WomenKind Collective

In this first podcast Jinty and Lou discuss friendships and the importance of friends in a women’s life.There’s menopause talk and plenty of laughter along the way.Jinty challenges Lou to the Weekly Invite challenge and the women discuss their 3 tips for life.The read along book of the month is More than a woman by Caitlin Moran.So put the kettle on and settle in for 30 minutes of collective chat and laughter.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks episode Jinty and Lou investigate hormone and menopause headaches and migraines. Jinty finds out why we get them and Lou shares her own story and shares tips on what works for her. There’s 3 lovely tips for life from Linda and Jenny, Lou and Jinty’s Mums, and the girl’s discuss the first 5 chapters of the Book Collective, Caitlin Moran’s More than a Woman. There’s a creative WI for Jinty and Lou reports back on how she’s been getting on with her WI -meditating. Put the kettle on or grab a glass of wine and settle down to enjoy the Collective. (Join our collective by following or subscribing, DM us on instagram with ideas or reviews, or send us a recording via anchor or email us at womenkindcollective@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you. Resources https://www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/Magnesiumhttps://shop.emmasnutrition.com/products/magnesium-plus?variant=31487334613055. https://www.womens-health-concern.org/help-and-advice/factsheets/migraine-and-hrt/TIGER BALM WHITE - Tiger Balm UKhttps://www.tigerbalm.com › product_type › TIGER_B...https://www.spacemasks.com/. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks episode of the Collective Jinty and Lou talk about Menopause and Postpartum hair loss. Lou gives some facts about hair and investigates why more women than we realise suffer from loss or thinning of the hair and Jinty talks about her personal struggle with hair loss. Jinty comes clean in her WI (weekly Invite) about how she’s getting on crocheting and Lou finds out what Jinty has planned for her.The Foodie Collective begins with the theme for the month - gut health, with this in mind the girls cook up a Miso Spanish Stew and Lou admits her lack of ability to follow a recipe. The 3 tips for life come from a gorgeous woman who is part of the collective, Sylvia, who imparts some very wise words of wisdom. The Book Collective catch-up and chat through chapters 6-10 of Caitlin Moran’s More than a Woman. With some interesting comparisons of what life is like for a woman with a family and commitments.So put the kettle on and settle down to enjoy this weeks Collective. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastPlease subscribe, follow and review if you like what you hear. This really helps us. Find us on Instagram for more info https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=7whh8ml05oyo&utm_content=l57ouu5 https://trichologists.org.uk/qualified-trichologists-united-kingdom/ Apple Cider Vinegar. https://www.willysacv.com/product/willys-acv-live-fermented-apple-cider-vinegar-with-the-mother/. Hair toppers and extensions for hair loss. Tracy at. http://www.headquartersunisexsalon.co.uk/remy-hair-the%20lauren-ashtyn-collection.html. Miso Spanish Stew Recipe; Miso Spanish StewServes 4 peopleServe with brown rice, jacket or mash potatoYou will need:1 Sweet Potato1 Leek1 red pepper2 carrots1/2 cabbage1 Onion2 Garlic cloves400g tin butter beans or chickpeas2 Tbsp Miso paste 1 tsp Turmeric1 heaped tsp Smoked paprika1 tsp Oregano1 pint veggie stock1 tbsp flourNatural unsweetened yogurt (coconut yogurt if vegan)1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil Salt and pepper to tasteIf eating meatOrganic chicken thighsPasture for life, grass fed beef, dicedEnough for who you are feeding.1. Peel and Chop sweet potato in to 2cm (approx) cubes2. Peel and slice the onion, leak, garlic and carrots3. Chop pepper into cubes4. Put you EVOO in a large saucepan and heat on medium 5. Add Sweet potato, carrots, onion, and leak6. Turn to low and Cook for 10 minutes stirring 7. Add Garlic and peppers, miso paste, and all the spices8. Cook for a further 5 minutes 9. Whilst this is cooking if you are using meat you can brown this off in a separate pan in EVOO10. Add Veggie stock, making sure most of the meat is covered (add more water if needed)11. Slow cook in a slow cooker or low oven for a few hours ORCook on the hob on a low to medium heat for about 45 minutes12. Meanwhile finely slice the cabbage13. Drain and rice (if needed) butter beans or chick peas14. Put the rice or potato’s on15. After 45 minutes turn up the heat and add cabbage16. Mix the flour with a little water to make a slurry17. Pour into your stew and keep stirring for a couple of minutes18. Bring to simmer and add beans or chickpeas19. Cook for a further 15 minutes20. Turn off the heat and add 1 tbsp yogurt (or more)21. Salt and pepper to tasteServe in bowls with mash, jacket or riceYum--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Special Easter Sunday episode we thank defiant pagan women & the Goddess, Eostre, for all the tasty bits about this festival. A time of celebration & new birth it is fitting that in this weeks episode of the Collective we have a lovely guest, Kerrie Preston, Mum of two boys, 5yrs & 5 months, founder of Teddy & Millie teething necklaces and also writer of a mum blog, The Midnight Mum Club. Kerrie opens up about how her second pregnancy differed during a pandemic and the highs and lows of birthing, how her partner nearly missed it, and overcoming post natal health issues whilst in lockdown. We learn the challenges for both mum & midwife of building a relationship over the phone or through PPE & that even in the latter stages of labour and post birth the difficulties new mums have to overcome in a lockdown.Kerrie gives us 3 brilliant tips for life and they really will resonate with most women. Jinty and Lou discuss their WI’s and has Jinty completed her crotchet square yet? Lou is very honest about how she is getting on with her gut health challenge from Jinty! The book collective chat through chapters 11-15 of Caitlin Moran’s More Than A woman. We discuss the patriarchy and why we should all give the men in our life flowers, and agree dungarees are Big Bum Proof. Jinty tells us why hangovers are worse as we get older. We hear from a member of the collective, Laura, who has another Migraine tip and an intriguing question, will you know the answer?So put the kettle on and settle down to enjoy the Collective this Sunday.Please subscribe and leave a review if you like what you hear. Campaign to help and support working mums https://pregnantthenscrewed.com/. The innovative hands free shoe