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April 30, 2025

Make the CHANGE…

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Do you ever feel stuck in the same routines, hoping for a different result?

A new month is the perfect invitation to shift gears—to pause, reflect, and consider what small change might unlock something greater in your life. Because the truth is, even the tiniest pivot can set off a ripple effect. So, where could you begin to Make the CHANGE?

Start with Your Mornings

Maybe it’s time to upgrade how you start the day. Last month, we focused on better breakfasts—nourishing your body with real food, not just whatever’s quick and easy. A wholesome morning sets the tone for more energy, clarity, and calm throughout the day.

Reconnect for a Boost

Connection isn’t a luxury—it’s essential. Could you schedule a monthly catch-up with a friend who lifts your spirits? Take it a step further: meet up for a walk, and you’ve got movement and meaningful conversation in one beautiful combo.

Clear the Clutter

There’s something powerful about tidying your physical space. Whether it’s your wardrobe, your kids’ toy shelves, or the bookshelf that’s become a catch-all—it all counts. Decluttering can lighten not just your home but your mental load too. Start small, and let the sense of relief fuel your next step.

Choose Low-Tox Swaps

Reducing your exposure to toxins doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Start with one swap: maybe your skincare or your all-purpose cleaner. Small, intentional changes can support your body’s ability to thrive—and often, they inspire you to make even more conscious choices.

Move to Shift Your Energy

You don’t need to join a gym or overhaul your routine. Just move. A short daily walk, a gentle yoga stretch, or even five minutes of Pilates on the lounge room floor can change how you feel—mentally and physically.

As we step into a new month, ask yourself:

What’s one change you can start with that will have the biggest positive impact on your life?

Let’s make the change together.

October 1, 2024

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October 1, 2024

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September 8, 2024

SPRING into salads

Spring into SALADS

Do you find yourself standing in front of the pantry each night wondering what on earth to make for dinner?

As the weather warms and we step into SPRING, it’s the perfect time to bring more fresh, vibrant salads into your life. This month, I’m here to help you get unstuck in the kitchen with simple, quick, and delicious salad ideas that are healthy, satisfying, and easy to throw together—so you can spend less time cooking and more time doing what lights you up.

We’ll be focusing on balanced salads that combine:

Complex carbohydrates
Healthy fats
Protein
Non-starchy vegetables

These aren’t your average salads—they’re full meals that nourish you from the inside out.

I’ll be sharing a bunch of delicious and nourishing “Spring into Salads” ideas over on Instagram throughout the month. Come follow along and try some out: @muchomama38

I seriously love love love this challenge—and I can’t wait to hear which salads you fall in love with!

Come join the fun!

✨ The Spring Avocado Corn Salad will be the star of any spring gathering—fresh, creamy, zesty, and totally crowd-pleasing.

SPRING AVOCADO CORN SALAD

5 corn on the cob (grilled)

cortija cheese (Mexican cheese similar to fet)

2 medium avocados (cubed)

½ cup coriander (cilantro)

1 garlic clove

1 jalapeño

1 small bunch of shallots

¼ cup pumpkin seeds (roasted and salted)

DRESSING

blend of mayonnaise lime juice olive oil garlic and sumac makes this balanced tastes and zesty for this delish salad

2 Tblsp of mayonnaise

4 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons lime juice

½ tsp kosher salt (Maldon salt etc)

¾ tsp Sumac (ground)

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

Char the corn: Add 1 tsp of oil to large fry-pan and once hot add 3 cobs of corn and roll in oil and then let sit undisturbed for 4 minutes until bottom is slight charred. Toss and continue cooking until done to your liking and set aside to cool. The remaining cobs remain raw to add more texture.
Prepare the dressing: while the corn cools combine the remaining olive oil (3 Tblsp), lime juice, mayonnaise, shallots, garlic, sumac (or paprika), salt and pepper and whisk in a bowl.
Combine the corn salad ingredients: Once corn is cool, carefully cut off the corn from the cob and transfer them to a large mixing bowl along with the diced avacado, jalapeno, coriander, pumpkin seeds, cotija cheese, reminaing ½ tsp and ¼ tsp black pepper.
Pour over dressing over salad and toss to combine. Garnish with extra herbs, seeds and cheese.

NOTE: with jalapeño make sure you remove the seeds & the flavour will still be enhanced by balancing the sweetness of the corn (without making it too hot).

VARIATIONS

Black beans in place of two cobs of corn
balsamic vinegar for lime juice
cherry tomatoes and reduce corn cobs to only 4 cobs
swap red onion for shallots
herbs a mix of basil and mint or chives can be used too

March 3, 2023

CREATE your own celebration box…

Coming soon – how to make your very own ‘CELEBRATION BOX’ filled with ‘birthday bunting’, celebratory table cloths and special items to help you CREATE and CELEBRATE!

x Mucho Mama – Naomi

March 2, 2023

‘don’t let motherhood make you lose your MINDfulness’

Don’t Let Motherhood make you lose your MIND(fulness)

One of the most nourishing things you can do to protect your peace and presence in motherhood is to create simple rhythms that help you slow down—just a little—each day.

