This has to be HANDS DOWN one of the tastiest homemade soups I've ever had! I know that's a big claim, but trust me!

Ingredients
2 leeks
2 sticks of celery
4-6 courgettes
1 -2 carrots
1 large potato (or can use kumara or pumpkin)
60g butter
3 1/2 cups water
3 chicken stock cubes (or can use chicken broth or vege stock/broth)
Salt and pepper
2 Tablespoons chopped parsley, for garnish
1/3 cup cream

Method
Trim leeks and wash thoroughly. Slice celery, leeks and courgette.
Peel carrots and potato and dice these roughly.
Heat butter in a large saucepan, add veggies and stir to coat in butter.
Cover pot and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally not to allow the veggies to brown.
Add water and stock to pot, salt and pepper and mix well.
Bring the soup to boil and reduce heat, simmer uncovered for 15 minutes or until veggies are tender.
Stir in parsley.
Puree veggies with liquid blender or nutri-bullet.
​Add cream and serve.

Now that it's colder in the mornings, smoothies and cereal just doesn't cut it for me. I love warming foods in the mornings to help warm the body and leave you feeling full.

Omelettes are so versatile and there's no one perfect recipe. I usually check to see what's going in the fridge, chop up all the veggies and hope that it flips over without splitting at the end haha!

Ingredients
2-3 eggs (yes the WHOLE egg, none of this 'egg whites' only lol)
Salt and pepper
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1-2 mushrooms
Half a capsicum
Half a tomato
1/3 cup grated cheese
Handful of baby spinach or other greens

Method
Scramble eggs in a bowl until nice and fluffy, add salt and pepper.
Heat a pan on medium heat, add coconut oil for frying.
Dice up all the veggies and add them all to the pan (except the spinach).
Cook veggies for 3-5 minutes or until soft.
Add in scrambled egg mix and cook for 2 minutes, before adding in baby spinach and cheese on one half of the egg mixture.
Cook for another 3 minutes and flip when almost cooked through.
Serve with toast or by itself and drizzle with a generous helping of olive oil and extra salt and pepper!

When it comes to the colder months of the year, my absolute favourite meals to cook are casseroles and stews. There's nothing better than preparing food to be cooked all day in a slow cooker or crockpot, and coming home to the amazing aroma that fills your house and your soul!

You can't go wrong with these types of dishes, simply chuck in what you've got lying around in the fridge or pantry, with a few herbs and spices and you're on your way to making a hearty meal.

Ingredients
700g-1kg beef brisket or any other cheap cuts of meat
1 onion - roughly chopped
2 carrots - roughly chopped
3 cloves of garlic - roughly diced
1 large kumara or 2 large potatoes
2 stalks of celery - roughly chopped, stalks and all
1 cup beef stock
1 cup Beef or Chicken Nutra Organics Bone Broth
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 Tbsp mixed dried herbs, or fresh herbs if you have them
Drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper

Method
Roughly chop up all vegetables and garlic and place at the bottom of your slow cooker or crockpot.
Pour in stock, bone broth and tomato paste and stir through veggies.
Sprinkle herbs on top of veggies.
Rub meat with olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper.
Leave for 6-8 hours and serve with rice or mashed cauliflower or potatoes.

​Serves 4

I absolutely love incorporating the superfood latte powders into recipes other than drinks, and this was no exception! This is the dreamiest dessert that's so light and fluffy when made.

Ingredients
1 cup coconut cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup raw cashews (soaked overnight)
2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
3 Tbsp maple syrup
50g cacao butter
2 tsp Nutra Organics Superfood Lunar Latte powder

Method
1. Add cashews, coconut oil, coconut cream, maple syrup, melted cacao butter and vanilla to a high-powered blender and blend on high until it forms a cream.
2. Pour into a bowl and add lunar latte, stirring until colour is well distributed and place in the fridge, covered, until set.
NOTE: To make dark purple ripple, combine extra lunar latte with water and swirl through gently, avoid overworking

This is a quick and easy breakfast or snack as you can prepare and eat when on the go. A nourishing breakfast that is packed full of fibre, antioxidants and tastes great too. So many variations can be made to this recipe - so feel free to add your favourite toppings or flavour combinations.

