Warm Almond Orange Cake

Warm Almond Orange Cake

Our Cook Oriana shares her delicious cake recipe. Preheat oven 190C Ingredients: -2 medium oranges, fresh whole with rind on -1 1/4 tsp baking powder -12 tablespoons of egg replacer (I recommend the Organ Gluten Free Egg Replacer Mix brand) -1 1/4 cups coconut sugar...
Billabong Poached Pear

Billabong Poached Pear

Billabong Retreat Head Chef Adam shares his delicious Poached Pear recipe. Adam’s poached pears are gluten, dairy and refined sugar free. Makes 6 Ingredients: 3 corella pears 100ml agave 500ml water 1 cinnamon stick 1 star anise 4 cloves 1/4 tsp fresh nutmeg 6...
Roast Pumpkin Hummus

Roast Pumpkin Hummus

Ingredients 3/4 cup ice cold water 400g of cooked chickpeas 200g of cooked white beans juice of 1 lemon 1 clove of garlic tsp of cumin tsp of turmeric 1/3 cup of tahini 1 cup of roast pumpkin 1 tsp of salt Method Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Place sliced pumpkin...
Balancing Kitchari

Balancing Kitchari

A balancing comfort food, filled with fibre, protein and complex carbohydrates. Kitchari is often given as an Ayurvedic remedy to people who need rejuvenation from chronic exhaustion, poor digestion, or an over-toxic system. This seriously tasty kitchari offers warmth...
Vegan Salted Caramel Slice

Vegan Salted Caramel Slice

Using all Natural Sugars. Dairy Free, Gluten free and Vegan Ingredients: Base 1/2 cup of almonds 1/2 cup of cashews or macadamia (or mixture of both) 1/2 cup of cacao powder 1 cup of soaked dates (soak in boiling water) pinch of salt (preferably celtic or pink salt)...
Creamy Sweet Potato Dahl

Creamy Sweet Potato Dahl

GF, DF, NF, VEGAN I love this recipe in winter, it’s warming both in spice and heat, nurturing and just tastes wonderful. The sweet potato gives this dish such a lovely texture as well as adding a delicious sweetness. Enjoy! Serves 5-6 Ingredients 1 cup split red...
Winter Pumpkin and Chicken soup  

Winter Pumpkin and Chicken soup  

Why not combine our two favourite winter soups to create one delicious soup. Inspired by trying to please everyone at meal times I did just that. This recipe uses a whole chicken and creates a large batch of soup to freeze. Halve the recipe if you only want to feed...
Raspberry Choc Coconut Spelt Slice

Raspberry Choc Coconut Spelt Slice

Great for school lunches or an afternoon snack or with tea for you and friends. Ingredients ½ cup dessicated coconut 1 cup spelt flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ cup melted coconut oil 3 tblsps rice syrup or honey 3 organic eggs ½ cup almond milk or milk of your...
Pumpkin Soup

Pumpkin Soup

GF, DF, NF, SF, GRF, VEGAN Anti-inflammatory through the addition of ginger and turmeric, this soup is truly warming and satisfying. Serves 5-6 Ingredients 1.2 kg pumpkin (such as Jap), peeled and diced 300 g sweet potato, peeled and diced 1 medium brown onion,...
Lemon Avocado Pudding

Lemon Avocado Pudding

This is such a fresh, light and delicious dessert. It’s quick to make and will delight your guests every time! GF, DF, NF, GRF, VEGAN Serves 3-4 Ingredients 3 large ripe avocados Juice of 1-2 lemons (depending on taste) 1/3 cup raw honey (or to taste) 2 cups coconut...
Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Chocolate Sesame Cookies

This is a great go-to recipe for when a serious cookie is required. The sesame and chocolate combination is just lovely and the texture is solid, which for me is just perfect. GF, DF, VEGAN Makes 10-12 cookies Ingredients 1 cup sesame seeds 1 cup almond meal ½ cup...
Parsley Tahini Dressing

Parsley Tahini Dressing

Creamy and divine, this dressing has been a crowd pleaser since its creation many years ago. Serve it on roast vegetables, as a dip or as a creamy sauce on dairy-free pizza. GF, DF, NF, SF, GRF, VEGAN Makes approximately 2 cups Ingredients 1 cup hulled tahini Juice of...
Choc-banana Cake

Choc-banana Cake

This delicious gluten and dairy free cake is so easy to make and great with strawberries piled on top for any special day. ingredients 3 cups blanched almond meal ½ teaspoon bi carb 3 medium size black bananas 4 organic eggs 2 tspns vanilla tspn of cinnamon ½ cup of...
Massaged Kale and Carrot Salad

