Wellbeing

How My Passion for Healthy Food Began

How My Passion for Healthy Food Began

To celebrate International Women's Day - a special tribute celebrating the social, economic, political and cultural achievements of women, I would like to share a post on my childhood and the experiences that have shaped my path in creating The Healthy Chef. I learned to love food when I was four years old. I would watch my great aunt churn out babka (pound cake) and sernik (cheesecake) for our Polish family and friends and I’d help out in the kitchen – she would get me to sift the flour, prepare all the ingredients and shape piroshki (big ravioli) with my tiny fingers....

What’s the difference between Green Smoothie and Organic Superfood?

We’re often asked what’s the difference between my Green Smoothie and Organic Superfood at The Healthy Chef. This is quite a common question because both are wholefood, plant-based powders that offer essential nutrients for optimum health + wellbeing.

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Anti-ageing

The Benefits of Pea Protein

If there’s one product I can’t live without, it would be my Organic Pea Protein. Not only was it the very first product that I designed when I launched the Healthy Chef functional food range, but it was the first-to-market certified organic pea protein powder in Australia.

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Anti-ageing

My 3 Ingredient Smoothie For Glowing Skin + Healthy Hair

I really believe what you eat and drink has a huge impact on how you age, as well as how you look and feel. I've always been into healthy eating, but these days, I try and make that extra effort into maintaining my balanced diet because it just makes me feel energised and keeps my skin hydrated. Many of you know about all the gut issues I've had to deal with over the years, which is why I often like to make restorative juices and smoothies that are easy to digest and absorbed by the body. There is now a...

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What to do With Leftover Nut + Seed Pulp

I’m constantly making my own nut and seed milks because they’re delicious, full of goodness and work well for my sensitive digestive system. This is the main reason I developed my own Nut Milk Bag - Chef's-grade and large enough to handle a large load at any time. In my cookbook Purely Delicious, I also dedicated a full chapter exclusively to dairy-free milks because each one has their own unique health benefits. As a general rule, nut and seed milks provide protein and essential minerals such as magnesium and zinc to nourish your entire body and support wellbeing. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE...