A cup of tea with Jade O'Donahoo author of Eat This My Friend

By Jade O'Donahoo

"I now know not to have non-negotioables. That it is ok to break the rules sometimes. Taking that pressure off had a really positive impact on my mental wellbeing!"

Featured Foodies - Green Kitchen Stories, David Frenkiel & Luise Vindah

By David Frenkiel & Luise Vindah

"I (David) remember baking blueberry muffins with my mom when I was quite young. I believed that I almost baked them myself even though my mom actually did most of the work. I basically just got to pour in the blueberries and stir the bowl. And now, I am doing the exact same thing with our children (although my blueberry muffin recipe is a little different than my mom’s)."

Featured Foodie - Wholesome Cook, Martyna Angell

By Martyna Angell

"I was born and raised in Poland and seasonal real food was a big part of my life ever since I can remember. In summer we’d forage for wild blueberries on the way from the beach and make blueberry dumplings in late afternoon. In fall we’d get up at the crack of dawn to go wild mushroom picking then spend the best part of the evening cleaning, drying, cooking and preserving the nautre’s bounty."

6 Dessert Ideas for Christmas!

By Loving Earth + our Featured Foodies

We get so excited around this time of year when we finally get to plan the ultimate Christmas menu! We do however find when it comes to dessert it's so hard to lock in one idea. We've shortlisted our favourites down to just six recipes and now it's up to you to decide which one will be the perfect Chrissy day indulgence!

Featured Foodie: Ashley Alexander - Gather & Feast

By Ashley Alexander

"I spent a lot of my early years learning in the kitchen. Mum enjoyed teaching my brother, sister and I to cook from a young age, preparing three course meals for dinner parties by the time we were 12 (well played Mum, well played). I am very thankful for all the valuable time spent and the lessons we learnt. Mum always taught us to cook using natural and healthy ingredients and instilled in us the value of whole and organic foods. (Vegan ice­cream for the win!) Thanks Mum!"

Featured Foodies: Kathie & Jade - Panaceas Pantry

By Loving Earth

"I moved out of home at 17, not really knowing anything about cooking and without much knowledge on nutrition and unsurprisingly I quickly started to create some pretty bad eating habits and soon after my body started to suffer. When I made the connection that whatever I put into my body directly affected me so much, and thankfully after years of living with Jade who was studying nutrition at the time, I started to take an interest in my health."

Guilt & Conscious Eating – Snacking & Breakfasts

By Loving Earth

So often we see products in our industry advertised as ‘guilt free’, illustrating just how problematic concepts around food and health can be. What is it that inspires ‘guilt’ around what we eat?

Featured Foodie: Ellie Bullen - Elsa's Wholesome Life

By Loving Earth

We’ve been watching Ellie grow over the past year or so and have been amazed at the remarkable food she continually produces! Ellie is a dietician student currently living on the sunny Gold Coast. By checking through her lovely recipes it’s easy to see that she is a plant loving foodie with loads of creative kitchen ideas.

Featured Foodie: Stacey Clare - A Healthy Mum

By Loving Earth

Stace loves to create healthy recipes the whole family can enjoy, together. She is an accredited health and wellness coach with years of experience in the kitchen developing recipes for both clients and her family! 

Eating Consciously: The Food Diary Round-Up

By Cormac Sheehan

This week marks the end of the Food Diary experiment that we began back in October with our Listening To Your Body: Engaging With Food In A Conscious Way article. Those of you following our Food Is Sacred series will have seen the reports that we’ve been posting from my food diary on our blog over the past month; here’s a summary of the results.

Listening To Your Body: Engaging with Food in a Conscious Way

By Cormac Sheehan

Last week we took a step back to engage with the concept of food as sacred, examining traditions from the ancient age right up to modern times. This week we’re taking a step forward: we’re demonstrating how you can apply these concepts to your life in a very real way, with a simple process that puts you in control. This may be the most important feature in our Food Is Sacred series…it really gets to the core of what we feel Loving Earth is all about.