Ingredients
½ c coconut milk
1 Tbsp shredded coconut
1-2 Tbsp chia seeds
1 Tbsp flax seeds
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ c berries or other fruit to serve 
Optional: 2 Tbsp coconut yoghurt


Directions
Mix all ingredients except berries/fruit together in a small bowl or container and cover.
​Leave to set and soak overnight in the fridge.
Serve with berries (or other fruit) and another sprinkle of cinnamon and coconut yoghurt if using.

If you're after a nourishing bowl of goodness that takes less than half an hour to whip up, then this is your kinda dish!

Ingredients

1 1/2 Tbsp laksa paste
1 lemongrass stick - cut and bashed
2 chicken breasts cut into thick slices
2 cans of 330ml coconut milk
1 cup of boiling water
100g of snow peas
1 cup of frozen peas
1 bunch of fresh mint, leaves picked
1 packet of rice noodles
1 tsp fish sauce
1/2 lime juice
1-2 tbsp of fried shallots
2 Tbsp Nutra Organics Chicken Bone Broth
1/2 cup of shredded coconut chips
1 Tbsp coconut oil

Method

1. Add laksa paste to a pot with coconut oil and fry for 1 minute.
2. Add coconut milk, boiling water, lemongrass, and broth - bring to boil.
3. Add in chicken, simmer for 10 minutes or until cooked through.
4. Cook rice noodles to packet instructions.
5. Lightly toast coconut chips in a pan.
6. Add in fresh and frozen peas cook for 3-4 mins.
7. Season with lime and fish sauce, taste and make adjustments.
8. Serve in bowls, add noodles, top with mint, pea shoots, fried shallots and coconut chips. 

Serves 4

This is hands down THE BEST banana bread recipe that I've managed to come across. It tastes just like, if not better than banana cake and is super moist :P

I've altered it slightly from the original recipe but it's all added to its awesomeness - enjoy!

Ingredients
4 bananas (mashed)
4 eggs (beaten)
1/2 cup almond butter (or any other nut butter)
4 tbsp coconut oil (melted)
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
60g dark chocolate (chopped up - optional)
2-4 scoops Nutra Organics Collagen Body with Fortibone Powder (or you can use any other Collagen powder)

Method

1. Grease a loaf pan and preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
2. In a large bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, coconut oil, vanilla extract and nut butter until fully combined.
3. Add the coconut flour, cinnamon, collagen powder, baking soda and powder to the wet ingredients and mix well. Fold  in the chocolate chunks.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and spread it evenly.
5. Bake for about 40 minutes if using a square pan, and 50-60 if using a loaf pan. A toothpick inserted into the centre should come out clean when it's ready.
6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for about half an hour. Flip out onto a cooling rack to finish cooling.
7. Serve with butter and enjoy!

Smoothies are great for packing a lot of nutrients into an easy-to-drink meal, are quick to make and you can chuck anything in them! I usually have the same base of ingredients that I'll chuck into a smoothie, but I don't often make any two smoothies the same.

I love using spinach as a base and I can't forget to add in my Nutra Organics Collagen Beauty Powder with Verisol + C now as the benefits are just too great for my skin. Here is my go-to green smoothie, with a few variations up in the mix.

Ingredients
Handful of spinach
Kiwifruit (I leave the skin on for added fibre)
Half a frozen banana (freeze your overripe bananas - or fresh is fine)
1 Tbsp Chia seeds
Almond butter (or any other nut butter)
Almond milk or water
2 scoops Nutra Organics Collagen Beauty with Verisol + C

Optional variations (any of the following can be added for some variety to your smoothie)
2cm cube of fresh ginger
Few slices of fresh pineapple
Cup of frozen berries
1/2 cup frozen mango pieces
1/3 of an avocado
1-2 tsp raw cacao powder
Tbsp fresh walnuts
1-2 scoops pea protein powder (or any other protein powder)
1/4 cucumber with some juice of half a lemon

Method
Place all ingredients in a blender or nutri-bullet and blitz for a couple of minutes.

Tip - try mixing up your smoothies and experimenting with different ingredients until you find your favourite!