Hi guys! Today I’ll be sharing with you what my health food favourites have been. In the past few months, I’ve been contemplating as to whether I wanted to be blogging about things like health and fitness. I’ve always been a little bit inconsistent when it came to healthy eating or working out, so I wanted to make sure that I created a pattern for myself and I guess you can say I wanted to “practice what I preached”. So I’m bringing this post to you today and I’m so happy about it because I feel like I’ve finally packed down a lifestyle for myself that is consistent, healthy but at the same time sane.
Before I start, Of course I have to make a disclaimer saying that just because I’m starting a mini health series, by no means am I an expert. I’m just sharing what I prefer doing in relation to things like health and fitness and just remember that everyone is different and our bodies obviously operate in different ways.
If you want to know more about me and my health/fitness/weight, I will be posting a more personal post about it in the near future so stay tuned for that! But anyway, let’s get straight to what I’ve been loving lately!
Before I start, Of course I have to make a disclaimer saying that just because I’m starting a mini health series, by no means am I an expert. I’m just sharing what I prefer doing in relation to things like health and fitness and just remember that everyone is different and our bodies obviously operate in different ways.
If you want to know more about me and my health/fitness/weight, I will be posting a more personal post about it in the near future so stay tuned for that! But anyway, let’s get straight to what I’ve been loving lately!
Organic Angels || Medium Mixed Fruit & Veg Box
Organic Angels is an Australian owned company and started as a family business. If you want to read more about them, CLICK HERE. But basically, they supply things like fruit, veggies, nuts, superfoods and all of that good stuff.
Personally, I've been loving having the medium mixed fruit & veg box sent to me. They change up the contents of the boxes every week and let you know when you're on the purchase page what will be in the box. I had a really good experience with them and their products. They're so fresh and the best thing about them is the fact that they're organic! This definitely helps me keep my diet on track due to the fact that all the products are sent to me at the beginning of the week therefore motivating me to get lots of fruit and veg into my system along with the rest of my family. As for the price, the medium box is only AU$56.00 which is pretty amazing due to the amount of produce that they provide you with. Keep in mind that the photo above is only a few of the things that they sent to me. The medium size is perfect for my family due to the fact that we have 6 members and all the produce lasted us for about 6-7 days.
I'd definitely recommend checking their website out! They also supply Loving earth products which is one of my favourite health food brands. You can also get a 5% discount on your first order if you use the code HPRY1601 at the checkout.
Website link : HERE
Medium Fruit & Veg Box Link : HERE
Veggies + Dip Platters
However, ever since I started eating celery with hummus, I've grown to really like it! Surprisingly, I can even eat it on it's own now and it doesn't make me want to gag anymore.
I've been loving having sweet potatoes, celery and carrot with hummus. You can obviously customise this and put your favourite veg and dip and you're good to go.
By having a plate of this after school or before dinner, it definitely fills me up and the sweet potato adds that kick that I need to feel satisfied. This has been one of the things that has helped me reach for veg rather than a bagel or chocolate.
Fun fact: I don't actually find it hard to stay away from things like ice cream, lollies or chips due to the fact that I'm not a massive fan of it anyway. However, my weaknesses are things like bagels, bread and resisting the urge to toast a whole turkish bread loaf and have it with butter or making myself a bowl of instant noodles, YUM. I LOVE CARBS!
Your Tea || Tiny Teatox
I don't want to go into too much detail with this because I'm planning to write a full review of is once I'm finished with the 14 day teatox. But in all honesty, I've been really enjoying this! If you know me, I usually pass on the free tea that they give at asian restaurants and I'm generally just a fan of coffee opposed to tea.
But this has been a game changer and I'm so excited to write the review on this. Don't worry, I'm not getting paid to be dishonest, I genuinely have been loving this.
However if you want to know more about Tiny Tea check out Your Tea's website HERE.
Almonds, Chickpeas & Magic Seed Mix
I recently went to this place called the Royal Nut Company with my Mum a while back to get some stuff for my grandma to bring back to Malaysia with her. I ended up picking up a few things since school was starting soon and I always need things to snack on when I'm studying!
I guess there isn't much to say about it, I just love almonds and chickpeas and you can pretty much get them anywhere! As for the Magic Seed Mix, I like popping lots of this on top of cereal, yoghurt or in my smoothies. Contents of this are down below.
Blue Diamond || Unsweetened Almond Milk
I've been drinking almond milk with things like smoothies and my cereal for quite a while now and I've been really liking it. To be honest, the brand doesn't really matter to me as long as it's unsweetened. You can get almond milk from pretty much anywhere which is awesome, I got mine from Coles for about AU$2.00 because it was on sale.
I think almond milk is a really great substitute for full cream milk and I quite like the hint of almond that it has to it. It's great for people who are lactose intolerant too.
My favourite way to use this is to actually bake flourless banana muffins with almond milk rather than full cream milk! If you'd like a recipe let me know, I've been loving them as a snack lately.
Loving Earth + Melrose || Coconut Sugar + Coconut Oil
I love coconut water, I love coconut chips, I love coconut, I LOVE COCONUT! I guess you could say I was pretty slow to hop on this bandwagon but I never knew that coconut sugar and coconut oil existed until a few months ago.
Like I said before, I've been baking lots of healthy little treats and experimenting with them over the holidays and these two bad boys have been in nearly every single one of them. Amazing substitute for normal sugar and oil.
My favourite way to use coconut oil in particular is for popcorn! I've actually started popping my own popcorn at home and I never knew how easy it was. I also like to mix the popcorn with crushed almonds, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds and maple syrup. It's honestly the best popcorn I have ever eaten and even my brother and dad have been loving it too. If you'd like a recipe do let me know because it gives me an excuse to eat more haha!
As for the price of these, they do get pretty pricey but I do think it's worth it due to the fact that they're so much better for you and they also last surprisingly long. You can grab these in the health food aisle at your local grocery store or online too.
Almond Spread/Butter & Almond and Chia Spread/Butter
Like I said, I love almonds. Some of you may think I'm insane but I'm actually not a fan of peanut butter. Almond butter definitely appeals to me a lot more and I've been loving having this on pretty much everything. I bake with this, eat it with apples and cinnamon or pop it on toast.
You can grab almond butter from most grocery stores such as Coles or Safeway. As for the Almond-Chia Spread, I got it from that Nut Factory that I was talking about before.
If you're interested, they do actually have a website so check it out. HERE
Zevia || Grape Flavoured
I am so bloody jealous of anyone who has access to this. Unfortunately Zevia isn't available in Australia yet which is so annoying. But for all my UK & American readers out there, I believe you can get this at the health food stores that they have there.
This one was sent to me by Natures Health Box which is an amazing company that sells things like organic makeup and organic foods. If you'd like to check them out click HERE.
I really hope that you enjoyed this post, let me know in the comments below if you know about any other amazing healthy food favourites that I should try out!
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KARYNENGEE
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(*) Some of these were sent to me but all opinions are completely honest as usual