Recipes & Cooking

Frozen food doesn’t always have the best reputation, mostly because the freezer section is filled with deep-fried snacks and sugary desserts. But freezing itself is just a smart way to slow deterioration and extend freshness. Before freezers were invented, people used ice boxes or even ice caves to preserve their food.

Freezing truly is a tried, tested, and totally natural means of keeping our food safe to eat for longer.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how freezing affects nutrients, how to read labels in two minutes, simple food‑safety tips, and when a chef‑made frozen meal from whole foods (like ours at Dietlicious) can be a healthy, weeknight hero.

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If you’re trying to eat healthier, lose weight, or manage a health condition, navigating supermarket shelves can feel overwhelming. Packaging often makes bold claims - but what’s really inside? That’s where food labels come in.

Understanding how to read food labels is essential for making informed decisions about what you eat. Whether you're managing health conditions, seeking weight loss, or just aiming for a balanced diet, Australian food labels offer valuable insights into your food choices.

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With the Christmas countdown clock ticking, it’s time to start planning for an incredible Christmas feast with your loved ones. Indulging in all that the silly season has to offer is tradition, but it is possible to prepare yourself in advance for the calorie onslaught. Including some healthy and wholesome foods can be just as delicious and will set you up for feeling fantastic through to the New Year and beyond.

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Cheers! Enjoy these instant Summer cocktails using smoothies from the Dietlicious range.

Ready in a minute, all you need is a cocktail shaker or protein shaker and you’ll be in business!

Instructions

1. Add a small scoop of ice to cocktail shaker
2. Add remaining ingredients
3. Shake for a few seconds
4. Pour into a cocktail glass

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We’re all busy and sometimes don’t have time to fully prep and cook all our own meals. And even if we do, we can run out of ideas for how to make them both appealing and healthy too. But if you’re after a short-cut to achieving a higher nutrient hit for the meals you do eat (whether bought or home-made), I’ve got a secret to share with you. Toppers.

If you haven’t yet embraced soup and salad toppings as a way of adding extra nutrients to improve health, this article will help. If you have, then I’m here to give you some extra inspiration.

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Here’s a statement I’ve heard a number of times – ‘meal prepping’s not for me’. If you’re a person with loads of time on your hands, then I’d probably agree. You may not need to meal prep. But most of us don’t have that luxury. Instead we’re juggling jobs, home, learning, partners, parents, kids, recreation and an overflowing email inbox! Unless you’re super woman, being busy and eating well don’t usually go hand in hand. So that’s where meal planning and prepping comes to the rescue.

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This dish shows the versatility of our Salmon Chermoulal. Not just a complete meal for one, it can easily be turned into a scrumptious healthy salmon salad for two. The beauty of this salad is that the hard work has already been done for you! It’s also completely flexible - you can easily substitute any ingredients you don’t have and add the optional extras as you see fit.

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If you’re wondering what direction food and health is going in this year, wonder no more.  Here are some key trends you can expect in 2020 so you can get ahead of the curve.  Want to buck the trends?  Great, this article is for you too!  I’ll finish off with some no-nonsense advice to help you experience great health in the year ahead, regardless of whether you buy into the fad products or not.

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These yummy cookies will satisfy your Anzac cravings and leave you feeling gratified and better yet, guilt-free!

Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) which was established in World War I.  The biscuits were initially known as ‘soldier biscuits’ and were sold at fetes and public events to raise money to support the war effort. Later they were included in parcels that loved ones and charities sent to the troops, as the biscuits tended to last well.

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Supermarket Swindles: How to read food labels & make healthier choices

Marketers do a great job making products more appealing to consumers, especially on the shelves of your local supermarket.  Thankfully it’s my job as a nutritionist to help you cut through the hype and sort fact from fiction.

These days, choosing healthy options is a minefield of competing product claims, making it virtually impossible for anyone without a Food Science degree to make sense of it all.  But not anymore.

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