Healthy Lifestyle
Healthy Eating: Being Body Aware
IMAGE: These long lived beings take their time to live and eat. Perhaps we could take a leaf out of their lettuce. In this busy 21st century world, many of us have a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it in. This makes it very easy to just grab some food, chew for a bit,…
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Healthy Lifestyle
The Essential Minerals of Life, Are you getting enough?
IMAGE: The mineral Sagenite Agate; a variety of agate that takes a crystallised needle form. A diet rich in minerals is essential for a strong body and good vitality. Here are 5 favourites that are important for good health. Magnesium is an indispensable natural mineral involved in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body. This is huge! It is used…
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Soups, Casseroles & Curries, Wholefoods Recipes, Wholesome Dinners
Our Best Ever Winter Dahl Recipe
A scrumptious warming dahl recipe perfect for winter using a combination of classic Punjabi spices, onions, garlic and black urid dahl. This one will certainly warm your bellies! Serving size: 4 Ingredients: 1 cup black urid dahl 1 red onion chopped 2 large whole tomatoes pureed (approx. 1 cup) 2-3 garlic cloves crushed 1-inch ginger grated 1 green chilli finely…
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Healthy Breakfast
Toasted Teff Porridge with Cinnamon & Pecans
With Winter upon us, here is a simple and delicious porridge recipe using our newest product in store, Teff seed. Serving size: 2 serves Ingredients: 3/4 cup Teff grain 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 1/4 cups boiled water 3 medjool dates (pitted and chopped) 1/2 pear 2 tablespoons Coyo (natural coconut yoghurt) 2 tablespoons pecan nuts 2 teaspoons maple syrup Method: In a large…
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Gluten Free Living, It's Trending, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Teff: Tiny Seed, Big Nutrition
Teff is a grass seed native to the North East African countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Also known as ‘love grass’, it has been traditionally used there as a staple food for thousands of years. Teff has an impressive nutritional profile, is gluten free and is becoming increasingly popular in western countries in all types of cooking both savoury and sweet. The Teff…
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Healthy Lifestyle
For the Love of Chilli
For over 9 thousand years’ human beings have been enjoying the benefits of the chilli plant. Being officially domesticated in Mexico over 6 thousand years ago it has long been enjoyed as both a flavour enhancer in cooking as well as medicine for many ailments. The medicinal component of chilli is Capsaicin. This compound is well known for its anti-nociception abilities…
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Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Tips for Storing your Wholefoods
Whole foods are packed full of minerals, vitamins, fats, proteins and carbohydrates, all of which are susceptible to natural environmental elements such as light, heat, air, moisture and insects. Due to this vulnerability, whole foods are best kept under certain conditions in order to slow down the degradation of nutrients and to prevent the growth of unwanted microbes and bugs….
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Gluten Free Living, Healthy Lifestyle, It's Trending
Cooking With Gluten Free Flours : Part 1
There are many advantages to using gluten free flours and this is because they are generally made from seeds that are high in nutrients and low in acidity, making them easy to digest. Millet, believed to have originated in tropical west Africa, has long been a highly valued and sacred crop in China. With its mild flavour, millet makes very…
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Wholesome Dinners
Gluten free Chicken Nuggets with Quinoa
This is a great recipe for kids and adults alike. Gluten free and super tasty, boasting delicious Asian flavours of lemongrass, coriander and chilli, the whole family will love this one. Ingredients: ½ cup water ¼ cup quinoa 500g chicken mince (or finely chopped chicken) 1/3 cup blanched almond meal ½ cup chopped coriander 1 red chilli (deseeded and finely…
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Healthy Lifestyle, Our Wholefoods Kitchen
Stress, Anxiety and the Wholefood Diet
Around the globe, there is a growing epidemic of mood disorders with anxiety at the core. Anxiety is a broad term used to describe a range of symptoms that varies for different individuals. Commonly experienced symptoms include excessive worry, trouble relaxing, irritability, problematic sleep, difficulty concentrating as well as the resultant muscular tension and hardness. Extreme cases of anxiety can…
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