Clean Eating.. I'm sorry clean what??

Eeek first off I want to say so sorry for not having posted in a while! I didn't intend on this happening, been pretty swamped with Uni lately.. oh the joys of student life haha.

Now that that's all cleared up lets get straight to business... Clean eating.

I'm definitely no clean eating saint, I have my days where I have good intentions on eating well through out the day but then I usually hit a wall somewhere along the way and slip up. Especially when you're busy you can feel that it's hard to make time to actually prepare your meals properly.

I have been trying to get more into clean eating and what that basically means is eating real, wholesome foods a.k.a not processed crap. Im trying to eat as less refined sugars and less foods that have been stripped from their natural nutrients.

I thought eating clean would be really boring and bland but oh boy that is so wrong! You can still make a lot of the same meals and snacks but just substituting some products for healthier alternatives. Also there are sooooo many nicer foods that are so good for you that you wouldn't even realise, it's actually all so exciting. I literally feel so happy right now just writing about it... what a weirdo I know.

Also I would just like to make a point that for me this whole healthy eating  is not to make people to be 'skinny'. Everyone is built differently so it's about being healthy and strong on the inside out, looking after yourself and being the best you that you can be in every way. Why would you want to put something damaging into you? And the effects really do show up as a result, whether it be health issues, skin issues or your energy.

So along with healthy eating this lifestyle journey is about things that affect your mind, body and spirit as a whole.

My foodie insta is @thehealthylife101 if you want to keep updated with my food musings/get ideas. Definitely check out some other bloggers who have amazing recipes and advice and are just inspiring :) I'll post some pics from some of my fave blogs with their instagram. Yay!

P.S healing_belle has an app called the Whole Pantry.. it is amazing! Go check it out!

Take care of yourselves!

Love always,

H
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Top 5 indulgent food experiences around Auckland

These are simple, affordable, tasty treats that I loveee!

If you want a tasty, healthy, filling breakfast I recommend going to Little Bird Organics. They have the most amazing clean eating, mostly raw, organic food. In the picture below I had the Chia Bircher and a Tropical Green Smoothie. It was absolutely delicious and I didn't feel hungry until well into the afternoon! I wanted to buy EVERYTHING in the cafe. Just knowing that there are so many mouth watering options available and they're guilt free just ticked all my boxes. If you want to know more about clean eating have a look at my post which should be up later today (and it'll be on the healthy living tab :))

The following items are not so healthy but hey, you deserve a treat once in a while ;)

First treat is an ice cream from Giapo... For those of you who know about Giapo you will feel my joy and if you don't know about them.. please go try it and then you can feel my joy too. Seriously though, not only do their ice creams tantalise your tastebuds but they are some serious forms of art. Each order is uniquely designed, depending on the flavour of your ice cream will depend on the toppings you receive... In the picture below I had the salted caramel ice cream and they topped it with chocolate, a little eclair type pastry but with some sort of cream/custard filling and they even put some sort of berry puree and caramel sauce. Heaven. Oh but did I mention that Giapo also source their ingredients locally and are organic?? How awesome is that! I can also vouch the pistachio ice cream being amazing so definitely give that one a go to too :)

The second treat is also of the ice cream type.... It's a gelato stick from Milse! Milse also create works of art with their culinary devices... honestly perfection! I think what I had was a green tea, matcha and strawberry gelato stick. It just melts in your mouth and whilst you bite into it you can smell the sweet aromas of the strawberries. They were some kind of dried out crunchy strawberries with a fluffly texture. I was totally sitting there feeling like I was drifting on clouds haha. Take me back any day!!

Another treat I have to expose is something available not just in central Auckland but pretty much in every nook and cranny all over New Zealand! It's an Iced Mocha Frappe from none other than Columbus. Hands down they create the best Iced Mochas I have ever tried.. and I have tried my fair share. If you want a refreshing, chocolatey, coffee tasting, caffeine fix, grab yourself one of these from Columbus and just close your eyes and take it all in... yup amazing. 

And one more treat which I'm alwayyyys craving is.. drumroll please... FEIJOA AND APPLE SMOOTHIE. Wow. Definitely my favourite smoothie flavour! I don't understand how someone could hate feijoas :O but if you want the best feijoa smoothie head to Crave. Not only do they taste amazing but Crave give all their profits towards destroying poverty of any kind. I don't know about you but I think that is an awesome thing to be apart of! Good on you Crave! But if you aren't able to head to Crave and you've got a local Columbus around they also do great feijoa and apple smoothies just like their iced mochas :) I don't have a picture of the smoothie so you'll just have to trust me! 

Hope this gives any Auckland goers some insight into the gems that lay right under our noses! 

What are some other posts you'd like me to cover? I'll try my best! 

Fell free to comment on any of my posts I'd love to hear from you! 

Go take yourself out on a 'me' day today and treat yourself... go on!

Love always,

H

xx