Will I be seeing you at my last Healthy Home/ Healthy Swaps gathering for 2019 on Wed 27 Nov?

Toxic overload is taking its toll on not only our health but planet Earth. It is becoming more important and pressing than ever for us to work together as a society at the grass roots level to radically reduce the toxic overload and healthy swap to natural alternatives.

Many people feel helpless about how to do “their bit” but there is SO MUCH we can do JUST IN OUR HOMES to kick the chemicals by healthy swapping to natural alternatives and supporting companies who take environmental stewardship seriously. When you buy a product (whether it’s food or a personal care product or a cleaning product), you are essentially supporting the company that makes it, it’s ethos, it’s environmental stance and the ingredients being used. If you really stop to think about it, if all everyone in the works did was to make their house the high water mark in terms of the food, personal care products and cleaning products they bring into their home, we would have a radically different health care system and environmental landscape.

Don’t put this off as planet earth is in distress and we can’t bury our head in the sand for much longer.

In my next and last healthy homes / healthy swaps workshop for 2019 I’ll educate you on what the toxic ingredients in everyday products are doing to not only your and your kids’ health but to our precious planet and how you can healthy swap in a positive and empowering way using products that are cost effective, more powerful, and less toxic than conventional brands that are costing us our health and the health of the planet.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK and together let’s create a ripple effect and be the force of change that this world so radically needs. Will you step up for the sake of the next generation?!?

If you can’t make it in person, my team and I can explain everything to you over the phone and support you in your healthy swapping journey every step of the way regardless of where you live. Simply fill out the contact form on this page (scroll down) and we will contact you soon!

Fermentation Starter Kits

* UPDATE TO BLOG POST: Since this post and product went live, we have sold out of all fermentation starter kits. We will send another email out when more become available. You can sign up to our newsletter here.

Learn how to make your own fermented foods and drinks at home using this fermentation starter kit I have put together for you for the bargain price of $110 consisting of:

1. A vegetable press (retailing for $35) to make fermented vegetables such as sauerkraut and kim chi. These food grade presses are very easy to use and ensure that all food matter is not exposed to air but kept submerged under the protection of brine by the compression platform. This addresses the clumsiness of fermenting in a jar with a well-fitting weight.

2. Body Ecology Kefir Starter (containing 6 sachets) to make milk kefir or coconut water kefir to use as the base of a smoothie (retailing at 39.85)

3. One or more kombucha SCOBYs (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeasts) in a glass jar together with 500ml of our kombucha (retailing at $12.50)

4. A comprehensive 40 page Fermentation workshop booklet (in hard copy form) written by me with recipes on how to make and consume:

   1. Sauerkraut and other fermented vegetables

   2. Kefir (milk based and coconut water based)

   3. Water kefir

   4. Cream cheese

   5. Cultured cream

   6. Beet kvass

   7. Kombucha

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The Fermentation workshop booklet also contains 14 pages of comprehensive nutritional theory covering topics such as:

• What is fermentation?

• Different types of fermentation

• Fermentation versus putrefaction… and the tipping point

• Gut health 101

• What do beneficial bacteria do? Why are they so important?

• What happens when your gut microbiome is out of balance?

• Lifestyle factors that affect our gut flora

• Applications of probiotics in medical procedures and in the marketplace

• Fermented foods were part of all traditional diets

• What are the health benefits of fermented foods?

• Fermented foods and pregnant, lactating women and children

• Can fermented foods cause illness or food poisoning?

• Equipment and Ingredients

• How to introduce fermented foods in your diet

• What about store bought probiotics?
  

Home-made fermented or cultured foods are teaming with powerful beneficial bacteria called probiotics that play a profound role in supporting gut health which in turn directly influences our digestion, immunity, skin health, brain health, metabolism and bone health. The seat of our health lies in a healthy gut that has the right balance of beneficial versus pathogenic bacteria, with as much diversity in the strains of beneficial bacteria as possible and where the bacteria are in the right location. 

Probiotics in home-made fermented foods penetrate the gut much deeper than probiotic supplements and contain a broader strain of beneficial bacteria.  Each different type of fermented foods and drinks contains different strains of probiotics hence why it is important to eat a variety of fermented foods and drinks for robust gut health! 

All traditional societies the world over made and consumed cultured foods for their healing properties, nutritional benefits and often to enhance flavour. Fermented foods are not only rich in beneficial bacteria but also enzymes (that help us to digest food) and additional nutrients. 

Daily consumption of small amounts of fermented foods is one of the easiest ways to support your and your family’s gut health. 

This kit is a terrific opportunity to learn how to make fermented foods in the comfort of your own home with my easy step by step instructions in the fermentation workshop booklet along with having the right equipment and fermentation starters.  If you have any questions throughout your fermentation journey, you can contact me at any time.

