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Aug13
Why Activate Nuts & Seeds?
Nuts and seeds contain all of the nutrients and enzymes needed to produce a living plant, however they remain dormant until the conditions for germination ...
Jul06
Our Top Ten Wholefoods to Keep you Healthy this Winter
One of the best ways to keep healthy throughout the cooler months of winter is through our diet. Eating a wholefoods diet supports us year ...
Aug13
Message from the Owners
Its our 100th ISSUE of the Affordable Wholefoods Newsletter! Wow! Epic! Amazing!! What does it mean? Well, when we were children one hundred seemed like ...
Aug13
Health Benefits of Herbs & Spices
Not only do herbs and spices improve the taste of our food, they also provide a range of nutrients and health benefits. Some spices are ...
Jun03
Simple Starter Recipes for Kids
Wholefoods are the foundation of a healthy diet and nourished body and are one of the best gifts we can give to our children. As ...
Aug13
Wholefoods for Kids
In a world where allergies, anxiety and attention disorders are sky-rocketing in our kids, there is much to be said about eating a wholefoods diet ...
Aug13
Beans, Beans, Good for Your …. ?
Over many thousands of years, the humble bean has made its way across the globe, becoming a central ingredient in the cuisine of many cultures. ...
Apr01
Boost & Nourish Your Skin this Summer
Our skin is designed to protect our precious insides from potentially damaging environmental stressors, it gives us a whole range of different sensations and it ...
Aug13
A Wholesome Christmas with Affordable Wholefoods
As 2016 winds up it is a great time to reflect upon the happenings of the year and to take a moment to stop and ...
May12
6 Ways to Eat Healthy on a Budget
If you’re anything like us here at the Affordable Wholefoods family, you are probably drawn to eating healthy foods and want only the best health ...
Aug13
Kitchen Essentials Part 2 – Apple Cider Vinegar
A lovely old apple press. Photograph by Bill Owen 2012. Apple Cider Vinegar is made from fermenting apple juice using bacteria and yeast, producing a ...
Aug13
Kitchen Essentials Part 1 – Vanilla
The Vanilla bean is the source of all natural vanilla products and is harvested from the Vanilla Planifolia plant native to Mexico. The plant is ...
Jul11
Why Carob is a ‘Super’ food
The carob tree, known also by its beautiful botanical name Ceratonia siliqua, is native to the Mediterranean as well as Western Asia where it has ...
Aug13
Choosing the Right Protein Powder for You
Image: Choose what works for you. Keep it simple. Protein is an essential nutrient found in every cell in our body and is vital to ...
Aug13
Cooking with Coconut
Image: Coconut Palms on the Simeulue Island, Northern Sumatra, Indonesia Coconut products have experienced a boom in popularity over the past few years due ...
Apr10
Making Your Own Nut Milk
Image: Ripe almonds with shells on Whether you are looking for alternatives to dairy milk due to ethical or health reasons or perhaps you want ...
Aug13
Nigella : The missing spice in your kitchen
Image: The delicate Nigella flower comes is many shades of blue and purple Nigella sativa is a plant native to Southern Asia that produces tiny ...
Aug13
The Benefits of Activating Nuts & Seeds
Image: A springtime almond blossom in all its glory You may have heard that eating nuts and seeds are better for you when they are ...
Dec09
Top 5 Tips to Save Time on Dinner
Often it is the evenings when we have less energy to cook and would rather be relaxing. This might mean that spending time making a ...
Aug13
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 ...
Dec05
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, ...
Sep05
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 ...
Aug05
Anti-inflammatory Foods for Health
Inflammation is a normal and healthy process that is occurring in our body all of the time. It is the response by our immune system ...