.
• Crackers with dip.. Curry almond dip, Sunflower pate, Guacamole, Tomato salsa.. etc.