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1 Product Review: Goodbuzz Booch Goodbuzz Booch Goodbuzz Brewing Co. is the family owned company behind Goodbuzz Booch. This is the company s take on a non-alcoholic brewed probiotic soft drink commonly called kombucha. Have you made your own kombucha or tried this product range? What did you think? I love how Goodbuzz Booch is less than 7gms sugar per bottle and yet it still tastes sweet (almost too sweet for me but perfect for most people who are used to drinking sweeter beverages). Check out for more info on how husband and wife team Alex and

Amber came to develop their awesome product and of course to get all the details on where to ﬁnd it! Product Review: Ecostore Fundraising Soaps Eco Store Fundraiser Soaps.

2 Amber came to develop their awesome product and of course to get all the details on where to ﬁnd it! Product Review: Ecostore Fundraising Soaps Eco Store Fundraiser Soaps. We all know the drill, each year the chocolate fundraising season descends on playgrounds and oﬃces as schools scramble for extra cash to fund everything from camps through to computers. It doesn t have to be chocolate though and more and more recently I m seeing some great alternatives being oﬀered. One of these is Ecostore relatively new fundraising scheme for schools. It s an initiative where the company makes plant-based soaps available to schools (and other entities) to be sold for $2.50 a bar with $1 from each sale going to the entity doing the selling. The soap alternative allows schools to raise money without the sugar.

3 I think this is great progress in the right direction. We simply must not be encouraging children to eat and sell something which is bad for them. The harsh reality is that 1 in 9 children are obese in New Zealand, and a further quarter of children are overweight. Excessive sugar consumption is linked to obesity, type two diabetes and heart disease. According to the experts we are well on track to seeing an epidemic of childhood type 2 diabetes. To be honest soaps are not something I go crazy for :-). However, I ve never wanted to buy any of the chocolate oﬀered to me in the past either but often felt obliged to do so to support the children doing the selling. If someone knocks on my door selling these soaps or if Dom s daycare was using them to raise money then I would support them and buy some to incentivise and encourage a move away from chocolates. And for this reason I m delighted that Ecostore have provided us with a sample gift pack for every goodie bag at our That Sugar Film screening this coming week. All those of you attending will have the chance to check out the product if you have not already. So, have you seen this soap or other alternatives to chocolate being used for fundraising? Whether you have or not what do you think about it? If you re interested to learn more check out the link below. Super-Delicious Crunchy Grain-Free Granola

4 Crunchy Grain-Free Granola Here s one of our breakfast ideas. This one is very much a case of do it how you

5 like it as no hard and fast rules on what goes into it. This is something we use more as a snack that a breakfast meal but if cereals are your thing and you are looking for a replacement for the traditional sugary option or for a sometimes meal or transition too then this is a great option. It s actually really not that hard and so satisfying to use bread or cereal that you have made yourself. We posted one of our favourite grainy grain-free breads last week and this is a granola recipe you could have a go at over the weekend. This recipe is more of a special one as it uses butter/oil and maple syrup and the ingredients are on the pricey side. You could go for something plainer by leaving of the oils/syrups out and/or doing a raw mix with some desiccated coconut and/or more coconut ﬂakes. Plus obviously you need to make this ahead of time so its all ready to go in the morning! Super-Delicious Crunchy Grain-Free Granola Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 30 mins Total time 45 mins

6 There are endless variations to making granola. You can substitute the nuts/seeds to suit your preference. The one we have in the pictures here is the nut ﬂavour with added coconut ﬂakes and freeze dried berries. Author: Claire D Recipe type: Breakfast Type of food: Paleo Serves: 14 serves (1/2 cup) What you need: MIX 1: Make a crunchy mix with 4 cups of nuts and seeds (50:50 good) and 2 cups of coconut ﬂakes. For example: 1 cup almonds ½ cup macadamia nuts ¼ cup brazil nuts ¼ cup walnuts 1 cup pumpkin seeds 1 cup sunﬂower seeds 2 cups coconut ﬂakes MIX 2: Make a wet mix: For a cinnamon ﬂavour use: ½ cup coconut oil (or melted butter but we prefer the oil taste) 3 Tbsp chia seeds 2 Tbsp maple syrup (or honey but we prefer syrup taste) 2 tsp natural vanilla extract 2 tsp ground cinnamon Optionally, for a nut ﬂavour add to above mix 2: ½ cup almond (or other) nut butter we use Ceres ABC Spread OR, for a chocolate ﬂavour add to above mix 2: 2-3 Tbsp of cocoa Extra: 1 cup coconut ﬂakes optional but recommended to add more lightness 1 cup freeze dried berries also optional

