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Please Note: Unless otherwise stated – all recipes are on Blue Plan
Bliss Ball – Anzac
ANZAC Bliss Balls 100 gms rolled oats10 soft juicy fat medjool Dates2 tsp golden syrup1 Tbls queens sugar free maple30 gms desiccated coconut Everything goes into the food processor and blitz until a soft dough forms.Using a cookie scoop, fill and roll into 20...
Lemon & Herb Chicken
Lemon & Herb Chicken Tenderloins Tonight I’m grilling some Lemon & Herb Chicken Tenderloins. I prepped this early this morning and let it marinade all day, the flavour will be superb. Leaving it for an hour or so should be enough but the longer the better. 500...
Salmon & Steamed Veggies
Salmon & Steamed Vegetables 1/2 cup basmati RiceSteamed Vegetables Full of healthy fats and Omega 3, with basmati Rice & Steamed Veg including edamame beans which is my first time trying them and I actually quite like them! They are zero sp...
Homemade Chicken Nuggets
Home Made Chicken Nuggets 500 gms Chicken Breast Cut into Chunky Cubes3/4 Cup Panko Breadcrumbs1 Tbls Masterfoods tuscan seasoningSalt & Pepper2 eggs whisked Whisk eggs in a bowl, add all the cut chicken and mix, in a seperate bowl mix salt pepper, tuscan...
Pasta – Lasagne – Cheesy Chicken
Cheesy Chicken Lasagne Cheesy Chicken Lasagne again for dinner, because it’s pasta Sunday ?? Pasta has always been a bit of a tradition on a Sunday because that’s what us Italians do ?We love this one and I especially love how easy it is, because I don’t like to...
Pasta – Chicken Cannelloni
Chicken Cannelloni 4 x Fresh Lasagne Sheets1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese1 My Italian meatball mix (Recipe link in Notes)For the sauce2 x tins tomatoes (purée)1 small onion finely diced2 small garlic cloves gratedSalt and pepper1/2 bunch fresh basil leaves shredded1...
Anna Van Dyken
WW turned my life around. I lost 70 kilograms – that’s an entire person, and half my body weight. I used to be the size of two people, and now I am just one . . .
When I walked into my local WW meeting one Saturday morning in 2012, I weighed almost 143 kilograms. For years I had been eating for emotional comfort, rather than nourishment.
After my beloved sister, Christina, died from a rare type of bone cancer – the same year my son, Ethan, was born – I had turned to food, no longer caring about myself or my health. This is when my weight got completely out of control. I knew I had to change the unhealthy habits that had become part of my daily life, and I left that first WW meeting armed with the knowledge and tools I needed to bring about change, including cookbooks, measuring spoons and kitchen scales.
I already knew how to cook: a happy childhood spent kneading pasta and baking delicious cakes alongside my beautiful Nonna had blessed me with a love of good ingredients and sharing meals. I just needed to learn a different way of cooking; to make it healthy and nourishing, as well as delicious.
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I was – and still am – so lucky to have the unwavering support of Rodney, my husband, and Ethan (the light of my life). Initially overwhelmed by the task that lay ahead, I sobbed in Rodney’s arms one night.
He then said the wise words that completely changed my attitude to my weight-loss journey: ‘You can’t change everything at once, Anna. You need to do things little by little.’
I decided to change one habit at a time and aim for achievable 5 kilogram goals. And it worked.
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