by Margot Porter | Aug 19, 2019 | balance, garden, healthy living, natural living, recipes, self care, slow living, sweets, vegan, vegetarian, wholistic living, winter, yoga east, Yoga Garden
Apricot, Raisin, Goji and Chai Balls Sitting down in my favourite chair by the fire in winter with a teapot of steaming spiced tea ‘chai’ is one of my simple little pleasures. The term ‘chai’ comes from the Hindi word for tea and that orginally...
by Margot Porter | Aug 18, 2019 | garden, healthy living, natural living, nourish, recipes, self care, slow living, sweets, vegan, vegetarian, wholistic living, winter, Yoga Garden
Persian Tahini and Orange Zest Truffles Picture this, it’s a gorgeous winter’s day, the sky is blue and the air cool, you have been down in the garden doing a little bit of weeding, after all it is a full moon so not much else to do, and you keep being...
by Margot Porter | Aug 17, 2019 | Ayurveda, balance, cacao, chocolate, festive season, garden, healthy living, natural living, nourish, recipes, self care, slow living, sweets, vegan, vegetarian, wholistic living, winter, Yoga Garden
Fudgy Cacao and Walnut Slice I don’t think you can beat the combination of nuts and cacao – rich, decadent, indulgent. These little gem of a slice is everything I am looking for in an rich, indulgent, sweet treat. They have to be rich, dense, super fudgy,...
by Margot Porter | Aug 6, 2019 | balance, daily rest, garden, healthy living, natural living, nature, nourish, recipes, self care, slow living, sweets, vegan, wholistic living, winter, winter, Yoga Garden
Boysenberry and Lime Raw Cake Last weekend I was pruning our rather sad berry patch. Sad because after two years of not much rain many of the raspberries had died, all of the blueberries had died but my heart sang when I saw our boysenberries looked pretty good. The...
by Margot Porter | Jul 11, 2019 | Ayurveda, balance, garden, healthy living, natural living, nature, nourish, recipes, ritual, self care, slow living, vegan, wholistic living, winter, winter, Yoga Garden
Brown Rice Congee Eating a hot bowl of something in the cooler months feels like the right thing to do. Congee is like porridge made with rice. And while porridge can be made with a variety of grains not just oats think quinoa, buckwheat, corn meal, millet, amaranth...
by Margot Porter | Jul 3, 2019 | balance, garden, healthy living, natural living, recipes, self care, slow living, vegan, wholistic living, winter, winter, Yoga Garden
A simple easy to make smoothie bowl that brings the strawberry love of summer into a bright winter’s day. While I generally prefer a hearty cooked breakfast in winter think quinoa porridge or brown rice congee, I do also splash out with activated buckwheat...
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