7 What to do 1. Preheat oven to 120 degrees celcius and line a large roasting or baking tray with baking paper. 2. Pulse together the nuts and seeds in a food processor (not too much just so they are all chopped roughly). Or you can chop them of course by hand. 3. Mix your choice of sticky mixture in a large bowl. (If using a nut butter you may wish to heat the butter through before adding it to the mixture so that it s more spreadable.) 4. Pour the dry nut mix into the wet mix and then combine to be sure that you get all the nut mix well coated. 5. Spread the combined mixture over the baking paper so its spread as thinly as possible. (Minimise the ﬁnger licking!) 6. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until turns a golden-brown colour. (You need to keep an eye on it and possibly stir it half way through especially if you have put in the coconut ﬂakes.) 7. Remove from oven and wait for mixture to cool. For the nutty mix you ll probably need to break (if you ve not been stirring) into the size clumps you like. 8. Add in the extra coconut ﬂakes and (if you like) the freeze dried berries. 9. Store in air tight jar to enjoy later topped with milk and/or full fat yoghurt as a meal or sprinkled on top of fruit or just as small stand alone snack. TIPS: All ovens vary and you don t want to burn these ingredients so check after 5 minutes and every 5 minutes thereafter in case you want to stir things around. It should be ﬁne unless you use desiccated coconut in which case deﬁnitely check often possibly every 3 minutes. We don t usually stir as prefer chunky texture but I do keep a close eye on it. If you prefer the mixture more free ﬂowing then deﬁnitely stir things up during cooking. You can easily make this recipe sweeter with additional maple syrup or other sweetener of choice or dried fruits. Try though to use the least amount of

8 sweetener you can to start with you can always add more sweetener when serving or the next time you make it. You could be surprised how little sweetness kids (and you!) can get used to even if something tastes more plain to you initially. Perfect Apple Cinnamon Paleo Porridge The weather where we are is deﬁnitely turning colder which led to us making some porridge this morning. But the great thing about this porridge is that it tastes great hot or cold so whatever the weather is where you are you can still give this a go. This porridge is grain-free and can be dairy free depending on milk you use. The key to making it painless is preparing the night before Apple Cinnamon Chia Porridge

Some tips on this recipe: 1. You can use a microwave instead of stove top and in that case just cook for aprox. 5 minutes but stirring every minute or so. Use a large bowl to avoid spillage. 2.

9 Some tips on this recipe: 1. You can use a microwave instead of stove top and in that case just cook for aprox. 5 minutes but stirring every minute or so. Use a large bowl to avoid spillage. 2. If you are cooking the mixture then you can add 1-3 eggs to bump up the protein. If you care what colour is then use the egg whites and save the yolks to add to something else. You need to stir a bit to get the eggs spread throughout mixture. 3. If you don t want to use all the mix you can keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days (perhaps longer but that s as long as we ve done it using coconut milk). 4. A banana or just half a banana really helps to make the texture of the chia more oat-like as a porridge so we usually always add that as well as another ﬂavour. Hope you enjoy this as much as we do! 1.0 from 1 reviews Perfect Apple Cinnamon (Or Any Other Flavour You Like) Porridge. Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 15 mins Serves 4-6 depending on serve size and what you add to the base. (Base mixture made up comes to aprox 4½ cups.) Author: Claire D Recipe type: Breakfast Type of food: Paleo