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Collect your Fermentation Stater Kit from Broth Bar & Larder at 49 Belgrave St Bronte by showing our staff a copy of your order confirmation (apologies we can not post it- it’s rather big and bulky!). If you would like more than one SCOBY simply ask our staff and we will provide you with more - at no extra charge!

Happy fermenting, happy guts!

HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT BAGS!

It’s that time of year again! Deep breath and…. sigh. Each year as I walk Chesterfield Pde stunned by the transformation of Bronte’s seaside fig lined street into a Halloween extravaganza with no expense spared on either houses or costumes, I am even more stunned that in this day and age with SO! MUCH! INFORMATION! on the dangers of sugars and artificial ingredients, how on earth can people  STILL THINK THAT IS OK to shove a stupendous amounts of toxic crap into our kids. How is this STILL OK?!? Halloween would actually be quite cool if it wasn’t so deadly. 

For the record…"Dear residents, can you pleeeeeeeeeeease stop poisoning our kids?!?!!”

No, I’m not Amish. And nor am I a party pooper. Allow me to let you in on a little secret in case you didn’t get the memo: This is not about deprivation! This is about healthy swaps!! Yes! Healthy swaps that are just as, if not more, delicious than artificial crap, and are made with nutrient dense ingredients that are actually GOOD FOR CHILDREN, and that don’t leave a trail of learning, behavioural, digestive and skin issues in their wake after consumption <<loud clapping, cheering, fireworks>>

With the above in mind, a few years I decided to take matters into my own hands and provide my community with a healthy Halloween trick or treat bag. They went down a treat (excuse the pun) and parents loved them! Why? Because we are not afraid to start a ripple effect that demonstrates:

1. As parents we care about what goes into our children's bodies
2. We are fed up with the toxic crap that gets dolled out to our kids  in the name of “treats”
3. Kids are happy to eat healthy treats, without all the toxic ingredients, if we just offer it to them. D’ah! 

This year our Halloween bags contain a delightful mix of 7 of our favourite nutrient-dense organic raw treats handcrafted at Broth Bar & Larder:

🎃 2 raspberry gummies made with raspberries, gelatin powder and the teeniest amount of maple syrup (less than 1/10 teaspoon per gummy). 
🎃 2 mango gummies (as above but made with mangoes instead of raspberries). 
🎃 1 mint carob bear made with carob powder, raw cacao butter and therapeutic-grade Young Living peppermint essential oil .... With NO ADDED SWEETENER!!! 
🎃 a 30g pack of our signature activated macadamias. Nice to have something savoury in the bag!! Traditionally, trick or treat bags contained nuts. 
🎃 a 30g pack of activated pepitias and goji berries 
🎃 2of our choc orange raw dark chocolate segments infused with therapeutic-grade Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 1 choc orange bliss ball infused with therapeutic-grade Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 kid friendly Halloween jokes selected by my kids 😂

All ingredients are certified organic and maple syrup is pure Canadian maple syrup. 

These trick or treat bags retail for $19.95 and can be used in 3 ways

1. Take them with you when going trick or treating and let your kids munch on some of the healthy snacks rather than the crappy confectionary they will be given (which you can accept graciously then turf at home). If you have no alternative with you,  the temptation to eat confectionary is too great for kids.
2. When you get back home use the treats as a healthy swap for all of the crap that they will be given.
3. Use the treats or the jokes when a little ghost or dracula comes knocking on your door. You'll feel good knowing that you have provided a little soul with something actually good for them. 

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These bags will be available for collection from Broth Bar &  Larder in Bronte by pre-order and pre-pay only. Call Broth Bar directly on 0421 786 009 to pre-order. 

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And if you don’t live locally to collect one of our bags, you can read this blog post that I wrote many years ago on 6 ways to deal with Halloween. This trend is catching, so you too might like to make and take your own healthy trick or treat bag with you when you and your kids do the rounds of the streets. 

I would love to know what you think of these trick or treat bags. Please share your thoughts in the comments below!

 Here's some feedback from one of our Broth Bar regular mums on our Halloween bags from previous years:

“What a wonderful idea!!! Such a relief knowing I’m not the only parent who thinks this whole thing is crazy following northern hemisphere traditions that are not aligned with our earth based seasons as an excuse to sell crap to our community and fill our children with sugar!! It is spring here in Australia!! Flowers blooming, baby animals being born and new Life emerging!! When I was growing up in the northern hemisphere Halloween was about letting go, it was autumn and there were pumpkins everywhere and leaves falling from trees and we honoured our ancestors from our past (hence the scary dead theme of Halloween). Anyone else feel as confused as I do?? What exactly are we programming our children with?? Anyway, thank you Soulla for bringing a healthy real option to the festivities of Halloween. Appreciate everything you offer to our community”

— Lizzy

HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!! 👻👹😈🎃👽💀