One rhythm I absolutely love is afternoon tea-time.

There’s something so grounding about the ritual of making a cup of tea and truly savouring it. Whether it’s a takeaway from your favourite café or a brew made at home, give yourself permission to pause. Even just five minutes can make a world of difference.

Sit. Be still.
Read a few pages of a book or flip through a magazine you love.
Or simply tune into your surroundings—the breeze, the sounds, the quiet.

Take your shoes off, if you can. Ground yourself. Nourish and nurture, one sip at a time.

There are so many lovely options to enjoy—coffee, peppermint tea, a classic English brew… but my personal favourite is a chai tea brewed gently on almond milk, sweetened with coconut sugar and honey. I try to enjoy it without interruption (which, with three kids and a toddler, is a whole adventure in itself—but I try).

My Nourishing Brewed Chai Recipe

To make a beautifully nourishing chai:

Add 1 tsp of chai per person into a saucepan or chai pot
Add 1 cup of milk per person (I use almond milk)
Warm gently—stirring now and then—but don’t let it boil
Add 1 tsp of coconut sugar per person
In each mug, add 1 tsp of honey
Strain the chai into each mug, pouring it over the honey, and stir to combine

Then—sit down, take a breath, and enjoy each sip as best you can in the season you’re in, beautiful mama.

My Favourite Chai

If you love a good chai, Blissful Chai by Blissful Herbs is the most delicious blend I’ve found yet. (Not sponsored—just sharing something I love!)

Known for her beautiful birthing teas, Blissful Herbs makes this particular chai with a warming, balanced blend of:

Caraway, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, Ginger, Nutmeg, Star Anise, Sweet Orange Peel, Lemon Zest, Chilli

either Black Tea or Rooibos (I always choose rooibos so the kids can enjoy it with me too—just let them know your preference at checkout).

Let me know if you try this rhythm for yourself—it might just become one of your favourite moments of the day.

August 3, 2021

Thats a rice wrap…

Vietnamese Rice Wrap Salad

Rice wraps are up there with my all time fav meal. Finding the time to wrap it all for everyone is quite an effort – so when my kids were little I created this rice wrap salad instead which is much quicker for a quick lunch (or dinner!).

I make my husband and mine up as a proper dressed salad with all ingredients on top but I leave the kids disassembled. They like to eat all the elements of the salad separately. One of my kids likes dressings so they can add some on if they like it, but often times their salad is dressed simply with olive oil and Herbamare.

Vietnamese Rice Wrap Salad – rice wraps without the wrap!

1 packet Vermicilli noodles

1 punnet of mini roma tomatoes

1 lebanese cucumber

1 carrot grated

1 medium-sized block of tofu fried in olive oil and seasoned with herbamare

coriander (optional for kids)

Dressing (optional for kids – ours prefer to have olive oil and salt on their noodles instead!)

1 lime (juice)

1/3 cups sweet chilli sauce

1 Tbls maple syrup or rice malt syrup

1 tsp tamari

August 3, 2021

The Planning Patch

The scene is all too familiar…
Kids dancing wildly, madly, and loudly around my legs, saying that they’re starving—while I stand frozen in front of the pantry or freezer, hoping something jumps out and says, “I am dinner!”

Welcome to my Crazy Patch.

More times than I’d like to admit, this would lead to a quick SOS call to our local Thai restaurant to save the day—and let’s be real, save me from the chaos. But with a new goal to spend less on our food bill, I knew there had to be a better way.

And sure enough, there was.
I noticed the weeks that flowed more smoothly—less stress, less overwhelm, more presence—were the ones where I’d carved out time on the weekend to get ahead. I’d plan out our meals, do a grocery shop, prep a few things for the freezer… and suddenly the week had rhythm and ease.

So now, to avoid the Crazy Patch, I’ve created the Planning Patch.

My Sunday Planning Patch

This is the heart of the whole system—the secret sauce that makes the week work.

Here’s what my Sunday Planning Patch looks like:

Check the fridge & pantry: What do we already have that needs using up?
Write a meal plan based on what’s on hand and what’s needed.
Create a grocery list (and stick to it—no extras!).
Do the grocery shop while the kids head to the park with their papa.
Organise the fridge and pantry: Toss anything old, wipe down shelves, and unpack fresh food straight into the fruit bowl, fridge, or pantry.
Bake something for lunchboxes: Muffins, muesli bars, or a batch of biscuits.
Prep one or two freezer-friendly meals to pull out on those chaotic afternoons (instead of relying on Thai takeout).
Reset the home: Vacuum, mop, and do a quick bathroom refresh—because in my experience, a clean and organised home always leads to a calmer week.

My Daily Planning Patch

Each morning, I start early:

I pack school lunches and make a head start on breakfast before the kids wake up (and yes, 6:30am is now what I call a sleep-in).
If time allows, I even get dinner going—maybe a tagine bubbling on the stove while we eat breakfast and finish getting ready.

