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My favourite place - my vegetable garden.

Hello, my name is Shirley. Thank you for dropping bye to read my Food blog. I am here it Introduce you to ''Real Food now'' My journey of a healthy lifestyle begins in the beautiful setting of Queenstown, New Zealand. I love feeding nutritional whole foods to my family and friends and I love to grow organic vegetables. My goal is to bake processed sugar free, low fructose and mostly gluten free.

Also to buy only meat that is grass fed, organic and no antibiotics involved.

This is because my husband and I feel so much better when we eat this way, we have more energy and any bloating and extra weight does not happen anymore. I am a firm believer in good gut health because without a healthy gut, we get sick. I love fermented food because they put good bacteria in your gut.

I love using sourdough for my muffins, bread and crepes. Easier on the gut and I get to absorb all the nutrients.

I have a wonderful husband Glenn who has been a great provider and is amazing at building anything, including my vegetable garden boxes. We have been happily married for 32 years, with many more to come.

We have three adult daughters, two are studying away from home and one working in Queenstown. I cant forget our fluffy spoodle called Coco, who will be in many of my ''adventure'' photo's.

Our youngest left home in 2014 to study so I ''cut the apron strings ''(as they say in NZ ) and they are all free :). But I have to say, when they come back for holidays, it's nice to hear their laughing, joking and debating again.

I hope you enjoy reading my blog and trying out my recipes. By helping you become healthier I am also helping myself become healthier.

I hold cooking classes in my kitchen, for kids and adults. My most popular adult class is my Fermenting class and promoting gut health.

http://realfoodnow.nz/how-to-make-your-own-probiotics-class/

By the way - I am not a photographer, I just pick up my camera and click as I cook :)