10 Serves: 4-6 serves What you need: 2½ cups coconut (or other) milk. (We use one standard can coconut CREAM plus and add 1 cup water but you could just use coconut milk or coconut cream for very thick porridge or another kind of milk.) Look out for the brands of coconut milk or cream that don t have additives in them such as Ayam. ¼ cup desiccated coconut ¼ cup chia seeds ¼ cup sultanas ½ cup ﬁnely chopped walnuts or almonds (best to buy like this or use processor to mill to ﬁnely chopped) 1 cup grated apple (or other fruit of preference e.g. feijoas or banana mashed/blended or any mix of these or you could do cinnamon chocolate using cocoa or maple cinnamon with maple syrup etc etc) 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon Pinch salt Extra ¼ cup of water or milk for cooking with. Optional: Handful coconut threads/ﬂakes or other nuts or fruit to use as topping. What to do 1. Night before mix all the ingredients together and leave to soak overnight in jar (or jars) with lid(s) on best will mean less discoloration of any fruit you use for morning. (This is optional to save time in the morning.) 2. In the morning tip the soaked mixture into a saucepan. If the mixture is very thick you may like to make it go further by adding ¼ ½ cup of water (or milk for thicker porridge) but don t make it too watery. Bring to a simmer over medium heat stirring. Once simmering then you can cover and simmer for 3-5 minutes. (If you did not soak the mixture overnight you will need to simmer mixture for good 5-10 minutes to get the chia seeds to puﬀ up fully.) 3. If you prefer a smooth texture to your porridge and have the time then you

11 can put everything in the blender/food processor and give it a whizz. If you have soaked overnight you can do this before cooking. Otherwise you can do it after cooking before you serve BUT do not put sealed lid on blender/processor with hot ingredients you need to have air being able to escape. 4. Optionally top with coconut ﬂakes or threads or fruit or your favourite nuts. Chef Dom s Tips: 1. You can use a microwave instead of stove top and in that case just cook for aprox. 5 minutes but stirring every minute or so. Use a large bowl to avoid spillage. 2. If you are cooking the mixture then you can add 1-3 eggs to bump up the protein. 3. If you care what colour is then use the egg whites and save the yolks to add to something else. You need to stir a bit to get the eggs spread throughout mixture. 4. If you don t want to use all the mix you can keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days (perhaps longer but that s as long as we ve done it using coconut milk). 5. A banana or just half a banana really helps to make the texture of the chia more oat-like as a porridge so we usually always add that as well as another ﬂavour. Making Banana Nice Cream

12 Super delicious nice cream on hot summer day. This is so simple it s not really a recipe. Just take three ripe frozen bananas (prefrozen in cut pieces is easiest) and blend with one ripe avocado and 1-2

and match anything other than the bananas in the above mix. 2.

13 tablespoons of honey. Either eat immediately or place into a mould to freeze and then enjoy on a stick! TIPS: 1. Actually just putting a stick through a whole banana and chucking it in the freezer makes for a delicious banana ice-block just as is so obviously you can mix and match anything other than the bananas in the above mix. 2. For mixture as above you would want to chop and freeze ripe-ish bananas beforehand (preferably from overnight but 3 hours minimum). 3. When freezing place in single layer in container (or double layer with baking paper or cling ﬁlm) so that you can break the banana apart easily to put in the blender.

14 A little taste-tap as Dom calls it. Got a yummy REAL FOOD recipe you would like to share? Or think this recipe tasted no good? Or EVEN BETTER di you LOVE this recipe?! No matter what you thought, post your comments below! Carrot Cake Bliss Balls

15 Fun to make and fun to eat. With the holidays we ve had extra time to mess about in the kitchen and hence the

16 number of more time consuming meals and snacks we ve been posting here. And also because it s the holidays we probably have been making more treat type concoctions. But these balls do have a vegetable in them! And they re really easy to make once you ve assembled the ingredients just blend and roll and pop in freezer for couple of hours or overnight. You can really mix and match the ingredients to suit your taste. Use a base of 2 cups of carrots then add 1 1/2 cups or so of nuts (here we used almonds + cashews + walnuts) with 1/2 cup coconut (we used threads) and something sticky (we used 1 cup medjool dates + 2 tbsp coconut oil blended processor) with 1/2 tsp cinnamon + 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. You want the mixture sticky then roll in dissected coconut. Make sure you soak the dates prior in hot water for 10 minutes then drain before using. Super Quick Chia Puddings

17 Chia Puddings Ok so here s a super easy breakfast meal. But of course the trick is that you need

to prepare this the night before. And by prepare I just mean at least add the chia to your liquid or you can go ahead and mix all the ingredients together so its ready to serve in the morning.