https://news.nike.com/news/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’ll need a whole flask of tea for this weeks podcast as well as tissues, so settle in for a slightly longer episode with some beautiful stories from some amazing women.It’s autism awareness month and we have 2 very special guests mother and daughter, Lyn and Libby Curtis. Lou gets to the bottom of one of the collectives pube loss and chin hair gain. It’s the last 6 chapters of Caitlin Moran’s More Than A Woman and we discuss how truthful the book is for every woman including those of us at a certain age not packing the suspenders for a sexy weekend away but packing the M & S menopause pants!For our foodie collective Jinty talks probiotics and why we need them for good gut health and how to get probiotics into your body. During our interview with Lyn and Libby we learn that only 1:3 girls are diagnosed to boys, and diagnosis for girls can take much, much longer. Lyn was diagnosed when she was 40 years old and 3 of Lyn’s 5 children have autism, Libby is her youngest daughter and was diagnosed at 6 years old, but this was off the back of her brothers diagnosis. Lyn talks openly and honestly about parenting her children with autism, the struggles and reality, as well as trying to regulate her own symptoms, this fiercely loving family is full of love but can be perceived as cold by those who do not understand the gifts they have. There was a huge difference between her daughter and her son’s diagnosis - the internalization of Libby’s emotions and how it can manifest in girls as self-harm and eating disorders in an obsessive way. Lyn is also suffering from long COVID and she discusses how this as well as the menopause has massively impacted on her life. This episode is an emotional rollercoaster finishing with a beautiful letter from Jinty’s daughter who is waiting for a formal autism assessment.With much love and gratitude to the women of this week’s podcast for opening their hearts to us. We make this podcast ourselves so please share, subscribe, follow and review, it means a lot to us. Leave us a message or email us, we would love to hear your stories, suggestions and thoughts womenkindcollective@gmail.com. Disclaimer- These are stories told by real women with autism but everyone is different and there are many different traits or gifts in the spectrum. For advice on Autism https://www.autism.org.uk/. Books - More than a Woman by Caitlin Moran. Untamed by Glennon Doyle. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcast--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s episode of Womenkind Collective we celebrate Earth day on April 22, We recognise Mother Nature and the different planet friendly sanitary products available for women and girls and we have a Moon Cup story from one of our Collective. Out topic this week is HRT myth busting, we try and solve some of the questions asked by the collective and go through the different types of HRT that are available on the NHS.One of our amazing Collective Annie comes on to talk about her initial visit to her GP and unfortunately we learn her experience is not unusual. Our topic of HRT myth busting starts with Jinty going through all the different types of HRT that are available on the NHS and how as women we do have choices that we can take to our GP’s with what would be most suitable for us and our lifestyle. There is a difference between men and women’s sexual problems; the women talk about the divide and how this needs to be addressed. The Women have researched planet friendly varieties of sanitary wear and why we should be looking to buy from small companies, among the products are, period pants, re-usable pads and moon cups. Our new book for the book Collective is Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, a book about being authentic and truthful to yourself as a woman, we are going to read parts 1 and 2 and discuss this in next week’s episode. The Women talk about wine for the Collective ready for the end of the month.There is an alcohol free option that gets the thumbs up from Jinty. Lou gives Jinty a WI that Jinty is glad isn’t another crotchet project!The 3 tips for life come from Jinty and Lou’s daughters, with surprising tips that leave both mum’s feeling super proud and reaching for the tissues, they discuss being authentic and true to yourself. Book Collective - Untamed, Glennon Doyle If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastWine Collective - Red wine - Fleurie -available every in most supermarkets £7-10M&S Champagne-Delacourt-ros-brut-champagne £22Alcohol free - https://jukescordialities.com/Featured Reusable sanitary pads and pants;https://wearemout.co.uk/. https://www.shethinx.com/collections/thinx-classic. https://www.heygirls.co.uk/https://www.fluxundies.com/products/flux-bikinihttps://www.modibodi.co.uk/https://wuka.co.uk/Featured reusable nappies https://www.bambinomio.com/To find out more about HRThttps://thebms.org.uk/https://www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/Thank you for listening, Jinty and Lou x--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou welcome Nutritionist, author, chef, and all round fantastic woman, Emma Ellice-Flint to the Womenkind Collective. Emma is a clinical nutritional therapist, specialising in Women’s health. Her book, The Happy Hormone Cook book, combines nutritional facts and information to help balance our hormones as well as great practical tips and recipes.Emma works with Dr Louise Newson at the Menopause and Wellbeing Centre, helping women with the menopause transition, energy levels, weight issues, mood and mental health, sleep problems, IBS and histamine intolerance.Our Foodie Collective theme this month has been Gut health and this is a subject Emma is passionate about, running regular fermentation workshops (online) which Jinty has attended and says ‘they are fun, informative & demonstrate how easy it is to begin your fermented foods journey, which not only will your gut thank you for, but your body and mind too!’You will learn a lot in this episode, (get a pen & paper) Emma answers your questions such asMy body has changed shape, all around my middle is expanding yet I’ve changed nothing, is there an explanation for this & what can I do?Why do I crave beige sugary foods ?Do women become more intolerant to certain foods during menopause?I’m suffering terribly with indigestion, I have constant trapped wind - the menopause seems to have changed me completely, what do I do?Is looking after my gut going to be expensive and a big faff?How will pro and pre biopics benefit me in menopause?Emma talks us through how food effects our mood, sleep and physical well-being. Why our hormones in peri and menopause