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Decide which fermented food is best for you, your family and your hormones!
Confused about which fermented food to choose? Read on for some ideas on which one to choose first. The popularity of fermented foods had...
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Feb 6, 20204 min read
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Perimenopause; can diet and lifestyle help?
It's that life stage that creeps up on you and just when you're in the thick of work stress and bringing up kids, symptoms appear with a...
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Jan 9, 20204 min read
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Easy Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is one of the easiest and most nutritious foods you can make at home. Some of the benefits of sauerkraut include: It contains...
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Nov 20, 20193 min read
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Nourishing Miso Soup
There is nothing like a nourishing and comforting soup on a cold winters day, and especially one that has the added benefit of supporting...
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Nov 20, 20191 min read
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Smoked Mackerel Pate
Oh me oh my, you make me cry, you're such a good looking lunch! I love a lunch that sings to my senses and ticks a number of boxes at...
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Oct 22, 20191 min read
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Autumn Blackberry & Apple Crumble
I love a bit of easy foraging...in my Dad's back garden! That counts, right? When lovely crisp red apples are available to you, plus some...
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Oct 22, 20191 min read
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Quick Dinner; Tuna Pasta
Busier days call for a quicker dinner and this is one of ours. Usually served with pasta or buttered spaghetti, I thought potatoes would...
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Oct 22, 20191 min read
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Easy Oat Bread
This recipe is a regular one in our house on Monday's when the oven is generally on for roast chicken or the like. It's super easy to...
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Oct 9, 20191 min read
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Healthy Hazelnut Chocolate Spread....yum, yum
Here's a recipe I hadn't made in a long time. Amidst all the shiny recipe books and scraps of paper, I find myself rediscovering old...
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Nov 28, 20182 min read
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Dairy Free Healthy Wellington Squares
This recipe was written by Michelle Hunt of the Peachy Palate, devised for the Happy Pear, a whopping 5 years ago! Doesn't time fly. I'm...
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Nov 15, 20182 min read
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It's a Rainbow; smoothie that is.....tee, hee
An American friend of mine can't believe how many rainbows she gets to see living in Ireland. The advantage, I guess, of all that soft...
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Jun 10, 20141 min read
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Healthy breakfast ideas for children...and adults...
It's the meal that starts your child off on it's daily adventures, so the most important thing is that provides a solid platform for...
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Feb 12, 20141 min read
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A twinkly, healthy snack: seedy, chocolate brownie
With its sprinkling of jewel like goji berries and tang of chocolate orange, these raw chocolate brownies always remind of...
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Nov 4, 20132 min read
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Top 3 tips to a 'relatively' healthy eating kids birthday party!
As sure as Christmas, your child's birthday party comes around once a year and is a major big deal, especially when you're 6! While it's...
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Sep 3, 20132 min read
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#5: Sources of protein - helping to balance blood sugars
Ever feel hungry about an hour after eating? Or totally zonked out during the afternoon? It may be that you need to have a look at...
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Jul 3, 20132 min read
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Ottolenghi's Hummus....oh me, oh my...
I am never using tinned chickpeas again for a hummus recipe. The holy grail of hummus is that really smooth, creamy texture that just...
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Jun 10, 20132 min read
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Home-made Nutella......a chocolately treat
At last, the recipe! I made this for my workshop on Nutrition for Children, just as a little treat. Something to have in the back pocket...
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May 30, 20131 min read
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Healthy Eating Tip #5: Sources of protein.......
When 'protein' is mentioned, more often than not, we think of craving a nice big juicy steak, with creamy peppercorn sauce, buttered...
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May 27, 20132 min read
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Gluten Free Ginger, Almond and Cherry Biscuits
I've a pile of printed recipes in my kitchen, tear-offs from magazines and blotched scraps of paper mounting on a daily basis. They're...
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May 20, 20132 min read
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Healthy Eating Tip #4: The last word on fats......cooking with fats
This is it, the last word on healthy fats! While it is highly recommended to incorporate unsaturated fats into your diet, especially...
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May 6, 20132 min read
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