Massaged Kale and Carrot Salad

This delicious kale salad recipe is perfect for first time kale cooks and experienced kale lovers, a simple yet tasty combination we be sure to have yourself and your guests going back for more. Ingredients 1 medium bunch kale – stalks removed and shredded or...
Kale and Broccoli Soup  

Kale and Broccoli Soup  

This soup is delicious, alkalising and ever so simple to make plus, with the addition of the unpastuerised paste at the end, the soup includes beneficial bacteria. Serves 4-5 Ingredients 1 medium onion, roughly chopped 1 tbsp ghee or extra virgin coconut oil 1 clove...
Golden Milk

Golden Milk

Turmeric has been used for thousands of years for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It is also known for it’s benefits to liver function, digestion, immune function and even protection from cancer. It’s great to put in curries, soups and fresh juices,...
Lemon & Spice Carrot Soup

Lemon & Spice Carrot Soup

Serves 3-4 This is a wonderfully spiced soup that will definitely raise the temperature of the bodies delighting in it. Ingredients 550g carrots, peeled and roughly chopped 1 brown onion, roughly chopped 1 tbsp ghee or extra virgin coconut oil for cooking 1 ½ tsp...
Chocolate Avocado Pudding

Chocolate Avocado Pudding

Gluten free, Nut free, Vegan Blender required (Serves 6) A surprisingly decadent taste and texture, this is a long-standing crowd pleaser. Enjoy it as a simple chocolate mousse or as a soft vegan icing. Ingredients 2 ripe small/medium avocados ¾ cup real maple syrup 1...
Celebration Chocolate Beetroot Cake

Celebration Chocolate Beetroot Cake

This is a seriously delicious and earthy chocolate cake. This recipe has been used for many a wedding, engagement party, birthday or baby shower and is a perfect treat for Christmas! it never fails to impress. Ingredients: 3 medium beetroots 2 cups brown rice flour ½...
Easy Lemon Curd Cheese Cake

Easy Lemon Curd Cheese Cake

This scrumptious creamy cake is high in healthy fats and virtually fructose free. It is Gluten and grain free too. Its super easy and looks really special too You will need 1 x 12 inch spring form cake tin lined with baking paper Base 2 ½ cups almond meal ¾...
Pumpkin Frittata

Pumpkin Frittata

Serves: 4 Time to make: 40 mins Ingredients: ½ a pumpkin 1 red capsicum 2 cups chopped spinach 5 eggs 150g cottage cheese salt and pepper Instructions Preheat the oven to 200°C. Have a large baking dish ready, lightly greased. Dice pumpkin into little squares. Place...
Beetroot Salad

Beetroot Salad

A Super simple salad! Ingredients: 2-3 Beetroots 2 Stocks of Spring onion Dressing: 250 ml Apple Cider Vinegar 250ml Olive Oil 2 table spoons Honey Mix the Apple cider vinegar, olive oil and honey in a 500ml glass bottle. Shake well. Keep in fridge for later use....
Spicy Pumpkin & Apple Cake

Spicy Pumpkin & Apple Cake

Ingredients:     4 eggs (free range)     2/3 cup of olive oil     ½ cup of honey (to taste, can add a little more)     3 cups spelt flour     1tsp bicarbonate     1tsp baking powder     2tsp ginger powder     2tsp cinnamon     ½ nutmeg     1 ½ – 2 cups grated...
Big Fat Lies by David Gillespie

Big Fat Lies by David Gillespie

By Paul von Bergen There is a lot of confusion out there at the moment about what exactly is causing the high rates of cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes that we are seeing particularly in the Western world. Certainly the trend over the past fifty years of...
Apricot, Coconut & Almond Meal Bliss Balls

Apricot, Coconut & Almond Meal Bliss Balls

Makes around 15 Bliss Balls are such a wonderful treat and super-food snack. You can put almost anything in them, nuts seeds, dried fruit, peppermint or orange oils! And it’s so easy too. 2 cups almond meal 200 g of dried apricots (soak over night) 11/2 cups...
Gluten Free Banana Muffins

Gluten Free Banana Muffins

with Coconut, Vanilla, Honey. Dairy, Wheat & Gluten Free.  Recipe: Makes at least 68 mini muffins. Ingredients: 4 Bananas 100grams of Desiccated Coconut 3 table spoons of Honey 1 table spoon of Vanilla Extract ½ cup of Almond Milk (room temperature) 3 Eggs (room...
Cookies with Macadamia Nuts

