Fruit and vegetables get inked
08-11-2017
| News & events
What do you think about this environmentally friendly way to brand products? Read more
7 reasons to love truss tomatoes
06-11-2017
| Health & Beauty
Truss tomatoes are a nutritious and delicious addition to vibrant salads or meals with their intense flavour, deep red colour and succulent burst on eating. Read more
6 reasons to make your own salad dressing
01-11-2017
| Cooking
Why make your own salad dressing when there’s a whole aisle of them in all flavours and varieties in every supermarket? Here are six good reasons I think you should and I give you my easy, 4-ingredient, salad dressing recipe... Read more
6 top reasons to eat more tomatoes
30-10-2017
| Health & Beauty
The tomato, eaten as a vegetable but botanically classified as a fruit, is our second favourite vegetable. Much of this intake is in the form of tomato products like canned whole tomatoes, tomato pasta sauces, tomato paste... Read more
Is Steaming or Boiling Better?
25-10-2017
| Cooking
Actually it depends on the vegetable. A study of the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture found that broccoli cooked in the microwave lost up to 97 percent of its antioxidant content but lost only 11 percent when... Read more
Cauliflower steak misses the Mark?
24-10-2017
| News & events
These days most of us are generally time-poor, so paying for convenience in a variety of ways is more common: the car wash, fast food and takeaways, cleaning and pickup laundry services… the list goes on. I’m the first to... Read more
What is a Piel de Sapo melon?
17-10-2017
| Cooking
Are you aware of the deliciously sweet and refreshing flavour of the Piel de Sapo melon? Originally from Spain, the melon is now grown in Australia all year round. Keep an eye out for this ugly melon and don't be afraid to try... Read more
How to make your own salad dressings
15-10-2017
| Cooking
Do you find it hard to prepare your own dressing and to find the right balance in the ingredients? In this blog I try to explain. Tip: when you create a dressing you like you can make a bigger batch and keep it in a well sealed... Read more
Food coach shares 5 healthy eating tips for busy people
15-10-2017
| Health & Beauty
Recently I visited Rianne Veldkamp-Topman, a nutrition coach and blogger from Alkmaar, The Netherlands who helps people find a better balance in their busy livesin terms of diet and lifestyle. She hosts workshops called 'Sweets... Read more
6 tips to turn vegetables into the best fast food snacks
14-10-2017
| Health & Beauty
I love good fresh food yet too many of us have been conditioned to think that good nutritious food is bland, tasteless and boring. This couldn't be further from the truth. Have you experienced the goodness of naturally... Read more