Author Archives | health and happy heart

A Bike Fall and Bowen Therapy

Last week I fell of my bike (fortunately at slow speed) and bruised my lower right leg and my back and have had discomfort since then. The left side of my neck was out this morning. So I went to see Karen Chung the Bowen therapist. She worked on my balance, on my spine and […]

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Cooking at Woolloomooloo

Cooking at woolloomooloo was done at two classes at the community centre. The class was put on jointly between ARCC and the Juanita Nielsen community centre With 4 attendees we enjoyed 7 different dishes.  Veges for the class The vegetables were supplied by food connect. Food connect is a social enterprise which supplies certified organic […]

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Earthcare 15 June party food

Well! Thanks to our Mother Earth and our father the sky and our grandpa the sun and everyone today at earth care community garden for such an amazingly relaxed and joyful friends and family gathering. Some of us started our day with a taichi whole system health; followed by hands on cooking. Between 20 of […]

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Llandilo eye opener

At the fifth session with Llandillo Country Women, some exciting reports from putting the recipes into action and some eyes wide in wonder at the mocktail recipes. Recipes in Action One of the women announced to the group that after learning to make salads the rawlao way, she has started having salad every day for […]

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Community spirit at Earth Care Fair 2013

I was very happy and contented all day long serving people with food, conversations and happiness. Karen and Eric plus all earth care volunteers have done a great job for putting this event on from planning, organising and running until the putting away of all tables and chairs at the end of the day. I […]

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Lao Soup

May means hot steaming warming soup. And, here’s some Lao style soups to warm up the place. Bamboo Soup Ingredients bamboo shoots                 2 cans Green Leafy vegetables 500g Rice Paddy Herbs            1 bunch Red Chillie – fresh           […]

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Kuringai in the Park

A nature cookout workshop on a soft misty rain morning. The kangaroos looked on and came and said hello to us. The kookaburras were singing a song of approval and grace seeing 24 people enjoying a vegetarian meal. Six vegetarians amongst the crew, everyone else happily getting a heads up on Ling’s inspired creations. We […]

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Buns, Buns and Buns

These fresh steamed buns are a winner, the time and love that goes into them makes for a fulfilling part of a meal or snack. Pumpkin Wholemeal Buns (Mantou) Ingredients: Wholemeal self-raising flour 1 kg Soy milk 300 mls exactly butternut pumpkin med ½ sugar 400 g 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons of oil yeast […]

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Dim Sim Story

A small but enthusiastic band of dim sim makers gathered at Earthcare to set the tone for the start of the year. Ling in her intro gave a message about portion sizes and how that is a way for us not to overeat. We can get used to bigger portions and if we reduce them […]

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Almost Raw

Banana & Coco Herb Shake Ingredients for one person: 1 banana 1 dessert spoon cocoa powder ½ cup of soy milk ½ cup of water 3 teaspoons of chia seeds 1 sprig of thyme 1 small bunch of parsley other herbs in season Method:  slice the banana into the blender Add the cocoa powder, soy […]

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