18 to prepare this the night before. And by prepare I just mean at least add the chia to your liquid or you can go ahead and mix all the ingredients together so its ready to serve in the morning. In a later post well go over chia porridge which you can make up in the morning. Chia seeds expand up to 17 times their original size. They re a rather trendy food at the moment and can be eaten either sprinkled on top of food or as thickening agent by soaking them in the liquid ingredients like here. We love coconut milk/water or coconut cream for added indulgent taste. For those of you curious as to where they sit in Paleo/Primal eating (as I was) check out Mark s Daily Apple website. He concludes they re Primal but not such a superfood as might be made out. Also from another source that I trust ( it s clear that you would want to avoid chia seeds on a strict auto-immune protocol diet or if dealing with any ongoing gut issues. Super Quick Chia Puddings Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 10 mins Total time

19 15 mins Author: Dom s Kitchen Recipe type: Breakfast Type of food: Paleo Serves: 2 serves What you need: ¼ cup chia seeds ¼ cup desiccated coconut 1½ cups (or 1 can) coconut (or other) milk ¼ -1/2 cup water (depending on how thick you like it) ½ 1 cup of any ingredients you love to add from sweet to savoury our favourites are banana & cinnamon, blueberries or stewed or grated apple with cinnamon. What to do 1. Mix all the ingredients together. 2. Pour into individual bowls or jars. 3. Leave in fridge for at least 2 hours (we usually make night before). Chef Dom s Tips: We usually make up a larger batch of plain chia and keep in a container in the fridge and use up over the week (we usually have chia a couple of times a week). Then in the morning you can either cook the chia over stove and/or add in favourite ﬂavours and enjoy. You can add tablespoon of cocoa or one serve of protein powder for something diﬀerent.

20 Product Review: Farro Foodkits On the menu: Farro Fresh Pork Belly with Fennel & Apples one of the new delicious meals in Farro Foodkits. We were lucky enough to get sent one of these kits to try. Certainly makes meal prep super easy! Have you tried one of them?! Farro Fresh Pork Belly.

26 Kids Paleo Lunch Box Idea: Beef Nice Block

Kids Lunch Box with Beef Nice Blocks. Coming up with varied, balanced, quick and easy lunch box meals that children will actually eat is a daily challenge for parents around the world.

27 Kids Lunch Box with Beef Nice Blocks. Coming up with varied, balanced, quick and easy lunch box meals that children will actually eat is a daily challenge for parents around the world. And when by necessity or because of dietary preference you re trying to avoid all processed foods as well as grains, gluten, dairy and/or nuts then things can get especially tough. The key to success with a kids paleo lunch box is preparation, preparation and more preparation! All Chef Dom s lunch boxes are gluten free and grain free (pseudo grain free too for the most part) and the majority are also dairy and nut free (the latter purely because of the allergy issue with kids in schools). They re also easy to prepare in advance (usually we make them up the night before) and travel well. A kids paleo lunch box: Today in Chef Dom s PlanetBox lunch box we have:

28 Crumbed Beef Nice Block Sticks Homemade Tomato Sauce Tomatoes & Broccoli Olive & Salami Salad Watermelon & Pear Strawberry Bliss Ball. To make the Crumbed Beef Nice Blocks just mix mince with eggs + spices (I made up a batch with 500gm mince + 3 large eggs + herbs and spices) and form in what shape you like and coated with mix of almond / coconut ﬂour then seal in pan insert stick and bake in oven 10 minutes or so. Soak the ice block sticks in water before you use so they don t burn or insert after cooking but sort of more fun and solid cooking with stick. Also, have a go at the home made tomato sauce. It s much easier than you might think to make delicious homemade tomato sauces and mayos. (We have another tomato sauce made from roasted veggies or try our 30 second mayo!). This super fun kids paleo lunch box idea was inspired by Nicky blogging at Real Food Generation. Paleo for kids what does it mean? Eating paleo for us means eating REAL FOODS that are nutrient dense, rich in protein and healthy fats, and low in processed sugar. It means ditching the traditional packets from kids lunch boxes. Paleo is not about rigid dogma but a template to ﬁnd out what works best for the individual. Find out more here about how we eat and why. If you re interested in learning more about how you can get your family to ditch packet foods for real foods get your FREE webinar and ebook at as part of the Paleo Family Toolkit.

