June 2013

Lamb and Butternut Tagine with Tabouleh

With regard to fertility, red meat confuses me a little.   Meat was never something I enjoyed eating.   When I was a toddler and ate red meat, it would make me ill, so my parents stopped giving it to me.   As a teen, I claimed I was allergic for school camps, but when I ate at […]

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Dairy Free Seafood Chowder

When I made paella the other night, it came to my attention that I had a bag of frozen seafood mix in the freezer.   I had thought it was frozen prawns so had to fish prawns out of the mix for the paella, but still needed to use up the remainder before it got freezer

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Chicken Fajitas a la California

Mexican Food Although I was always a fan of Mexican restaurants in New Zealand, when I lived in San Francisco I discovered the delights of Californian-Mexican food.   Compared to the stodgy cheesey stuff I loved in New Zealand, Cal-Mex is light, fresh, healthy and tasty.   I regularly treated myself to dos tacos at the taqueria

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Butternut Squash, Spinach and Chickpea Curry with Chapati

I’ve been reading The Fertility Diet by Sarah Dobson.  And although my usual eating style is very close to her suggestions I want to further increase our intake of healthy whole foods and cut down on Mr Duncan’s consumption of meat. This week we got a butternut squash and some spinach in our veg box. Â

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Sewing Maternity-wear for Fun and Love

Super-cute maternity cargo pants The past week had just proved to me I no longer fitted my usual clothing as I’d been holding together my various skirts and trousers with hairbands. So I took the opportunity of the rainy day to sort through what I could and couldnt continue to wear in my wardrobe. Cue

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Tuna Bean Salad / Spaghetti with Tuna sauce

There are many reasons for this Probably my favourite option for lunch is Crussh.   The food tastes good, feels healthy and the salads are substantial – they actually satisfy my appetite.  Sometimes I get their tuna bean salad, but when I do I always think I could so easily make this it home and

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Chicken and Prawn Spanish Paella

Although the veg box only came on Tuesday, I have used up most of the veg already what with the Endive and Asparagus salad, Tuna bean salad and fresh mussels with tomatoes.   Some weeks are like that. Yesterday Mr Duncan failed the medical for his Australian visa with high blood pressure so needs to lose

Serene white lotus flower resting on vibrant green lily pads in a tranquil pond setting.

Hypnotherapy for fertility ‘blocks’?

Last week I made an appointment to see a Counsellor/Hypnotherapist.   I have been worrying, given how difficult it was to get pregnant in the first place, and the two consecutive miscarriages, that somehow my mind/body connection was working against me.   That maybe I was blocking myself somehow and preventing myself from having a

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Witloof, Endive, Chicory and Asparagus Salad

One of the things I like about getting a veg box each week is the variety of fresh seasonal produce.   Sometimes I get an item I’ve never really used before and this is always an opportunity to discover new flavours and methods of cooking. This week we got two heads of something that looked like

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