Root Cause Recovery

17/08/2025

25/07/2025

🥭Mango Matcha Shake

I have been loving this summery take on my daily matcha.
Not only is it deliciously refreshing, it’s loaded with nutrients😊

🥭Mango is rich in antioxidant vitamins A and C as well as Mangiferin, which also suppresses inflammation and has anti-cancer properties.

🍵Matcha is a great alternative to tea or coffee that can sometimes leave you feeling jittery. Matcha contains caffeine, but also L-theanine, which promotes focus without edginess or anxiety.

Matcha is rich in antioxidant EGCG which has been shown to protect against cell damage, stops cancer cells spreading by shifting their metabolic state and weakens signalling pathways that promote cancer stem cells!

~chop 1 mango or use 2 handfuls of defrosted frozen mango and blend, add to a glass and top with ice cubes
~ Add 1 tsp matcha with a little hot water and use a whisk to prevent any clumps of powder
~ Por 170ml of milk (I use Rude Health Organic coconut) onto the mango
~ Add the shot of matcha on top and shake/stir before drinking.

07/07/2025

Chicken, mango, and red rice salad with honey + mustard dressing 🍯

This tasty summer salad is high in fibre and antioxidants 🌈

For the salad I added:
Romain and lambs lettuce
Homegrown cucumber
Chopped radish
Fresh mango (using frozen mango chunks defrosted is a great option if you do not have fresh)
Spring onion

For the dressing:
2 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp honey
-/2 tsp Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper

Nutritionist

27/03/2025

Farinata- still one of my fav lunches, today with mushrooms, red onion and feta cheese 🧀

Scroll down my grid for the recipe but it’s super easy!

24/03/2025

Courgette and Orange cake 🍰

With two hungry mouths to feed (my partner and son, one is growing upward the other outwards🫢)
I always try to make a couple of homemade, healthier snacks each week for after school/work.

I fancied making a carrot cake but then I realised I had courgettes and blood oranges to use up and as my go-to courgette brownies are a hit in this house ( slightly adapted version of recipe) I decided to give this combo a try, verdict… the cake doesn’t look like this anymore and yes it’s delicious 😋

To make this I used-

-1 large courgette, grated in a muslin and excess water squeezed out
-Grated peel of 1 large blood orange (reserve some for topping)
- 120g sultanas
-100g coconut sugar
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
-280g gf self-raising flour (doves farm)
-1 tsp baking powder
-130ml olive oil

For the frosting
- 1 tub cream cheese (I used Waitrose organic)
- 100g icing sugar, sifted
- sprinkling of orange zest

Preheat the oven to fan 160 and grease a 1lb loaf tin

Mix the courgette, sugar, sultanas, olive oil and orange zest together and then fold in the flour and baking powder
Cook for 50 minutes, you may need to cover with foil for the last 10 minutes to prevent the top burning

While the cake is cooking mix the cream cheese and icing sugar and put in fridge to chill
Once cake is cooked allow to cool and then add the topping.

20/03/2025

🥗Brown rice salad with pistachio, spring onion, pomegranate, chopped parsley, mint and olive oil ready to go with our griddled lamb steaks this evening

08/03/2025

Chicken, orange and chickpea salad 🥗

Roasted blood orange and chicken are a match made in heaven!🧡

Blood oranges get their colour from anthocyanins, antioxidants that only develop after temperature drops below zero for at least an hour, these oranges come from the foothills of Mount Etna in Sicily.

*Tip- To keep them fresh and juicy store in the fridge

28/02/2025

🤣Haha I always said I’m like a detective 🕵️‍♀️
Have you trieied this ?

27/02/2025

Goats milk yogurt for protein, nuts for healthy fats, cherries and wild bilberries for antioxidant support🫐

Did you know that bilberries are one of the richest sources of anthocyanins, giving them their blue/black colour, they also contain other phenolic compounds and therefore have amazing antioxidant properties!

These berries can support-

🫐cardiovascular health by lowering inflammation
🫐DNA protection = anti-cancer effects and have been shown in studies to inhibit cell growth and promoted cancer cell death in cultured breast cancer cells.
🫐blood sugar balance- shown to possess antidiabetic properties improving blood sugar control by stimulating insulin secretion

You can buy organic and wild frozen berries from health food stores, a quick and easy way to supercharge your breakfasts and snacks! 🌈

24/02/2025

Made a batch of courgette and ricotta muffins for lunch and snacks over the next few days, these can be reheated in the oven 😁

You will need-

🥒2 small courgettes, grated into a muslin and then squeeze out as much water as you can
🥚5 eggs
250g ricotta
120g flour (I used doves farm gluten free plain)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup of mixed herbs (I used parsley and chives)
Generous sprinkling of salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 180
Spoon mixture into muffin tins
Bake for 25 minutes

! It’s best not to use muffin cases and just grease the muffin tin as I usually do as the mixture can stick to the paper, but I clearly wasn’t thinking this morning 😝

I served them up for lunch with a big dollop of homemade hummus, a large salad and crumbled feta 😋

22/02/2025

Post swim brunch🏊‍♀️
-buttery sweet potato mash with Leap wild salmon, eggs and my daily dose of sprouted broccoli seeds drizzled with honey sriracha sauce

So chuffed I can eat smoked salmon again without a histamine flair, shows me that the gut support I put in during and post-chemo has done its job😃