29 Paleo Carrot Cake (or Carrot Cake Muffins) Paleo Carrot Cake. Do you have a tried and true special occasion cake? Or have you seen a cake you would love to make (even one that is traditional ingredients that can be paleoﬁed ). Send us a pic or link to the recipe :-). A cake we ve made a several times now for birthday parties is this deliciously

30 decadent paleo carrot cake. We ve also used the same ingredients as the base for yummy carrot cake muﬃns. Last weekend we used the same ingredients to make low-key lunch box muﬃns. (We had intended to make a cake but had a change of plans when Chef Dom added in some extra ingredients that I wasn t sure what exactly had gone in so wanted to batch bake to check!! Lucky they turned out great and we ve been using in his lunch box.) You re going to love this carrot cake it s: Decadent Satisfying Loaded with carrots Perfectly sweet Moist Subtly spiced Healthy Gluten Free Grain Free If you make this recipe be sure to take a picture and tag it #domskitchen on Instagram! We love to see what you get up to baking wise. You can also make this cake dairy and/or nut free to by omitting the icing or switching it for non-dairy option and leaving out nuts. If you do have a go at making the cake or muﬃns let us now how you go by either commenting on this post or posting direct to our Facebook page Special Occassion Carrot Cake (or Muﬃns)

31 Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 25 mins Total time 35 mins Paleo Carrot Cake or Muﬃns. Author: Dom s Kitchen Recipe type: Baking Type of food: Paleo Serves: 12 What you need: Dry Ingredients: ½ cup coconut ﬂour ½ cup tapioca ﬂour 2 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp ginger ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup nuts optional, pecans and/or walnuts work well if you wanted to do nut free you can leave out or use ¼ cup of desiccated coconut but if you do add

32 coconut then add ¼ cup of liquid such as dairy or non-dairy milk) Wet Ingredients: 2 cups grated carrots (aprox 3 medium size carrots) 6 medjool dates (soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes then drained) ½ cup unsalted butter ½ cup maple syrup 1 Tbsp of lemon juice 1 tsp vanilla extract 5 large eggs For the icing: 1 Tbsp vanilla extract ½ cup maple syrup 250 gms full fat cream cheese 1 cup of nuts (macadamia, pecans and/or walnuts work well) What to do 1. Melt butter and soak the dates. Get cream cheese out of fridge (if using). 2. Combine all the dry ingredients (except nuts) in a large mixing bowl. 3. In another bowl, whisk the butter and syrup together then add remaining wet ingredients (except carrots). 4. Add in carrots and nuts to the mixture and let sit for 5 minutes (to allow coconut ﬂour to absorb liquid*). 5. If you are wanting to do with a double layer with icing between then scope batter into two small cake tins (6 inch round tins work best). Otherwise use larger round tin. Alternatively you can make standard size muﬃns makes depending size. 6. Bake Times: Bake at 180 degrees celsius for 50 minutes for the cakes or minutes for the muﬃns. Edges should be golden brown and skewer should come out clean. Let cool before removing from pans/trays. 7. TIPS: 8. *If the mixture is too stiﬀ/thick after letting sit for 5 minutes then add in some

33 liquid (1/4 cup or so of milk (dairy or non-dairy) works well but otherwise you could use butter or maple syrup depending on how moist/sweet you like baking). Coconut ﬂour is not like any other gluten-free ﬂour you cannot substitute it one for one. See comments below for some more info on ﬂours used. 9. **If you are putting on icing then allow cake or muﬃns to cool and have the cream cheese at room temperature. Blend the cream cheese, maple syrup and vanilla by hand or with food processor. If you are using two cakes and putting a layer of cream cheese between the two cakes then you will need to double the icing recipe. 10. Enjoy!! If you re interested in learning more about how you can get your family to ditch packet foods for real foods get your FREE webinar and ebook at The Paleo Family Toolkit. bit.ly/paleomomtoolkit.

Real Food Lunchbox: Cinnamon Apples & Leftover Roast

Real Food Lunchbox: Cinnamon Apples & Leftover Roast Chef Dom Planetbox Lunchbox. Chef Dom s real food lunchbox today just a mix of leftovers from dinner last night and trying something new with the apples