FullyWell by Mel

29/06/2022

So excited to be coming up to JHB to offer this course! Limited spaces available, DM me the word “sourdough” to get the link to book your spot 🥖

21/06/2022

Come to my next Sourdough Bread Workshop - Limited spots available!

21/06/2022

Book for this to attend in-person or online!

Want to get started on healthy cooking but don't know where to begin? Learn the basics to get you started on your health journey!

17/06/2022

Find out about my upcoming healthy cooking classes for domestic workers as well as my sourdough bread making workshops! Whatsapp me for more info 💜

14/03/2022

Stocking Sourdough Ciabatta, Hamburger Buns and Napoli Style Pizza bases at Healthy Times at The Quarry. Check it out!

30/11/2021

I have fallen in love with making sourdough bread 🥖🥰

Hit me up if you live in KZN and want to do a course with me!

04/11/2021

Needing some ideas for nutrient dense smoothies?

These are all toddler approved too and a great way to get in some extra veg 💪🏼 save for later!

What’s your favorite combo?

19/10/2021

Beetroot in a cake?!

Well yes friends, yes. And this cake can be made with gf all purpose flour or regular flour 1:1, say whaaaat?! It’s also refined sugar free AND dairy free 😱Recipe below👇🏼

*Ingredients*
300g cooked beetroot puréed
100g dark chocolate melted
3 room temperature eggs
1 cup raw honey (or maple syrup)
1 cup coconut oil melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups gf all purpose flour (or regular flour)
1/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp bicarb
1/4 tsp salt

*Ganache topping*
100g dark chocolate
100g coconut oil
2 Tbs raw honey/maple syrup
1/3 cup coconut cream

*Method*
Preheat oven to 175 deg C.
Grease a 9-inch cake tin.
Whisk eggs, honey, oil and vanilla then add melted chocolate.
Gently stir in the beetroot purée.
Sift in the dry ingredients and mix in to combine.
Pour into cake tin and bake for 50-55 minutes. Check it at 45 minutes as every oven is different.
Let cake cool slightly before removing from cake tin and placing on a cooling rack.
Let cool completely.

While cake is cooling start making the ganache.
Melt the coconut oil and chocolate until chocolate is almost completely melted. Take off heat and continue stirring until chocolate is melted. Add honey and mix well. Then add in coconut cream and mix until smooth. Place in fridge for 10 minutes to thicken slightly.
Spread over cake and serve with coconut cream and fresh berries🍓enjoy!

01/10/2021

Did you know that we literally are what we eat?

The food we eat, and more importantly, the food we feed our children literally becomes us/them. It becomes our cells.

So it really is necessary that our little ones are getting nutrient dense foods to form healthy cells.

Here are my favorite nutrient dense foods for my toddler and how you can serve them ☀️

16/09/2021

How many of these things are you doing regularly?

13/09/2021

Swipe to see Caleb’s lunches this week…I call this his picnic food. You’ll notice there isn’t much variation here but basically a selection of his favorite foods in different combos. There is a reason for this ⬇️

Lunches tend to be more of a struggle for him as he’s quite tired from a busy morning so I keep to his ‘safe’ foods to ensure he’s full before he naps. I reserve more adventurous foods for dinner time when his drive to eat is higher.

This is normally whatever we’re eating for dinner: stews, gf pasta, casseroles, meat and veg etc.

What are your kids favorite lunches?