Author: Michelle Floate
Cookbook author, food stylist and food photographer
Bliss-Full Bowls
What is Bliss-Full Bowls? Bliss-Full Bowls is made to inspire you to nourish your body with as many beautiful high quality ingredients as you can get your hands on each day. Every meal is an opportunity to fuel your body with beautiful, tasty & fresh ingredients to promote health & longevity. I focus on ‘clean’ [...]Healing Endometriosis with Good Food
MY LIFE WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS I remember having painful periods in high school but not thinking much of it. I just took a painkiller and went on my way, little did I know that this was the beginning of a nightmare to come. I went on the pill not long after high school and my painful [...]Smoked Salmon and Goats Cheese Super Salad
Smoked Salmon & Goats Cheese Super Salad Calories per serve- 258 Serves – 1 INGREDIENTS 2 cups salad greens 50g cherry tomatoes, sliced 30g baby radish, sliced 15g red onion, chopped 30g fat-free sundried tomatoes, chopped 20g soft goats cheese, crumbled 90g smoked salmon, torn 10ml lemon juice 1 tsp whole egg mayo [...]Tips that could bring you some extra Zzzzzzz’s!
How I changed from a terrible sleeper to a champion sleeper! We all need good quality sleep but somehow the simplest need can be the hardest thing to achieve. One lifestyle change won’t necessarily be the answer but a combination of changes may help you get that rest you long for. I have compiled [...]Tuna Sweet Corn Mornay : One of my all time faves and less than 300 calories!
Tuna Sweet Corn Mornay GLUTEN FREE Prep time - 20 min. Cooking time - 20 min. Calories - 290 per serve, serves 4 Ingredients 160g gluten free spiral pasta, 100g red onion finely chopped, 100g corn kernels, 150g tuna (drained weight), 100ml full fat milk (if you use low fat milk then [...]Indulge guilt free with my brand new bikini cookbook creamy pasta!
Do you feel like a deliciously decadent creamy pasta but have to stop yourself because you are worried about gaining weight just thinking about it? Well worry no longer because I have a beautiful recipe I just made this evening in Lake Como, Italy that is only 375 calories per serve. Don't assume that rich Italian [...]Our Top 3 Healthy Holiday Cacao Snacks for Kids
Our Top 3 Healthy Holiday Cacao Snacks for Kids Vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free and free from artificial sweeteners. On the school holidays we always want to give our kids a treat but it doesn't have to mean junk food. Take a look at some of these healthy holiday snacks that are all made with [...]The Vegetarian Bikini Cookbook E-BOOK! Gluten Free!
By popular demand ‘the bikini cookbook vegetarian collection’ has been compiled for all the vegetarians out there who are wanting their favourite bikini recipes all in one place. This cookbook comes ONLY as an EBOOK and is a collection of 50 gluten free vegetarian recipes (meat and seafood free) that have been taken from all 8 [...]Pork rice paper dumplings – free recipe
Pork Rice Paper Dumplings Gluten Free and Dairy Free Prep time 40 min. Cooking time 30 min. Cooling time 10 min. 180 calories per serve, serves 6. Makes 30 small dumplings. Ingredients 50g mushrooms 4 cloves garlic 4g fresh ginger 50g spring onions fresh chilli, to taste 30g bean [...]Michelle VS the fish
When we are travelling we avoid the touristy path wherever we can, we are more interested in street photography and food culture. When it comes to eating we are looking for the places where the locals eat. We want the meals that are made by local people who are not trying to be anything but […]
Flavours of Cyprus
My travels are about food. Yes there are a lot of other things that interest me when it comes to travelling but food is always my top priority. Of course I love the experience of eating but I also love learning about ingredients, flavours and recipes. I am always interested in finding and sampling the [...]Have a cacao fudgie Easter
Easter doesn't have to be unhealthy to be sweet and fun. Our favourite cacao fudgie recipe from 'the bikini snack book' is perfect for moulding into cute shapes for this holiday. Just 4 simple ingredients is all you need to make these delicious treats. Experiment with flavours by adding chopped nuts, shaved coconut, dried fruit [...]‘the bikini cookbook in Italy’ – full pilot episode
In 2013 I traveled to Italy to make a TV series. We went from city to city meeting local cooks and chefs to learn more about Italian cuisine. Along the way I adapted these amazing flavours to create recipes 300 calories or less for ‘the bikini cookbook ITALY’.
You will be surprised who my biggest ‘bikini cookbook’ fan is!
Everyday I have the opportunity to make an impact on people’s health. I know I have really succeeded in making a difference when parents get their kids involved in my healthy recipes and they start to love it too.
Feed your body and soul!
THE BIKINI COMFORT FOOD COOKBOOK has been a bikini cookbook just waiting to happen. It has been on the back burner for a couple of years now but I knew I would eventually get a chance to make it... This is the type of cooking that I love which comes naturally to me. I tend to [...]I’ve been eating good all week, why isn’t my body perfect already?!
Do you get frustrated when you start a health kick? You are into the first week and it feels like you have been doing it forever… (but really it has been something like 5 days). You feel like you should have lost at least a couple of kilos by now and you wonder why it isn’t […]