make our gut and food choices change.We learn that we have oestrogen receptors throughout our body, including our gut.We discuss intermittent fasting and breaking our bad food habits and creating new ones, and how this will benefit our gut, and consequently will improve our wellbeing.Emma tells us how we might begin to go about changing our diets and lifestyles, some of which will surprise you!The book Collective this week starts with part 1 and 2 of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed and this book is already resonating with Jinty & Lou.Jinty talks about how we hide our real self and expectation. As women we can lose ourselves and be who we think we should be rather than who we really are. Lou talks about how All feelings are for feeling, it’s not just happy it’s all emotions that should be felt, being true to self and learning to feel. Jinty ponders on Glennon’s ‘knowing’ and how it is just like Yoga- learning to recognise truths and be aware of what is happening ‘right now’. We know this book will speak to many in the Collective. Let us know how you are getting on with it? We would really love to hear your thoughts.We have 3 wonderful tips for life from Emma Ellice-Flint, staying with our Foodie collective theme of gut health. You will want to hear these.Much gratitude to Emma for spending the morning with us, we hope she will be back soon. & thank you for listening, if you enjoyed this episode please share with friends, this, in itself, is an act of kindness. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastPlease subscribe, & leave a review, it will help others find us.Find Emma herehttps://emmasnutrition.com/https://www.newsonhealth.co.uk/Happy Hormone Cookbookhttps://shop.emmasnutrition.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast we follow up on episode 2 all about headaches. We seek expert advice from our guest this week, McTimoney chiropractor and qualified medical herbalist, Kathryn Vickery.She discusses headaches and migraines, and helps us understand the difference between Primary and Secondary headaches. We learn how our posture may affect us with some surprising ways we can alleviate pain.How often do we look down? And how heavy are our heads?!Kathryn explains the different types of migraines we can get with varying causes and ways of prevention.We learn about abdominal migraines (who knew!), particularly in children, ocular (eyes) and vestibular (ear) migraines and many more. And also Tension headaches, what they are, how to treat and prevent them.Kathryn also gives us her 3 very wise tips for life. We have the Book Collective where we continue to read from Glennon Doyle’s Untamed.Jinty and Lou discuss chapters Aches to Attendants and why we should all be a bit more Alicia Keyes in situations! We talk about how we may become martyr’s as well as mother’s, and why it is important to keep doing the things we love.The big question is why Jinty and Lou weren’t as wise as their daughters and realise it might have something to do with their book selections in the 80’s! Join us in our first Wine Collective (see list of wines below) - a tasting which ends in plenty of laughter! Lou talks and drinks through her wine choices, the rosè Delacourt from M&S for £22 for a more affordable champagne and also The Queen of Beaujolais a Fleurie for a lighter red wine. Jinty has a fantastic non-alcoholic drink Jukes No 1 mixed with sparkling water, the flavours are citrus and herbs with pineapple husk a lovely fragrant alternative to an alcoholic wine. It’s definitely another fun filled podcast so please leave a review, subscribe or follow, We’d love to hear your feedback, leave us a message or comment on our Instagram @womenkindcollective Thank you for listening. Kathryn Vickery DC BSc (chiro) MMCA Dip Phythttp://www.exmouthchiropractic.co.uk/(Kathryn’s website is currently being updated)Phone 01647 221532Email moorcarechiropractic@gmail.comWine collective Wine Collective - Red wine - Fleurie -available every in most supermarkets £7-10M&S Champagne-Delacourt-ros-brut-champagne £22Alcohol free - https://jukescordialities.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this weeks Womenkind Collective where Jinty and Lou talk all things women.On this weeks podcast we find out why we can’t drink as much alcohol as we used to, especially during menopause.There is a new foodie Collective, a recipe for ‘No bake flapjacks’. As it’s national pet month we hear from some of the Collective about how pets have helped, mentally and physically, during the pandemic and we catch up with the book Collective Untamed by Glennon Doyle. The main topic of this weeks podcast is Alcohol and the Menopause, Jinty and Lou find out that gender plays a big part in alcohol tolerances and why a woman’s alcohol intake might want to be less than a man’s, especially in menopause when oestrogen levels deplete, women have more fat and less water in their bodies causing blood alcohol levels to rise. The question is why is this information not readily available so women can make informed choices?The book Collective is on the penultimate read of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, the book is resonating with so many of the Collective and has raised some interesting topics about parenting and being your true vulnerable self and why being more of a flight attendant as a parent will help through turbulent situations.We learn what pets have done for us mentally and physically during lockdown and not just the dogs! We have some global comments from the Collective and we meet Sammy the guinea pig!The foodie Collective is a ‘no bake’ month & both Jinty and Lou have made the no bake flapjacks from Emma Hollingsworth recipe and have a taste off, this is a simple recipe that is full of good gut ingredients and learn how some of the ingredients can be swapped for cheaper options. The WI’s from both Jinty and Lou have some positive results from Jinty’s gratitude’s (grateful not to be crocheting) from Lou’s invite to the shampoo bar that Jinty invited Lou to try. The 3 tips from life are from a lovely member of the Collective, Laura; she imparts her words of wisdom to the Collective about life. