TRICK OR TREAT! HALLOWEEN 2020

Halloween is just around the corner! Whether or not your kids can, or you even want them to, partake in trick or treating this year, we thought it would be a nice gesture to continue the tradition of our healthy Halloween Bags so that us wholefood mamas can at least offer our kids a nourishing and delicious alternative to all of the toxic conventional junk on offer. 

My philosophy is this: 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. If more and more parents take this stand then healthy becomes the normal, and toxic becomes the extreme. Hooray!

image by https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/

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 mixed berry gummies made with organic mixed berries, GelPro gelatin powder and the teeniest amount of pure Canadian maple syrup (less than 1/10 teaspoon per gummie). 
🎃 2 mango gummies (as above but made with organic mangoes instead of raspberries). 
🎃 1 mint carob bear made with organic carob powder, organic raw cacao butter and 100% pure food-grade Young Living  peppermint essential oil .... With NO ADDED SWEETENER!!! 
🎃 a 30g pack of our signature activated almonds. Nice to have something savoury in the bag!! Traditionally, trick or treat bags contained nuts. 
🎃 a 30g pack of a mix of activated pepitas and goji berries 
🎃 2 of our choc orange segments made by infusing our signature raw dark chocolate with 100% pure food-grade  Young Living  orange essential oil
🎃 1 choc orange bliss ball which is infused with 100% pure food-grade  Young Living orange essential oil
🎃 kid friendly Halloween jokes selected by my kids 😂

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 EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FROM BROTH BAR &  LARDER IN BRONTE on and from Friday 23 october. Purchase in store or to pre-order and pre-pay CALL BROTH BAR DIRECTLY ON 0421 786 009.

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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

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HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING!!!!! 👻👹😈🎃👽💀

“What do I eat at each meal?”

Knowing robust nutritional theory is one thing but putting it into practice is a whole other story. I see plenty of people who read brilliant nutritional books or watch inspiring films and come to understand and appreciate what they biologically should and shouldn’t be eating, but can’t see to break old habits because they don’t have the tools to put the theory into practice. 

This is where my 65+page How To manual that I developed over 10 years is gold and breaks down the nutritional theory with practical application including a handout specifically on meal “formulas” so you know exactly what to prepare at each meal (and where to buy the ingredients from and what your plate should look like).

When meals become formulaic, life becomes radically simple!

Having a basic formula provides the much needed structure for many people to start or deepen their health journey. But don’t stress about boredom because there is room for variation within the formula to fend off taste fatigue.

Formulas are like the training wheels to get you started until it  becomes second nature and until you can tap into your intuition and listen to what your body needs on any given day.

For example, my signature breakfast formula is pastured eggs + veggies + kraut + smoothie. Even though on some days I might depart from this entirely (e.g. have soaked rice porridge or just a smoothie or yogurt topped with activated muesli and berries) it’s comforting to have a formula to fall back on as a default. It also means you always have staple food products in your kitchen so that you never get caught out. 

At my next and last FOOD AS MEDICINE TALK on Saturday Oct 24 held via zoom webinar you will be given  access to ALL OF THE TOOLS needed to nourish your body and optimise your health including:

1. Access to my 65+ page How To Manual that sets you up for life

2. Access to all 5 of my online cooking classes (bone broth, GF baked cakes, slow cooks, organ meats, and chocolate) that empowers you to put the nutritional theory into practice at every meal

3. Access to my online healthy home / healthy swaps / essential oils workshop to kick the chemicals in your home and help you to healthy swap to all natural, super powerful, cost effective versions, one at a time. 

This is a comprehensive full day (9am- 3pm) talk that I co present with functional medicine practitioner, holistic dietician and GAPs practitioner Marieke Rodenstein where we dive deep into the fundamentals of robust nutrition and robust gut health, and dispel dietary myths that have caused an epidemic of chronic illness and degenerative disease.

Robust theory coupled with inspired action can create radical shifts. Are you ready?

Click here to purchase tickets!

What do I eat?!

I hear this question all too frequently. Humans have become so disconnected from real food and from our wise biology that we are only species that are spectacularly confused about what to eat. Vested interests have done a terrific job at steering us away from a biologically congruent diet in favour of cheap quality fast food grown and processed for the masses that has served to make us fat and sick. I have been there, done that and donned that T-shirt. I am here to tell you that if you are feeling at all confused about your diet, and/or are not feeling and looking your very best, you deserve better. And please don’t settle for anything less. 

At my next and final FOOD AS MEDICINE TALK on Saturday Oct 24 (via zoom webinar) you will be reminded of what your ancient DNA knows to be true.

Immerse yourself in a full day (9am - 3pm) talk that I co present with functional medicine practitioner, holistic dietician and GAPs practitioner Marieke Rodenstein where we dive deep into the fundamentals of robust nutrition and robust gut health, and dispel dietary myths that have caused an epidemic of chronic illness and degenerative disease. 

We will remind you of what a species appropriate diet looks and feels like so that when you embrace it, it feels like coming home. We give you access to ALL OF THE TOOLS needed to nourish your body and optimise your health including:

1. Access to my 65+ page How To Manual that sets you up for life

2. Access to all 5 of my online cooking classes (bone broth, GF baked cakes, slow cooks, organ meats, and chocolate) that empowers you to put the nutritional theory into practice at every meal

3. Access to my online healthy home / healthy swaps / essential oils workshop to kick the chemicals in your home and help you to healthy swap to all natural, super powerful, cost effective versions, one at a time. 

Click here to purchase tickets!

It is becoming increasingly important in this world that we learn how to take good care of ourselves by nourishing our body and reducing our toxic load.

Are you ready to start or deepen this all important journey?