When dinner’s sorted early, the whole day feels lighter.
We can linger at the park a little longer, come home to a calm kitchen, and best of all—I usually hear fewer “I don’t like it!” complaints because they’re actually hungry and ready to eat. Bonus.

So, when could you carve out a Planning Patch this week?
Even just a small window of intentional time can turn chaos into calm. I promise—your hectic week will roll out more smoothly with this gentle rhythm in place.

To help you start strong, I’ve included one of my favourite go-to breakfasts below.
It’s nourishing, simple, and fuels both you and your little ones for whatever wild and wonderful moments the day brings.

Because when the morning starts well, you’re better prepared for anything—even the Crazy Patch.

DELISH overnight oats

For a delicious twist of this recipe – use orange juice instead of apple juice. It can easily be made dairy free by using coconut yoghurt.

3 cups rolled oats

500 mls milk (or nut milk)

250 ml cloudy apple juice

2 tbsp raw honey

2/3 cup of sultanas

4 tbsp dried apricots

1 1/2 cups natural yoghurt

2 medium apples (grated)

flaked almonds and fresh seasonal berries to serve

DIRECTIONS

Combine oats, milk, juice, honey and sultanas in a bowl. Cover and refridgerate overnight.
The next morning stir through apricots and yoghurt and grated apple.
Serve with a dollop of extra yoghurt, seasonal berries and flaked almonds.

March 1, 2020

Food in the RAW

Food in the Raw

Okay, so I’m not talking about eating my meals in the nude—I mean food that’s mostly raw, fresh, vibrant, and full of flavour.

Lately, I’ve been leaning into some of my favourite mostly raw recipes that are not only super scrumptious but also quick to make (which is ideal, since my little bambino is a cat-napper some days—these recipes are often prepped, eaten, and cleaned up before she’s awake and ready to play again).

So I thought I’d share one of my go-to favourites:

Lettuce Salad Wraps

For the last three years, every time I went to Melbourne to attend the Wellness Summit, I made it a tradition to visit The Vegie Bar (check them out here). One of their standout dishes was a lettuce wrap served with warm jackfruit on the side—next level delicious.

When I manage to get my hands on jackfruit from a whole-food store, I recreate their version at home. But most of the time, I keep it simple and fresh with this combo:

What you’ll need:

Cos lettuce leaves (nature’s perfect little wrap!)
Grated carrot (don’t hold back)
Sliced avocado (the chunkier the better)
Sliced capsicum
Sliced cucumber
Lemon wedge
A drizzle of balsamic vinegar

Just layer your toppings onto each lettuce leaf, finish with a squeeze of lemon and a drizzle of balsamic, roll it up, and enjoy.

Honestly, in my book, there’s no such thing as too much grated carrot or too-big chunks of avocado in these wraps.

They’re colourful, crunchy, satisfying—and best of all, ready in minutes.

Then place one of each topping in your lettuce leaf and dress with lemon and balsamic and roll it up and enjoy. In my mind you can never have too much grated carrot or too big a chunk of avocado slice in these little wraps!

Asian Carrot Avocado Salad (with ginger dressing)

This is seriously my favourite salad ever! Its such a quick and easy salad to make and even better, the dressing can be made in advance and added on just before you eat – so lends itself well to those healthy ‘foodie’ get togethers.

Salad:

4 cups grated carrots

1/2 cup cilantro, chopped

1/2 cup parsley, chopped

1 shallot, sliced (white and 1 inch of green parts)

1/2 cup raw sesame seeds (with 2 Tbspoons set aside)

1 medium avacado, chopped

Dressing:

2 Tbsp linseed oil

3 Tbsp lime juice

1 1/2 Tbsp tamari sauce (or soya sauce)

1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger

1Tbsp ground coriander

1 Tbsp rice syrup (maple syrup)

Toss: grate carrots and toss in a large bowl with parsley, cilantro, shallots and sesame seeds (reserving 2 Tbsp for later.) and set aside.

Blend: in a food processor, blend oil, lime juice, Tamara, ginger and ground coriander and rice syrup.

Combine: pour dressing over salad and toss well. Gently fold in avocado and sprinkle reserved sesame seeds on top before serving.

Chia Pudding –

This is just seriously so delish! Chia pudding is my go to dessert now for after kids have gone (the kids love them and we often have them for breakfast too but its sometimes nice to eat in silence!). I just love how nourished and good I feel after eating them! I often serve mine with pear and cashews cream (blended up in food processor) and fresh berries and macadamia’s but seriously you could pretty much go crazy and put anything on top and it would totally rock!

Chia Pudding:

90 g chia seeds

600 g almond milk

4 Tbsp Maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

Place all ingredients in a saucepan and stir while heating briefly till mixture warms a little and ensures there isn’t any lumps. Then put into a glass container and let rest in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving.

Cashew cream:

2 cup raw cashews (soaked in warm water for 2 hours and drained if you have time)

1 container of pears in natural juice

blend in a food processor until smooth and creamy

Serve layered with chia and pear cream and top with fresh berries and macadamia nuts

So go and enjoy eating in the RAW…with your clothes on!