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastNo bake Flapjacks; IngredientsFor the flapjacks* 2 cups oats* 1/3 cup raisins* 4 tbsp maple syrup* 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted* 1/3 cup cashew butter (or any other nut or seed butter)For the chocolate fudge* 1/2 cup cacao powder* 1/2 cup maple syrup* 1/4 cup cashew butter (or any other nut or seed butter)* 1/2 cup coconut oil, meltedTo make the flapjacks, just combine the ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir well. Spoon into a lined baking tin or mould and press down evenly to make sure the mixture is all compact, otherwise it won’t stick together nicely. Pop it in the fridge while you make the fudge.For the fudge, again just add the ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir until you have a thick chocolatey mixture (don’t worry if it seems quite liquid as this will set in the fridge). Pour it on top of the flapjacks and put them back in the fridge for an hour or so to allow them to set. Alternatively if you’re impatient like me you can always put them in the freezer and they will set quicker. Cut them into squares! Yum !Tell us what you think https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Treats-Emma-Hollingsworth/dp/0857835874 https://mrshollingsworths.com/Jinty and Lou’s Shampoo bar B&S, vegan and cruelty free, no palm oilhttps://www.peacewiththewild.co.uk/product/botanical-shampoo-bar-tin-sea-salt-wood-sage-60g/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks podcast finds Jinty and Lou getting down to the nitty gritty of sex and sexual health, particularly as we age and through menopause, with this weeks amazing guest, Samantha Evans, co founder of Jo Divine an online sex toy company that she founded with her husband Paul.Sam has a background in nursing, she has written hundreds of articles for Jo Divine and the press and enjoys creating informative, practical articles about sexual health and pleasure which endeavour to normalise sex and help folk feel confident in talking about it. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge, and her personal story about the intimate health industry, women being targeted with ads for intimate washes and lubricants that contain damaging ingredients- damaging to your vagina but also the planet. Sam talks about what we should know about sexual lubricants, how to become an ingredients detective to avoid the harmful ones. You will learn how we can have good vaginal and vulva health, enjoy a healthy, fun sex life (with or without a partner) and why our vaginas should not smell like roses. Exploding candle anyone?What ingredients should we be wary of?What will cause irritation for both the vagina, penis or anus?And why bath bombs should be called thrush bombs, nobody needs a glittery vagina! Vaginal Atrophy is an umbrella term for many issues with our vaginas and vulvas and Sam aims to break the taboo and get women talking. It is very common for women to not be comfortable to wear pants or trousers, or even sit down, let alone ride a bike or a horse.... or have sex!Sam discusses why we should all have a vagina and vulva skin care regime and what it should entail to keep a healthy pH and why we should be moisturizing our vulvas, just like we moisture the skin on our face.Also why we should be checking our vaginas and vulvas just as we check our breasts.We talk Libido or the lack of, and what we can do to improve it. Sex toys that can help us and the health benefits of an orgasm!Sam also gives us her 3 tips for great sexual health and well-being. You may have also seen Sam in the new documentary on Channel 4, Sex, Myths and The Menopause, with Davina McCall. If not definitely check it out. The Foodie Collective discovers a new no bake recipe, and Jinty & Lou make a low Histamine Pesto, from Emma Ellice-Flint’s new e-book. (Recipe below)Find out what the girls think of the concluding part of Glennon Doyle’s Untamed in the Book Collective- Why as a society we should question our responses to forthright women and why we should not be put in a box. And they announce a new book that has been recommended by a listener, one of the collective.Jinty and Lou discuss words we might use instead of ‘middle age’, and they love Dawn French’s word for this time in her life, but would the droopy tits club work for you?Something in this weeks episode for everyone, please subscribe, share, follow and leave a review, it helps us and also helps other folk find us. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastRecipe and links Low histamine pesto - from Emma Ellie-Flint ebook. https://shop.emmasnutrition.com/INGREDIENTS1 small garlic clove1/2 handful of pumpkin seeds2 handfuls fresh basil leaves2 handfuls of parsley leaves2 tsp white distilled vinegar (or apple cider vinegar if not intolerant to histamine)2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oilSalt and ground pepper to tasteMETHODMix everything together in a blender, can be left a bit chunky, add to pasta or a Caprese salad (no tomatoes if histamine intolerant)Jo Divine products and blogshttps://www.jodivine.com/On social media and TwitterJodivine or Samtalkssex--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks podcast is a lively and fun chat with plenty of good practical tips.Jinty and Lou talk to the wonderful Lauren Derrett, founder of the re-usable planet friendly period pads, Wear’em Out who shares her thoughts and advises on how we can change some of our habits to become more eco friendly. We learn how Lauren started Wear’em Out and why we need to consider our sanitary products. She is a mum of 4, and describes herself as not a full on eco-warrior but eco-curious and is aware of her responsibility to the environment. Lauren started her company Wear’em Out in 2019 and the first physical product was launched in January 2020 just before the global pandemic hit. We hear how Lauren has changed the way we think about reusable sanitary wear and why we should all be more eco-curious. She also shares her 3 eco tips for life.It was Mental Health Awareness last week, which got Jinty thinking about her Aunt Ann that had suffered from Anorexia Nervosa during WWll. Jinty was curious as this is often seen as a ‘modern’ disease so she did some research into the historical thoughts and treatments of this misunderstood illness and found some shocking medical methods that were recommended and carried out around the time The results will sadly shock everyone. The Book Collective, get ready to read Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and from the prologue and the eight years it took Lisa Taddeo to write this book about three women’s lives on sex and desire, the girls read out some thought provoking paragraphs.The Food Collective are on their ‘No bake’ month with a indulgent yet healthy recipe from Deliciously Ella and we learn the health benefits of Cacao.Also we are preparing for the Wine Collective with this months choice of wines from Lou an organic Primivito wine from Tesco’s, Casa Roscoli and Jinty has chosen a Seedlip Garden 108 as this month’s non alcoholic alternative, which needs a mixer, Jinty prefers Tonic or Ginger beer but you can choose your favourite mixer to go with it.And finally Lou gets a WI (weekly Invite) from a