Cookies with Macadamia Nuts

(courtesy of the Merrymaker Sisters ) We have forever been searching for the perfect paleo cookies. Several faileos (too hard, tastes like cardboard, crumbles + falls apart = gross) later, here it is! Our (to date) favourite paleo cookies! We like ours soft + chewy...
Avocado cacao mousse with raspberries and coconut cream

Avocado cacao mousse with raspberries and coconut cream

serves 6 2 large avocados 1tsp vanilla 3 tblsp sweetner of choice, honey or coconut syrup (or equivalent stevia if avoiding sugars) 3 tblsp cacao powder 1 cup of fresh or frozen raspberries 6 individual glasses Use a food processor or stick blender to combine all...
Raw Gluten free muesli

Raw Gluten free muesli

Ingredients ½ cups sesame seeds  ground ½ cups linseeds ground 1/2cups sunflower seeds not ground ½ cups almonds, raw or baked ½ cups of coconut flakes or shredded.  (optional) ½ cups pepitas ½ bag brown rice puffs 2-3 tblsp  cinnamon Combine all ingredients well,...
Black Sticky Rice and Spinach Pie

Black Sticky Rice and Spinach Pie

Serves 4-5 125 gram cup brown rice 75gram black rice 1 x lg cottage cheese 1/8 small block cheddar 1-2 pkts chopped spinach, Seasoning 2 sheets filo Black sesame seeds Veg stock 1 onions 1 cloves garlic Basil 1 teaspoons Dill 1 teaspoons Nutmeg 1 teaspoons Tamari...
Billabong Vegetable Curry

Billabong Vegetable Curry

Serves four This is a really simple delicious curry, you can use whatever veg you like, I love sweet potato as it thickens and sweetens the curry adding loads of fibre without being too starchy 1 tblspn of ghee or coconut oil 1 large onion 2 garlic cloves 2 tsp of...
Gluten Free Buckwheat  Pancakes

Gluten Free Buckwheat  Pancakes

(makes about 16 pancakes) Tory has made these pancakes for years with just the buckwheat flour, they are delicious and so easy. The rule of thumb with pancakes is often the first one is not so good, so don’t worry, the rest will be great. The flax seeds add fibre and...
Daddy’s Special Eggy Breakfast

Daddy’s Special Eggy Breakfast

(serves two adults and 3 kids) 10-12 organic eggs clump broccoli 1 x cob sweet corn 1 x carrot  any other veg you desire This is so easy and the kids love it with all it’s different and bright colours. Appearance is a big thing when getting kids to eat vegetables! Mix...
Billabong Toasted Granola

Billabong Toasted Granola

Makes a medium sized jar or store in a plastic container in the fridge. 3 cups of mixed rolled grains, oats, barley, rye, amaranth, quinoa…or simply just oats. ½ cup chopped almonds 1 cup sesame seeds ½ cup pepitas ½ cup sunflower seeds 1 cup spelt flour 2-4 tbl...
Creamy Breakfast Porridge

Creamy Breakfast Porridge

Serves 6 Ingredients     1 ½ cups of oats (oat flakes)     400ml can of coconut cream     3 cups of water     Honey     Vanilla pods Instructions: Soak oats overnight. Combine oats, coconut milk and water in a saucepan or pot. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and...
Stewed Organic Pears

Stewed Organic Pears

Serves four 4 organic pears 2 tablespoons honey cinnamon stick star anise ginger cardamom   Peel the pears then add the spices and pears to a pan of water. Cook for about 30-45 minutes.   Remove the pears then reduce the syrup to a thickness of your choosing...
Organics at Billabong Retreat

Organics at Billabong Retreat

The Billabong Kitchen and recipes were inspired by the personal  health issues of owner Tory, who undertook vigorous research and experimentation to bring herself back to perfect health, as well as understanding that the journey continues as we change and grow, ebb...
Red Kidney Bean Stew

Red Kidney Bean Stew

Serves 16 5 lrg onions 4 tblsp olive oil 4 sm cans chopped tomato 1kg red kidney beans, black eyed beans and cannelloni beans Season 3 tblsp of tomato paste Paprika 1 teaspoon Barley soaked   2 cups Carrots  1kg Veg stock 11/2 litre Lemon zest and juice of one lemon...
Haz’s Coconut Dahl

Haz’s Coconut Dahl

1 tblsp ghee 2 cups Red lentils soaked over night 1 garlic cloves small Knob ginger grated 500mls veg stock (herbamare is good) ½ can Coconut cream Lemon juice  Fresh coriander leaves In a heavy based pot gentle fry ginger and garlic in ghee until soft.  Add half the...
Rainbow salad

Rainbow salad

Serves 4-6 ¼ white cabbage or Chinese cabbage shredded finely Half a purple cabbage shredded finely Half Celery chopped quite finely 1 carrot sliced finely 3 Green apples chopped in small squares Black or white sesame seeds 2 or 3 Red yellow or green capsicum A...
Coconut Cacao Brittle WOW!

