Pic for Intuitive Eating. A hand with fancy nails is holding a slice of kiwifruit and chocolate on a vintage fork

What is Intuitive Eating?

In this post, I explore the question ‘What is Intuitive Eating?’ from the perspective of a trained Intuitive Eating Counsellor and Registered Nutritionist. We take a wild ride through the 10 principles and the five stages, briefly discuss what IE is not and then chat about how to get started.

A slice of chocolate zucchini cake being cut by an antique fork

Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Think of this as a moist, rich chocolate cake with deep, dark secrets. Gluten free, vegan and with hidden veges, this chocolate zucchini cake is probably the answer to your problems.

A plate of pasta e fagioli (pasta and beans) with slices of parmesan cheese and a sprig of parsely

Pasta e Fagioli (One Pan!)

Hearty and packed with authentic flavour, this one-pan pasta e fagioli will have you dreaming of Italian adventures. Buon appetito!

Whariwharangi Hut, a historic converted farmhouse on the Abel Tasman Coast Track

Abel Tasman Coast Track Part 2: Bark Bay to Whariwharangi.

Abel Tasman Coast Track Part 2: Bark Bay to Whariwharangi. In this episode we have a posh evening, take a wrong turn and sleep in a haunted hut.

A slice of chocolate zucchini cake being cut by an antique fork

Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Cake

A plate of pasta e fagioli (pasta and beans) with slices of parmesan cheese and a sprig of parsely

Pasta e Fagioli (One Pan!)

A glass of Tiramisu Overnight Oats, with a spoonful being scooped out. The glass has layers of chocolate oats and vanilla yogurt.

Tiramisu Overnight Oats

Square photograph of yogurt being dopped onto a cherry breakfast bake

Cherry Breakfast Bake

Whariwharangi Hut, a historic converted farmhouse on the Abel Tasman Coast Track

Travel

Abel Tasman Coast Track Part 2: Bark Bay to Whariwharangi.

Abel Tasman Coast Track Part 2: Bark Bay to Whariwharangi. In this episode we have a posh evening, take a wrong turn and sleep in a haunted hut.

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The lagoon by Bark Bay hut on the Abel Tasman Coast walk. A blue body of water with sand in the foreground and trees framing from above.

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Abel Tasman Coast Track Part 1: Mārahau to Bark Bay

This is part 1 of a journal-style blog about walking the Abel Tasman Coast Track. This blog covers days 1-2, Marahau to Bark Bay.

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Nutrition Business

How to Become a Registered Nutritionist in NZ

Are you thinking about becoming a Registered Nutritionist in New Zealand, or interested in what it takes? This is the article for you!

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Frozen Avocado Pucks

How To

How to Freeze Avocado

Is avocado season giving you more than you can handle? This article will show you how to freeze avocado and they won’t go brown!

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This bad boy has been turned into sauerkraut and s

This bad boy has been turned into sauerkraut and salads. Before that, he modelled while I tested the speed light for a shoot.

I really need to do a walk around the (ahem) ‘family gardens’ for you 😅. By that I mean my mother/grandmothers (they live together) and parents-in-law’s plots. The amount of food (including the cabbage superstar) these guys grow on small plots is insane.

I can only aspire to such productivity. At the moment, our patch specialises in… dandelion? We do have a self sown avocado that is about 6 ft tall now. She planted herself in a stupid place though, just inside a raised garden, but that’s ok, luv. If we need to deconstruct to accommodate you, of course we will 😂

What’s happening in your gardens?
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#momentslikethis 😊 I'm trying to post while wa

#momentslikethis 😊

I'm trying to post while watching 'Queen Charlotte', which is obviously too good. I can't remember what I'd planned for the caption 😂

Perhaps it was something like: welcome to middle age, you now have a favourite espresso cup.☕

Or, coffee isn't breakfast

Or, did you know that coffee is a major source of antioxidants in western diets? Sometimes it's the predominant source by quite a margin

Oh my goodness, does the king have anxiety or something? 👀📺

What's your favourite way to cook these beasties?

What's your favourite way to cook these beasties?

I tend to just quarter them, toss in oil and bake for 15 minutes, add some crushed garlic at about 12 mins.

A lot of people find brussels sprouts either bitter, or sulphury. The sulphur effect is due to the presence of glucosinolates, which do, indeed contain sulphur. Glucosinolates are also super good for you, being a potent antioxidant. 💢

If you're one of the special ones that finds brussel's and other cruciferous veg like broccoli bitter, then you may be a genetic mutant known as a supertaster 🦸. About 25% of people qualify, and may struggle with bitter veg, unless prepared in extra tasty ways that disguise the bitterness. About 30% of people are the opposite and barely perceive bitterness.

Liking or not liking veg is not all in your imagination after all. You've still got to eat them though. Grandma said so. 👵😂

#brusselssprouts
#supertaster
#eatyourveg

Hear ye! I have blogged 😂. The article is a p

Hear ye! I have blogged 😂.

The article is a pretty wordy introduction to Intuitive Eating. As a Registered Nutritionist and certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, I felt the time had come to stop rolling my eyes at ‘the situation’ and just start contributing.

‘The situation’ being nearly everything I saw or heard about IE. 😜

Link in stories.

Now let’s discuss the pic. It’s a new vibe for my photography. I took a very good value course by the very sweet @lizzie_darden and picked up some tricks for editing colour. The final assignment was to put it all together with some household items and here we are.

I hope you are all having a great week! So far I’ve attended a funeral, my dishwasher flooded the kitchen and I knocked over the balsamic vinegar, which put a big crack in the glass stovetop. #winning 😅

#intuitiveeatingofficial
#intuitiveeating

While I was taking these pics at our community piz

While I was taking these pics at our community pizza party last night, a young woman came over to ensure I was not including any of her six children in the pics.

So first of all, I respect that question, good parenting, doesn’t want them on the inter webs. Love it.

But I just stared at her like an idiot because the only thing in my head was ‘why would I be photographing children when there are 15 different pizza’s on the table?’

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Luckily I managed to stop that thought before it came out my mouth, and she was reassured.

Deep inside I'm nostalgic for a time when things w

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