A Tasty Send-off to Geelong

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With only 5 weeks until I leave Geelong to move back home to sunny Brisbane, yesterday saw my final Cooking Classes being held in Geelong! And what a day it was! In the morning I ran a healthy cooking demonstration & workshop for the super-motivated members of U Can 2 Weight Loss & Fitness. This was a tailored a workshop specifically designed … Read More

Wanderlust Sunshine Coast, 2015

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Wanderlust

My Weekend at Wanderlust Sunshine Coast 15-18 October 2015   Only a few weeks ago I saw a fun competition appear on the Instagram account of one of my favourite health promoters – Food Matters. The competition required entrants to repost the image of 3 random ingredients (originally posted by Food Matters) along with a recipe of a delicious dish … Read More

Penny’s Guide to Healthy Travel Snacks

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Penny’s Guide to Healthy Travel Snacks   I don’t deny that part of the pleasure of travelling is, of course, experiencing the local cuisine; be it snack foods, dinners, street food or delightful desserts. However, even just a couple of days indulging in a few too many croissants, patisseries, camembert, curries and gelato throughout the day can certainly take its toll … Read More

Vegetables are a Winner!

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Another weekend, another cooking class with PB Lifestyles! What fun we all had getting Vivacious with our Veggies at Sunday’s Cooking class, learning new ways to use veggies in the kitchen! Sheila loved the “Cheesy” Veggie Bake, while Elizabeth couldn’t get enough of the Carrot-Cake Bircher Muesli, Janelle went straight home and made the sun-dried Tomato and Carrot fritters for … Read More

Private Cooking Classes in the comfort of your own home!

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In-home cooking class

Newlyweds Tamra and Grey experienced a PB Lifestyles’ in-home private cooking class as a special activity on their honeymoon! I tailored a menu specific for them and their particular dietary requirements, likes, dislikes as well as the areas they really wanted to improve on in the kitchen. I brought everything to them (except a little salt and pepper and a … Read More

Healthy Travel with Em Esselmont and Wellbeing Worldwide

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Healthy Travel

Healthy Travel with Em Esselmont and Wellbeing Worldwide What do you do when you have a passion for exploring the faraway ends of the earth, a career in the Allied Health industry, an engrained healthy lifestyle and whole lot of vision and ambition? You create an interactive, online database to help travellers stay healthy, of course! This is precisely what Em … Read More

PALEO AND VEGAN CHEESE RECIPES

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Vegan Cheese

PALEO AND VEGAN CHEESE RECIPES Are you intolerant to dairy or whey? Are you Vegan or Paleo or experimenting with Vegan/Paleo?  Are you generally interested in trying different, healthy recipes? Personally, I recently discovered that I have a sensitivity to Whey so I’ve been searching for different options where I would normally have used dairy products. Having a Dutch heritage, cheese … Read More

Let’s talk Lifestyle with @Grub_Guide_Geelong

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Meet the face behind Geelong’s fastest growing Instagram page; @Grub_Guide_Geelong   It’s is with great excitement that I share with you this article and interview, introducing you to the face behind Geelong’s fastest growing Instagram page, @Grub_Guide_Geelong, that shares everything delicious, nutritious and local! Grub Guide is expanding fast with a brand new website and Facebook page enabling the local-love to … Read More

PB Lifestyles at Sydney’s City2Surf

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PB Lifestyles City2surf

PB Lifestyles makes an appearance at the 44th Annual Sydney City2Surf!   Sunday 9th August saw four amazing people take part in Sydney’s City2Surf as part of team PB Lifestyles! For Justine Davis and Marty Tindal, this was their first EVER City2Surf, while Danni Buchner had done it once before (plus I’ve done it 4 times before as well). And what a … Read More

Vital Ingredients to a Healthy Cooking Class at Vines Road!

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On Sunday 2nd August, Dave, Shelley, Julie, Sylvie, Karen and Rose spent their Sunday learning just how easy healthy cooking really is at the PB Lifestyles Full Health Cooking Class at Vines Road Community Centre! We started the day making some delicious Peanut Butter and Caramel Bliss Balls – which normally only takes 10minutes but took a bit longer after everyone needed to … Read More