past guest, will she accept?We are also entered in RODE best podcast competition and can to win podcast recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link, thank you. https://www.myrodecast.com/Lauren’s Wearemout padshttps://wearemout.co.uk/https://instagram.com/wearemoutpads?igshid=3hmitlxhqayg Instagram Wine collectiveRed winehttps://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/301745706?preservedReferrer=https://www.google.co.ukSeedlip Garden 108https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/seedlip-non-alcoholic-garden-108-60034756Chocolate truffleshttps://www.instagram.com/p/CMCUoYBHr74/?igshid=12wzvao4w26psmakes 12 Truffles200g dark chocolate 2 tbsp maple syrup5 tbsp thick top of can of coconut milk (or coconut cream)3 tbsp cacao powderPut dark chocolate in a pan over a low heat until melted, Add coconut , maple syrup and cacao powderMix well until it is thick and smoothRemove from heat and let cool a little before placing in the fridge for half an hourOnce hard enough to shape scatter some cacao on a plate and scoop out enough mixture to roll in to a small ball then roll in cacaoPop in the fridgeLet setEatYum--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou explore some of the symptoms that we don’t necessarily associate with the menopause. Jinty has researched the word ‘berk’ with some curious results, which led her down a rabbit hole (pardon the pun) of Greek and Roman words & attitudes for lady parts.The Book Collective get into the first week of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and the Foodie Collective, Lou gets stuck in before she should because it’s a delicious humus recipe that goes well with the Wine Collective. Not everyone will develop symptoms of menopause and no two people will have the same menopause, but there are some lesser-known symptoms everyone should be aware of to understand what is happening to their body. The hot flushes and lack of libido are only the tip of the iceberg.Jinty and Lou talk honestly about the symptoms of the menopause. Many women are misdiagnosed and treated by their GP’s for other illnesses when actually their symptoms are caused by their reduced sex hormones. Jinty finds out where the word ‘berk’ comes from, shall we just say that it’s Cockney rhyming for Berkshire Hunt…. this then leads on to where the word vagina comes from and it opens up a whole can of worms! The Book Collective begin the first few chapters of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo there are tears from the Collective as the stories of the 3 women unravel.The Wine Collective get stuck into this months wine, Primivito a vegan organic wine from Tesco’s and Jinty sips a Seedlip 108, both are delicious and go very well with this weeks Foodie Collective.The Food Collective are still on their no cook month with a gorgeous easy hummus recipe that goes a little too well with the Primivito! Our 3 tips for life come from a beautiful woman from the Collective who has some thoughtful tips that we can live by. And Lou reports back on her WI from Emma Ellice-Flint. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastWe hope that you enjoy and please keep in touch, send us any book ideas, tips, advice, WI’s, Wine ideas or any stories email us at womenkindcollective@gmail.com  We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by going to this link…..https://www.myrodecast.com/No bake Foodie Collective - HummusIngredients•400g can chickpeas, drained•80ml extra virgin olive oil•1-2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and crushed•1 lemon, juiced then ½ zested•3 tbsp tahini•mixed crudités and toasted pitta bread, to serve (optional)Method•STEP 1Thoroughly rinse the chickpeas in a colander under cold running water. Tip into the large bowl of a food processor along with 60ml of the oil and blitz until almost smooth. Add the garlic, lemon and tahini along with 30ml water. Blitz again for about 5 mins, or until the hummus is smooth and silky.
•STEP 2Add 20ml more water, a little at a time, if it looks too thick. Season and transfer to a bowl. Swirl the top of the hummus with the back of a dessert spoon and drizzle over the remaining oil. Serve with crunchy crudités and toasted pitta bread, if you like.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou chat to Lou Thomalla-Davey about her personal journey through infertility. We discover the great imbalance of the NHS postcode lottery when you are a stepparent. The Book Collective is well underway with Three Women. Jinty is so frustrated with what guest Lou tells us she has researched with some shocking results. We start our new foodie month with the topic of Brain Food to help keep our brains healthy and Brain fog at bay. When Lou Thomalla-Davey, stepparent to 3 children, put a video on her social media page she didn’t expect the out pouring of emotion and support from people not realising the injustice of the NHS fertility program in the UK. Our guest talks openly about the lack of funding on the NHS for fertility treatment, the injustice of the NHS postcode lottery for both men and women is quite shocking, it is so definite that just living on the wrong street in a town can change your opportunity to be considered for fertility treatment, it’s not just whether you have step children, but there is so much other criteria that women have to meet to be able to be considered for IVF, weight and age! Lou T-D started a petition to sign to help raise awareness and force the conversation in Parliament, details of how to sign in the show notes. Jinty feels frustrated with what guest Lou has gone through and does her own research which unravels a whole plethora of short sightedness within CCG’s for IVF. 1:6 couples in the UK are living with fertility issues and are struggling to get help with their fertility. The Book Collective continues with Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and we get to know the characters, the injustice with Maggie and her teacher, the gang rape of Lina and why we can’t wait for Sloane’s back-story to unravel. The Foodie Collective this month is Brain Food, how the importance of a good diet can help brain function not only in the present but may help us prevent Alzheimer’s or Dementia.This month the Collective delve into The 30-day Alzheimer’s Solution cookbook for recipes and start with a butternut squash and chickpea curry (where they go off pisté yet again) Lou confesses her WI fail this week…much to Jinty’s disappointment and shaking of heads but promises to try harder next week…And we are given a new Weekly Invitation from a lovely Womenkind Collective listener, what will it be??? We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link…..https://anchor.fm/jinty-sheerin/episodes/Womenkind-Collective-e10gcts/a-a5gik19 #Scream4IVF for greater funding of free IVF treatment & equality across the UK & all CCGsSign herehttps://www.change.org/p/scream4ivf-to-support-greater-funding-of-free-ivf-treatment-and-equality-across-the-uk-and-all-ccgsFind LouT-D at https://instagram.com/travel.ltd?utm_medium=copy_linkOr go to Change.org and look for Stop denying women fertility treatment because their partner already has a childBrain food recipe and book detailshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/30-Day-Alzheimers-Solution-Definitive-Preventing/dp/0062996959. Look out for photos and recipe on our Instagram page https://instagram.com/womenkindcollective?utm_medium=copy_link--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou were moved by the story of three black slave women, the Mothers of Modern Gynaecology, Anarcha, Betsy and Lucy.They were three enslaved women with Vesticovaginal Fistulas that were ‘gifted’ to Dr James Marion Simms, the man credited with inventing the field of Gynaecology.We look into what their lives may have been like. The great sacrifice of the Mother’s of modern gynaecology, Anarcha, Lucy and Betsy, is a story everyone should know,Jinty and Lou find out why slave girls and women were used and the brutal procedures they endured without anesthetic. Women have always played a pivotal part in medicine and childbirth from the wise women through to the wonderful midwifes we have today and we find out how these women pioneered the midwifery path. Book Collective is on the penultimate read of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo and we continue with the story of the 3 women, Maggie’s court case and the outcome, Sloane’s story and Lina’s unraveling, we talk about how the characters stories are coming to a headThe Foodie Collective this month is Brain Food and Jinty has prepared an alternative salad and we learn about the Neuro 9 that keeps our brains happy. There are Tips for brain health from the 30-day Alzheimer’s solution book by Dean and Ayesha Sherzai.Jinty and Lou were invited to join in a Glow fest zoom 90’s dancercise with the lovely Elena, there was a lot of laughter and we have realized we will not be asked to go on Strictly but find out how we really got on plus all the details of Elena’s Sunday Morning class. We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this linkhttps://www.myrodecast.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou meet the amazing Sunita Passi an Ayurvedic practitioner and founder of ethical conscious-based skin care brand Tri-Dosha, she is a leading voice in the world of Ayurveda and has the most amazing story to tell us and advises us about how we can improve our everyday life. The Book Collective completes the final few chapters of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women with some mixed emotions and we continue with Brain food with a delicious alternative Labne, a fermented yoghurt that you can make sweet or savoury. Jinty and Lou both have a WI this week, although Lou’s from Jinty is pretty amazing but Lou’s to Jinty is a bit more practical. We prepare for the Wine Collective with our choices for this month. (See below) Sunita Passi is one of the UK’s most qualified and respected Ayurvedic practitioners, she talks about Ayurveda and her extraordinary story of how she became a practitioner and trainer. Ayurveda is one of the oldest health systems in the world, over 5000 years old it is a philosophical approach to life, healing and happiness. We learn about the Dośa’s Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha, our varying constitutions, and how they affect our every day life and what happens when these become unbalanced. Ayurveda is a whole body and mind system that can help all people lead a healthier and happier life, and may particularly support folk in menopause or any transition  The Book Collective comes to the end of Three Women by Lisa Taddeo with mixed emotions from both Jinty and Lou, does the book end as we expected? We also announce our new book Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman For The Foodie Collective this week we continue with brain food this week we talk about our second brain, our stomachs and the recipe is Labne, a fermented natural yoghurt that you can make sweet or savoury and is so easy to make it’s a delicious alternative to serve with salads –Lou added garlic, EVVO salt and fresh basil to make it a delicious dip, it’s no cook and is ready in 24 hours.(Look out on our insta page) Jinty and Lou both have a WI this week, Jinty gives Lou a bottle of Tri-Dosha massage oil to help sleep, and Lou gives Jinty a very practical WI but one that will help save the planet! The Wine Collective has researched in preparation for this moth’s wine collective, a white wine, a Picpoul Pinet and Jinty is going to try out Gimber a non-alcoholic alternative. We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link….. https://www.myrodecast.com/Wine - https://www.aldi.co.uk/specially-selected-picpoul-de-pinet/p/709985468245600Gimber - https://www.planetorganic.com/products/gimber-500ml?variant=37272294686877¤cy=GBP&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5auGBhDEARIsAFyNm9G_8iaECL2a1hyJ7NV3Pfb-wYEGkmcwqP8FyPQaUGbwQWZe7ywZZiIaAvSAEALw_wcBBook https://www.amazon.co.uk/Year-Marvellous-Ways-Richard-Bestseller/dp/0755390938--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks podcast Jinty and Lou discuss the Ofsted report about sexual harassment in primary and secondary schools that came from Everyone’s Invited, a website and Instagram page dedicated to reporting over 50,000 testimonies from survivors of the rape culture centered within schools. We speak to 3 women who learned first hand that sexualisation came directly from their schools. A new `book for the Book Collective this month, ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman, We continue with Brain food with a delicious wholesome salad. Jinty and Lou discuss their WI’s and the Wine Collective pops open this month’s choices. From a comment made by Jinty’s daughter we uncover the girl only assemblies that they had to endure.Assemblies that put the responsibility squarely on the female for how boys and male teachers look at them.Wearing a coloured bra that might be seen through a white shirt and having a skirt a little too short, showing (as Nancy says) risqué knees, suddenly made them feel self aware and sexualised.We invite Millie, Nancy and Daisy into the Collective to talk about their experiences of the rape culture that is prevalent within schools. We talk about how wording such as frigid and Slut are commonly used by boys toward the girls. And how it is only