Coconut Cacao Brittle WOW!

Ingredients 1/3 cup coconut oil  2-3 heaped tblspns raw cacao powder 50gms cacao butter (loving earth brand) Coconut sugar (it’s like brown sugar but much better for you)  Stevia powder and drops (only a tiny amount is needed, add more if u want a sweeter version)...
Billabong Supercharged Alkalizing Tonic

Billabong Supercharged Alkalizing Tonic

…for one person We recommend everyone to regularly drink apple cider vinegar ( the good organic stuff with the mother still intact) Anecdotal evidence indicates that ACV relieves joint pain, headaches, arthritis, headaches, fatigue and more.  It is highly alkaline and...
 Back to our roots.  Wise traditions.

 Back to our roots.  Wise traditions.

With so much conflicting information around about diet and what to eat or not to eat it is best to try to ignore or not take to seriously information in the media. Simply ask yourself. “Would my ancestors have  eaten this food” If not..leave it where you found it, it...
Raw cacao and almond meal bliss balls

Raw cacao and almond meal bliss balls

…makes around 15 Bliss Balls are such a wonderful treat and super-food snack. You can put almost anything in them, nuts seeds, dried fruit, peppermint or orange oils! So so easy too. 2 cups almond meal 2 -3 heaped tblspns raw cacao 1 ½ cups pitted dates 11/2 cups...
Tory’s Gluten Free Muffins – Yum

Tory’s Gluten Free Muffins – Yum

Delicious almond, currant and carrot muffins – makes about 10. 3 organic eggs ½ cup olive oil 1/3 cup mapel syrup 1 tspn vanilla 2 tspns cinnamon powder 1tsp baking powder 1tsp baking soda 1 cup of almond meal 1 cup brown rice flour 1/3cup LSA. or any ground...
 Billabong Original OMG chocolate sauce

 Billabong Original OMG chocolate sauce

The yummiest healthiest quickest chocolate sauce in the world! Half a can of organic coconut cream (powder can also be used) 1/3 cup of raw organic cocoa or cacao, more can be added for a darker thicker sauce 1/3 cup of maple syrup, rice syrup,  ½ teaspoon of stevia...
Magnesium, the Miracle Mineral

Magnesium, the Miracle Mineral

Tory has just finished reading ‘Magnesium, the Miracle Mineral, by Sandra Cabot Reading this opened my eyes to the incredible healing powers of magnesium. Most of us are aware of magnesium as a mineral to assist with muscle cramps and heart health. I am surprised to...
Nut roast w gravy

Nut roast w gravy

Serves 6 2 tomatoes chopped ½ cup spelt bread crumbs 2 onions 2 cups raw unsalted cashew nuts 3 cloves garlic 2 eggs Dried Italian herbs (oregano, basil ) 1 cup any grated veges (kumera, pumpkin, zucchini) Olive oil (cold pressed) ½ cup grated cheese (optional) In a...
Miso with Asian veg, Japanese omelette and brown rice 

Miso with Asian veg, Japanese omelette and brown rice 

Serves 6 2 tblspoons of miso paste (fresh or packet) 200gms brown rice (pre cook) 3 tblsp sesame oil 1large bunch Asian greens tamari Splash of Mirin 2 eggs (Tamari roasted) sesame and sunflower seeds Veg stock 1 bunch coriander for garnish 1 small sized root grated...
Tory’s Veggie Stack with Nut Mince

Tory’s Veggie Stack with Nut Mince

For sixteen – divide for less! Baked Seasonal Vegetables  1 whole Pumpkin  3 eggplants Eggplant  3 medium Sweet potato  4-5 Zucchini  2 kgs Rocket  5 large tomato Nut mince for sprinkles 4 Onions 4 cloves Garlic 11/2 cups of any nuts, use at least 2 types like...
Tory’s Thai Pumpkin Soup

Tory’s Thai Pumpkin Soup

Serves 6 1 whole med pumpkin…make sure they are ripe (jap, butternut and qld blue can be used also depending on sweetness and availability) 1 sweet potato 1 med onion diced 300mls veg stock (herbamare) maybe need more, add gradually 2 garlic cloves Seasoning Nutmeg...