Love my Salad at Great Yorkshire Show!

Love my Salad at Great Yorkshire Show!

30-07-2014

The Love My Salad stand at The Great Yorkshire Show this July proved a great draw for visitors and especially school groups. The stand featured interactive activities, displays of a range of tasty salads, recipe cards and a... Read more

Truffle Kerfuffle

Truffle Kerfuffle

30-07-2014

That cheeky grin. Those mischievous eyes. Meeting television personality and chef Manu Feildel on the main stage at Truffle Melbourne was one of many highlights for me this truffle season.Holding a 500 gram truffle at Truffle... Read more

An urban kitchen garden in the South of France

An urban kitchen garden in the South of France

30-06-2014

A few weeks ago, an ephemeral urban garden was created in Avignon. For this 4th edition, organized by  the local market association and the members of the “Brotherhood of Ensaladés” not less than 200 salads had grown at... Read more

Happy people enjoy eating good food together

Happy people enjoy eating good food together

19-06-2014

I wanted to share some "green wisdom" from my own experience. By observing my daughter’s behaviour I discovered that it’s best not to prepare big plates full of vegetables or food in general... Read more

Don't mention it - emphasise the fun

Don't mention it - emphasise the fun

19-06-2014

We often hear that young children often refuse to eat fruit and vegetables - so how do we encourage them to eat wonderful fresh produce? I found some interesting advice from the internet site www... Read more

Play with your senses and have fun

Play with your senses and have fun

19-06-2014

Since my daughter Gaia seemed to like all the new vegetables in her diet, after a few months I also started to add small vegetable pieces in to her food. As my daughter reached 12 months old and was eating 2 course meals I gave... Read more

What vegetable is nicknamed "Pie Plant"?

What vegetable is nicknamed "Pie Plant"?

11-06-2014

Rhubarb is nicknamed the "pie plant", I just adore the attractive succulent rose red color of the edible stalks that actually look like red celery. They say the redder the stalk, the sweeter the rhubarb!Rhubarb is a vegetable,... Read more

Spice up your life!

Spice up your life!

21-05-2014

Never judge a piece of fruit by its skin. You’ve got to admit, prunes aren’t the most attractive-looking fruit — dark brown, dried, shriveled-up little plums. But looks can be deceiving, because their sweet flavour and sticky... Read more

New flavours and colours evey day for Gaia

New flavours and colours evey day for Gaia

16-05-2014

As I wrote on the previous blogs, I introduced a new vegetable every day, with a tasty, colourful texture. It was funny to see the different colours Gaia’s baby food was every time I added something new. After about 2... Read more

Baby food. Gaia's just loved pumpkin

Baby food. Gaia's just loved pumpkin

16-05-2014

After 15 days of successful fruit introduction, I started with vegetable stocks. Again, I would like to repeat that I haven’t followed to the letter any manual, letter, brochure, medical card, nutritionists’ sheets etc.. but I... Read more

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