Annabel Bateman | What Annabel Cooks - Inspiring wellness. Food. Essential Oils. Thyroid. Lifestyle.

Hi, I'm Annabel Bateman and this is my world (well a large part of it!)

What Annabel Cooks is a lot more more than what I cook. It's about helping you (& me) feel WELL through food, essential oils and lifestyle. I believe that many of us don't know that we don't feel well (or as well as we could) and I'm on a mission for us all to feel well in all the different forms wellness can take!

My holistic approach to health and wellness comes from the way I manage my personal health & my Hashimoto's.

I cook gluten & grain free, paleo style food so I have good gut health. I hope you enjoy my recipes and thoughts on health & wellness.

I LOVE using doTERRA essential oils to support the base line of health for myself and my family and have been enjoying the impacts of using essential oils as part of my thyroid health management.

Here’s to feeling WELL!

Annabel x
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Granola Clusters – Cinnamon & Ginger Flavoured.

Do you ever spend a lot of money ona speciality food item so that you can try to replicate it? Or is that just me? Well, I did with these. I spent $25 on a bag of paleo granola clusters and they were amazing, but at $25 that’s not going to be a regular spend right? So I read the ingredients and thought it seemed quite replicable. Voila! Homemade granola clusters. I’ve spiked mine with cinnamon, ginger and wild orange essential oils from doTERRA but if you don’t have them you can leave them out, or add 1/2-1tsp of ground cinnamon & ginger. If you’d like to get your hands on essential oils you can cook with, message me or check them out here.

What I love about these clusters is that they are both chewy and a little bit crunchy – especially around the edges – they make a perfect snack.

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Tips for Drinking More Water 💦

I’m writing these tips for drinking more water for my benefit as much as yours! I think for months I’ve been dehydrated. I know I should drink more water but I get busy, distracted or just can’t be bothered going to the toilet so often so avoid drinking water (I know there are other issues…

Healthy Minty Chocolate

I know I have other healthy chocolate recipes on this website and in my cookbook, but you can never have enough chocolate right? I have learnt that the more cacao butter you use the more stable it is at room temperature…. This is a simple 1 saucepan recipe made with clean ingredients that are honestly…

Baked Sweet Potato

Baked sweet potato comes in many forms. If you’ve followed me for a while you’ll know how much I love sweet potato so I’m always keen for a new variation! I almost don’t even really think of this one as a ‘recipe’ as it’s so easy. It was inspired by a recipe from one of…

I joined the gym!

Today I joined the gym. For a whole year! It’s been many years (I think about 5-6) since I’ve been a member in a gym. Historically I have loved the gym. I’ve liked the challenge, the accountability, the commitment, the community. Today though I feel somewhat scared about getting back into a gym routine, however…

Gluten Free Spiced Apple Tart Recipe

I have been promising this Gluten Free Spiced Apple Tart Recipe for months now, so I do apologise it’s appearing at the end of apple season. The good news is that it will work with stone fruit or banana’s too on top I imagine. I haven’t tried it yet replacing the dairy with coconut cream/oil…

Optimum P200 Dehydrator Review

This is a optimum P200 dehydrator review post, I hope you enjoy having a read whether you are in the market for a dehydrator or not! I’ve owned a dehydrator for a number of years now. I originally bought a cheapie from eBay which, until I was asked by Froothie to trial and review the…

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