Raw/health food bars

I have an obsession with raw food bars at the moment, I search the isles of the supermarket for new things every week. Raw food would be the ideal diet for me and I would love to give it a go, but it is very expensive to get set up and its not everyone cuppa tea. Recipes are easy to find as its very popular at the moment, so I am going to try as much as I can, well anything thats easy that is.
For now I am sticking to these raw/health bars, the Counter Bar from Coles is great, they have a huge range of bars for all taste buds. Be careful though as not all of them are gluten free (some have oats). The raw chocolate and raw date almond and chia are my favourite. Great little pick me up.
The other ones are Macro from Woolworths, they are a chocolate bar substitute I suppose. They are fantastic, cheap and a rather large bar.
All of these bars are filling and a much healthier option!

baked goodies from Birdseed

Whenever I want a cake, a sweet treat or just something tasty and gluten free I head to Birdseed in Prospect. They do wonderful cakes and sweet treats that can be taken away or you can dine in for lunch too. We ordered a cake for work and it was the most dense, moist, tasty and mouth watering gluten free cake we have ever had, plus I ordered it the afternoon that I picked it up. I took my Mum there for lunch once and she couldn't believe the food being served was gluten free, she thought it was great too!
You can find Birdseed at: https://www.facebook.com/BirdseedTweet

Burger Junkie food van

Everyone likes takeaway but unfortunately its not that easy for us coeliacs. But don't worry I have found some great takeaway spots that we can safely eat in Launnie. Burger Junkie food van is one of them. Serve different burgers weekly and can do all of them up gluten free. The bread buns they use are awesome, taste so fresh and real! I had a wagyu beef burger with mustard and pickle and lots of other goodness. It was a wonderful burger and very filling, plus a good price too. The staff were very helpful and happy to work with my allergies. Unfortunately I couldn't eat the chips/fries, they looked awesome though!
To find them you will need to like their Facebook page as they change locations each night.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burger-Junkie/1422632987961758 

Peanut butter icecream

Yeop it's gluten free and tastes pretty wicked! (even though I shouldn't be eating dairy, Ooops!)

Lunch at Net19

Today is an RDO for Aaron so I decided to take the day off too and go for lunch at Net19 in Newstead. It's a fancy fish and chip Cafe in a groovy little complex. They had a few gluten free options on the menu but I couldn't resist the calamari salad. They also do chips that are gluten free because they have a separate deep fryer for chips. The whole meal was oamazing, the salad has this awesome aioli on it and a sweet soy dressing. I wish the meal never ended.
I washed it all down with an organic ginger beer. Yum yum yum is the best way to describe this meal/Cafe.

Coconut & Lime chicken with wombok salad

I invited my Dad and his partner over for dinner when we moved into our new place earlier this year and I wanted to cook something, simple but effective but different to what I normally do. I searched the net and found a recipe for coconut and lime chicken with a wombok salad on the Coles website. I had all the ingredients in the pantry. just needed to get the fresh veggies and chicken.
When the chicken was cooked it looked a bit like crumbed fish fillets, so I fooled Dad as he got chicken not fish!
It was a great fresh light meal that would be fantastic for a BBQ or warm summers night, of course I am odd and had it in Autumn/winter. But I do have it for lunch today and I am very excited!
Here is the recipe: http://recipes.coles.com.au/recipes/3609/lime-coconut-skewers-with-wombok-salad/

Thai chicken and pasta

I was scrolling through the pages of the Women's Health website and came across this healthy and very quick recipe. I reckon it took me about 15 minutes to prepare and cook this meal and it tasted great!
The only thing different was that I used red thai curry paste and chicken thigh as its nicer then breast.
Also I found a new pasta at Coles, its Heinz gluten free and comes in a wide range of pasta styles. I used the Penne and couldn't fault it: http://www.heinz.com.au/Our-Products/Gluten-Free/Pasta/Gluten-Free-Penne

Here is the link to the recipe, I forgot to take a photo of this one but it did look enticing.
https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/womens-health/nutrition/recipes/recipe/-/7870442/thai-chicken-and-pasta/

Remember, just because the recipe or food label doesn't say gluten free doesn't mean it isn't. A lot of the food I eat doesn't mention gluten free, but if you read the label well enough you will soon discover a lot of items on the shelves that are safe. I substitute a lot of things in recipes with gluten free options.