now, a few years after leaving school, that they realise how it affected them.We ask the question why it took Ofsted 5 years to act on recommendations made by the governments Women’s and Equality Select Committee? The Book Collective talk about the new book, ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman a beautiful story about an 89 year old woman called Marvellous, it’s set in Cornwall and is a poetic tale of love, loss and human spirit with a little magic. We prepare to read to the end of chapter 11. We continue with Brain Food for the Foodie Collective a tasty salad incorporating all that is good for the brain. The Wine Collective pops the cork and sip their way through this months choices, a white wine from France Picpoul Pinet and the non alcoholic alternative, Gimber a refreshing ginger drink, that has Jinty’s taste buds in a whirl. We report back on the WI’s with amazing results….except for Lou’s food diary! We have also entered a competition to win recording equipment and would love you to vote for us by clicking on this link…..https://www.myrodecast.com/Wine Collectivehttps://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/267931157Gimber non alcoholic on offer right now at https://www.planetorganic.com/products/gimber-500mlBook Collectivehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Year-Marvellous-Ways-Richard-Bestseller/dp/0755390911Foodie Collectivehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Plant-Power-Doctor-prescription-healthier/dp/1529107741 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have a special edition of the Womenkind Collective podcast it’s all about Menopause!Jinty and Lou talk to the amazing Dr Sarah Ball who answers all your questions on menopause, symptoms, HRT, and everything else we could fit into our hour with her. Do you know where your oestrogen receptors are in your body and why we need oestrogen? You will find all the answers in this podcast, Dr Sarah is fun and factual and we learned so much. There’s no book collective this week but Jinty let’s us know how she got on with her WI. Dr Sarah Ball is a GP with a special interest in menopause (both personal and professional), she works alongside Dr Louise Newson at Newson Health and has helped so many women understand their menopause journey & gain them access to treatment. We learn that in peri-menopause our ovaries are up and down like toilet seat, so blood tests do not show a true representation of what a women’s body is going through, we should instead look at our bodies especially our periods. We talk about risks and benefits of HRT, the different types, and who can take HRT.We find out that peri-menopause is actually the best time to replace our depleting hormones - there is a window of opportunity to take HRT that will massively help our bodies and brains. Dr Sarah kicks the myths out of the pitch with HRT and the study that caused the great debacle and caused so many women to walk away from treatment and suffer for years but the sex hormones we use today are the gold standard, body identical HRT made from wild yams. This really is a one-stop podcast for menopause! Jinty’s WI from one of the collective was to make sourdough with the starter, which she did, and it’s delicious! We learn some fabulous facts on sourdough and the benefits of eating this type of bread. The Book Collective is having a week off because we didn’t want you to miss anything Dr Sarah had to say, but we will continue with ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman next week. So if you haven’t already, then turn the pages and start this enchanting book.  Our 3 brilliant tips this week come from Today’s guest, Menopause Specialist Dr Sarah BallFind out more about The Balance app for menopausehttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/balance-menopause-support/id1503345959Menopause Doctor free resources https://www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/about If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastSour dough https://foodbodsourdough.com/about-my-recipe/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have a very special guest on the Collective, Tonya Keane founder of The Women’s Brain Project, who is a nutritionist, chef and functional medicine practitioner that specialised in the menopausal brain. What is brain fog? Do you feel you are loosing your mind? What can we do to help our brains function as they should? All these questions answered and many more with the lovely Tonya.The Book Collective start reading A year of Marvellous Ways and someone is struggling with it… find out who and meet the enigmatic Marvellous as we begin her story.We open a debate on pj’s and pants, should you wear your bum huggers and pj’s? Or should we be commando under our nightwear?  And what have your hormones made you do? Jinty lets us know what hers have been up to and it ain’t too pretty! As our topic of brain health is continuing this month we have a great guest Tonya Keane, a woman with an amazing story that she shares with us, she’s a nutritionist, professional chef and functional medicine practitioner, she also founded The Women’s Brain Project that is on a mission to show women how we can look after our brains and help prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia.We learn about the perils of sugar on the brain and how hormones affect the it in peri and menopause and why oestrogen receptors in the brain are usually the last to receive oestrogen, and what we can do to help alleviate this.Tonya explains how hormone depletion affects our personalities. We get life enhancing advice from Tonya on what we can do to combat the risk of dementia as we age, the balance of a healthy diet and lifestyle will also help minimize the risk of inflammatory diseases. It’s an informative and fun chat full of advice and guidance to help us all live with a healthier brain.Get a pen and paper as Tonya give you 3 practical & simple tips for Brain health that you can begin right away. Jinty gives Lou a funny WI, but will she be able to follow it through? We ask why some of the names of medication for our Vaginal health are not more like the romantic Italian opera sounding names for Viagra? Can you think of some new ones? A tasty warming shot for the Foodie Collective this week with ginger, turmeric and orange a brain healthy drink that will also tickle your taste buds. The Book Collective gets to know Marvellous and Francis from ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’ by Sarah Winman. We find out how the collective are getting on with the characters and how the story if unfolding.This week we are discussing up to chapter 12, then from here to chapter?We hope that you enjoy, please let