Affordable Organics – Which fruit and vegetables safer or riskier?

Choosing organic produce - Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen   Watching your budget?  Certain produce is more exposed to pesticides and herbicides than others. The health benefits of including lots of fruit and vegetables in your meals, regardless of whether…

Meditteranean Style Eating -Chickpea Kale Tabouli Salad

Chickpea Kale Tabouli Salad (gluten free Meditteranean style meal) This salad is packed with antioxidants and nutrients.  Chickpeas & almonds provide vegetarian protein sources as well as fibre and micronutrients.  Tabouli style salads are a great way to eat larger…

I quit Sugar – Sweet temptations

Cacao & walnut morsels Added sugar is really unnecessary as nature provides us with a cornucopia of taste sensations.  If you've quit sugar but still crave the occasional temptation try these delicious morsels. (dairy free, gluten free with no added…

Hungering for a healthy & hearty soup?

  Chicken and corn chowder     Wanting a hearty meal with some healthy carbs but avoiding gluten-containing grains?  A soup made with starchy tubers and corn will satisfy and you won't be searching for that piece of toast or…

Chickpea and vegetable patties

Chickpeas are a great vegetable protein source, rich in fibre and a good source of folate and vitamin B6 required for a healthy heart & nerves. Add to this the array of nutrients, including vitamins A, B1, B2, C &…

Meat free Monday – Asian Inspired Teriyaki Soy Salad

Ingredients ½ cup Snow pea sprouts ½ cup mixed sprouts or 1cup bean sprouts (type used in asian cooking) 8 Mushrooms sliced 8 Snow peas ½ Spanish onion sliced 1/3 Red Capsicum sliced 1/3 Yellow capsicum sliced 1 stick Celery…

Gluten & dairy free crepes

Crepes – Gluten & Dairy free     Do you love crepes but have gluten and/or dairy intolerance issues.  Here's a  recipe is based on traditional Breton crepe  but modified to remove dairy and gluten products.  Works a treat.  Check…