A beautiful morning in my vegetable garden – it is amazing what a little bit of sunshine can do. The apple trees are in blossom and the basil and tomatoes are ready to be planted out. The first of my asparagus is up (they have been in three years now!) and I just love my […]
On Saturday I attended a course on Gluten and Wheat Free Cooking, given by Maggie Lynch of the IINH’s Taste Health Kitchen. Maggie is full of enthusiasm and the atmosphere is relaxed and very friendly, and over the 5 hours or so, Maggie fits in so much, demonstrating the recipes but also giving lots of […]
Spent Sunday afternoon cooking for the week and weeks ahead. Made Black Bean Chilli, Beef Chilli (for the meat eaters), Thai Green Curry Courgette Soup, Gluten Free Bread and Home Made Granola. With the two chilli dishes I have kept one portion of each for tonights dinner and have put the rest into containers for […]
One of the yoga instructors in the class I attended in Prahran (Melbourne) said one day: “The body and mind love habits – it is up to us which habits we choose to cultivate and encourage” – and I just love this quote. It can be the small things we change in our lifestyle or […]
Very excited to receive my organic vegetable order from Green Earth Organics last Friday. So far the meals I have made with the vegetables are: Spicy Vegetable Rice with Chana Dhal (Chickpeas) Roast Vegetables with Halloumi and a Tahini Dressing Roast Butternut Squash Red Thai Curry Getting a vegetable box delivered is a great way […]
Two delicious brunches in Melbourne Cafes’. Both the same order, smashed avocado on sourdough, with persian feta, poached egg, beetroot relish and a side of spinach. (One has sliced cherry tomatoes and the other pickled onions). However look at the difference in these two plates. The second plate is literally twice the size of the […]
As I have mentioned before, the INGREDIENTS LIST on packaged food is the MOST IMPORTANT thing to read before buying the product. I wanted to give you some examples of what to look for if you are looking to see how much sugar, salt or fat is in a product. Often a product can have […]
As with my previous posts, I am again looking at packaging, labelling and content of pre prepared food. This post is about some of the various things added to food. Additives are substances added by food manufacturers to improve the appearance, flavour, texture, stability or storage life of food. On a label they have to […]
The Nutrition Information Panel (NIP) on packaged food tells you what nutrition is in the food and also allows you to check nutritional claims on the package. It also tells you the manufacturers serving size relating to the percentages of nutrients per serving. This is important as different manufacturers will have different serving sizes which […]
As I have been talking about reading the labels on food, I thought I would do a couple of posts about how to actually read them. Today we will look at the difference between the dates printed on food packaging. USE BY DATE: this is put on highly perishable food such as milk, yoghurt, meat […]