us know by leaving a review on apple podcasts, and subscribe.We do everything ourselves with no sponsors so your support here means everything. If you’ve enjoyed this podcast we would love it if you could buy us a Ko-Fi, you can also find extra content, photos, and updates. It helps us create quality content and sound. We really appreciate it. https://ko-fi.com/womenkindcollectivepodcastFoodie Collective;Energising ginger shot;20ml Gimber Ginger concentrate1/2 tsp turmericA little black pepper40mls orange or apple juice (or a bit of both)Find Tonya Keane on Instagram @thewomensbrainproject--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Collective talk Cake and Heroes and Cake heroes. We asked who are your heroes? And you delivered some amazing responses. We meet a real life hero who used her super power of brownie making and moved her family and business during a pandemic to re-locate in beautiful Devon, Katie Cross founder of Cake or Death. Discover what Jinty & Lou have been up to this week involving Menopause and Murray Mints.The Book Collective continue reading A Year Of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman as the story of Marvellous and Francis begins to unfold.You tell us how you feel about the great PJ’s and pants debate and we find out what everyone’s wearing (or not in between the sheets).And your thoughts on gussets.We prepare for our Wine Collective next week.Find out how Lou got on with her Vagirux, Vagifem and Imvaggis invite from Jinty and what will Lou’s WI be for Jinty this week? So who doesn’t love cake? And who loves a good against the odds story? We talk to the lovely Katie Cross founder of Cake or Death –she’s definitely a woman with gumption! Katie founded her business in London and built an amazing following, but during lockdown she lost 90% of her business over night.So she took her Brownies online! Then realised that she could run her Vegan Brownie delivery business from anywhere, so she upped sticks and moved her family and business to Devon where she has just opened her business, Cake or Death in central Exeter. A wonderful story with great insight and some fantastic practical business (and brownie) tips too! Thank you all so much for sending in your hero nominations, we read out some inspiring stories from our fantastic Collective and it’s emotional! The Book Collective continues with Marvellous’s amazing life in, A year of Marvellous Ways, by Sarah Winman. We get to know about Francis and why Marvellous is a wise magical soul with unorthodox parents. The story gently leads us around Marvellous’s life in the Cornish Creek and we learn why Francis lost his heart and finds himself in the care of Marvellous. So how did Lou do with her WI? We find out with a funny story, there’s also a WI for Jinty that gives her a sweet little surprise…! Get ready for the Wine Collective next week when we Toast the end of a successful series 1, with Lou’s choice Mionetto Prosecco an original Prosecco from Italy. And Jinty’s non alcoholic Prosecco Belle & CoWe close the Collective this week with the amazing Maya Angelou and her recording of Phenomenal Woman. Cake or death Katie Crosshttps://www.cakeordeath.co.uk/Wines Jinty’s non alcoholic bubblyIceland, OcadoAsdahttps://www.iceland.co.uk/p/belle-and-co.-alcohol-free-sparkling-75cl/79328.htmlLou’s Proseccohttps://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/283507705--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of Series 1 of Womenkind Collective Jinty and Lou celebrate the amazing guests and topics that we have met throughout our first Series.We also delve into boob talk, would you #frretheboob as Gillian Anderson has? We talk about the original girl gang, The Pink Ladies as Paramount announce this week they are making a prequel to Grease centered on the Pink Ladies. Why did male police officers dressed as postal workers handcuff an undressed female student in her bedroom? And we find out what the Collective loved most about Series 1 and listen again to some beautiful tips for life from our guests. Boobs… is it time to free the boob as Gillian Anderson is encouraging women to do? We look into the pros and cons of free boobing and discuss the (intentional) under-boob look that is hot for this summer ??? Kill the Bill and Sarah Everard – what have we learned from a vigil, a demonstration and the right for a voice? The Collective discuss Katie McGoran a student who endured being handcuffed in her bedroom whilst undressed by 4 male police officers. The Book Collective continues with Marvellous’s story in ‘A year of Marvellous Ways’, by Sarah Winman. We read out some beautiful lines that resonate and find that we manage to easily segue from Marvellous to vagina tightening…! Only at Womenkind Collective would you get this much diverse conversation! Continuing with Brain Food for our Foodie Collective we give you the Neuro 6 Chilli (recipe below)So how did Lou do with her WI? And did Jinty enjoy her Strawberry jam challenge? The Wine Collective pops their corks on the Mionetto prosecco and the non-alcoholic Belle & Co on a balmy evening in the garden. We close the Collective this series with comments, and tips from our amazing Collective and some of the fantastic guests that we have enjoyed on the podcast. Thank you joining us throughout the first Series of Womenkind Collective, if you haven’t yet listened to them all why not catch up before Series 2 begins on Sunday 22nd August.Please leave us a message from this link https://anchor.fm/jinty-sheerin/messageOr email us at womenkindcollective@gmail.comWith any suggestions or comments or to just say hi.RecipeNeuro 6 ChilliFeeds 41 onionSpinach (lots)1 red pepper1 tin red kidney beans1 tin black beans1 large jar Passata or 2 tins tomatoesTomato purée 2 chopped tomatoes (optional)Vegan mince (optional)Sweet potato, chopped and roasted (optional)1tsp turmeric1tsp smoked paprika1 tsp ground cumin seeds1 tsp chilli powder (or more - to taste)EVOO1 Tbsp dark chocolate On the side;1 cup of teaBroccoli or cauliflowerBrown rice or quinoa 1 AvacadoMethod;Chop onion Add some EVOO to a sauce pan, put on a medium heatCook onions until soft (10 mins)Add all the spices and cook for a further 2 minutesAdd tomato purée, cook for 1 minuteAdd passata or chopped tomatoesBring to simmerAdd roasted sweet potato or vegan minceAdd seasoning to tasteSimmer for 45 minsPut on brown rice to cook for required timeCook broccoli or cauliflower Add both beans to chilliAdd Chocolate to chilliOnce chocolate is dissolved add washed spinachKettle on, make a cuppa,Serve chilli with Avacado (chopped), brown rice, vegetables, vegan creme fraicheAnd a cup of black or green tea--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.