I Love Carrots

One of the reasons I called my business Bright Diets is because I love eating a wide range of brightly coloured natural foods like fruit and vegetables, which, as we all know is good for us and makes us feel brilliant!

We definately eat with our eyes. The visual stimulation of food helps us to want to eat it and to know what to expect in that eating experience. Recently, I have been eating different coloured carrots, courtesy of FIG, (orgainic local food co-op). It has actually been a mental challenge to eat purple and yellow carrots, with the brain having long been programmed to think carrots taste orange. I find myself rethinking meals, wanting to save the special coloured carrots for meals where they are presented plain on the plate to reprogram my brain to enjoy the new colours just as much as the orange ones.

So this month I challenge you to try a new food variety or flavour combo. It could be a different type of cabbage, green beans in your salad or a new type of seed butter on your capsicum. Tell us how you go and inspire us all in our Bright Bods group!

What's New

We Love Referrals

We want to help as many people as possible to learn to eat the foods their body needs to feel happy, healthy and vibrant!

If you have found your consultations helpful, we would love it if you could tell you health care team, family friends or support workers.

Bookings for home visits or online consultations can be made by contacting Carin on 0413 77 44 11 and Thursday clinic appointments can also be made online at www.brightdiets.com.au.

Events

- Make Mealtime Fun For Everyone- Fussy Eating - 5.30pm Thursday 17th October - ONLINE Option AVAILABLE!

- Zumba Gold/Chair at Woytopia,10.30am Sunday 13th October

- Everything IncrEDIBLE Edible and Sensory Garden Tour - 10am Sunday 3rd November

Check out our Events Page for all the details and share with your family and friends. Book your tickets to our inhouse workshops via Humanitix.

If you would like us to host a nutrition workshop at your workplace or community group on the Central Coast, please get in touch with Carin on 0413 77 44 11 or dietitians@brightdiets.com.au

Be Bold with Zumba Gold

The best thing I love about Zumba is that is makes dance accessible to all. Following a bit of an injury, I am converting my classes to mixed chair/standing for the next few weeks which works perfectly for people who are new, building up their cardio fitness or getting to know the new steps, people who feel they feel unco-ordinated and not confident, or for those limited mobility or with hip, knee or foot issues.

I am thrilled to have been asked to host a 30 minute class at Woytopia for which I will be trialling a Chair and standing Zumba class.

Regular classes:

10.45am Tuesday: Conveniently Active at Erina. Contact Conveniently Active to book in and arrange exercise screening prior to attending.

11am Friday: Narara Eco-Village.

We also do Zumba Gold gift vouchers for Fridays class. Zumba Gold 10 Class Pass Vouchers $150 including a complimentary class for you or the recipient.

Zumba Gold classes are run all over the Central Coast by other instructors so if need help finding a class near you please get in touch. Email or contact us on 0413 774 411.

Bright Blogs

Learn about the health benefits of Eating a Rainbow in this month's Bright Blog, by Carin Clegg. Check it our here.

Recipe of the Month

Family Favourite Fried Rice

This is a regular dish in our houshold, as I can put pretty much any type of vegetable in it to reduce food waste and help everyone to eat their veggies. Great as a side dish and to adapt for a balanced meal by adding omellette, tofu, nuts, chickpeas or meat.

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

1 cup low GI / basmati rice
1/3 cup quinoa
1 carrot or pumpkin
1 zucchini or choko
1 cup broccoli or cauliflower
1 cup green beans, snow peas or peas
1 cup cabbage or spinach
1 shallot
1 clove of garlic
2 cups boiling water
1 Tb oil: canola or sesame
salt and pepper
herbs such as corriander, lemongrass, Vietnamese mint, basil mint- finely sliced

Method

Cook rice with quinoa via the absorption method.
Chop up all vegetables
Add oil to a large medium heated pan.
Add garlic and saute until fragrant.
Then add the vegetables: hard ones first like carrot, pumpkin, choko, broccoli, then add zucchini, then beans and then leaves like cabbage and shallott.
When cooked mix the rice with the vegetables. Add some salt, pepper, desired herbs or Asian sauces as desired depending on what you serve the fried rice with.

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