Apple Spiced Muffins (GF, DF)

Ingredients

Makes 12 muffins

1 1/4 cups Almond Flour

1/4 cup Coconut Flour

1.5 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Nutmeg

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

3 Pink Lady Apples (cored and finely diced)

4 Eggs

1/3 cup Almond Milk

1/4 cup Coconut Oil

1/4 cup Maple Syrup

Method

Preheat the oven to 350ºF (177ºC) and line a muffin tin with muffin papers- to make them look fancy get the tulip brown paper wrappers

Melt coconut oil

Dice apples into small cubes

Whisk the eggs in a bowl

Combine the almond and coconut flours, 1 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda in a separate large mixing bowl and mix well. Add in the 2/3 apples, whisked eggs, melted coconut oil, maple syrup and almond milk. Stir until all ingredients well and divide into muffin tins. Sprinkle remaining apple and cinnamon on top of each muffin.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until brown. Let cool completely and enjoy!

Enjoy x.

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From Olympian to Practitioner & Coach

Kate’s path into high‑performance sport didn’t follow the traditional script. A late bloomer and recreational runner, she found her spark during the Sydney 2000 Olympics, watching her idols surge into the stadium. That moment ignited a commitment that would quietly and profoundly reshape the course of her life.

Eight years later, she realised her own Olympic dream, representing Australia in the women’s marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Her running career spanned the Commonwealth Games, multiple Australian representative teams, and national‑level competition across cross‑country, track, and road racing. With a marathon personal best of 2:28, Kate was one of Australia’s all time fastest female marathoners.

But her journey was far from linear. Significant health challenges forced her to question conventional medicine, sports nutrition and traditional training models. What felt like setbacks at the time became turning points, pushing her to explore deeper, listen more closely to her body, and ultimately develop a more sustainable, female‑centred approach to performance.

These experiences now form the foundation of the work she shares with other women: how to train smarter, nourish deeply, honour physiology, and build resilience from the inside out.

She holds three degrees including a Masters and Bachelor of Health Science (Naturopathy). Kate is an accredited athletics coach with Athletics Australia and a member of NHAA.

Kate’s expertise is widely recognised, leading to regular invitations to speak on podcasts, at seminars, within industry education forums, and across corporate and women’s health initiatives.

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