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Tag Archives: Health
Bookish inspiration
I’m currently reading The Real Food Companion (at Fishpond and Amazon). Yeah, it’s a recipe book, yep I’m reading it cover to cover. It’s not just that I’m that sort of person who likes to read recipe books for relaxation, I do, but it’s also (trust me) … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment, Ethics, Food, Gardening, Inspiration, Local
Tagged Australia, Book, Cooking, Dinner, Environment, Farmer's market, Farming, Food, Fruit, Gardening, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Make your own, Organic, Preserving, Recipe, Vegetables
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Baked salmon deliciousness
Last weekend I missed my usual Farmers’ Market because I had to work all day Saturday. They are only on every two weeks in my area so missing one means 4 weeks between visits. And this week I was having … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Environment, Food, Health, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dinner, Environment, Farmer's market, Fish, Happiness, Health, Recipe, Spring, Vegetables
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Randomness
A post on various little random pieces of food-goodness: :: A broad bean recipe I have been saving to share for ages. When my broad beans are ready they will most definitely be used to make this: Puglia style broad … Continue reading
Shove the diet, it’s food culture all the way
Last week I was listening to one of my favourite food podcasts, Good Food and they had an interesting guest on. Dr Thomas Robinson and his team research ways to ensure people eat healthily and stay within a healthy weight … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Ethics, Food, Health
Tagged Environment, ethics, Food, Fruit, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Research, Science, Vegetables
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Home economics of farmer’s markets
When people find out we shop at farmer’s markets I get a number of responses but one of the most common is “we’d love to do that, but it’s too expensive”. So I thought I’d do a little verbal analysis … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Ethics, Food, Health
Tagged Environment, Food, Fruit, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Vegetables
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The generic brand conundrum
Generic brands. They are everywhere and they are growing in market share. When I was younger it seemed pretty simple. On basic staples there wasn’t much, if any difference in quality, but the prices were often much lower. And the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Ethics, Food
Tagged Cooking, Environment, ethics, Food, Health, Philosophy
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Election 2010: cookie fun
For anyone who doesn’t know, a federal election was held in Australia yesterday. At the moment it is a hung parliament and one of the two major parties will need to form a coalition with the 5 Green/Independent members of … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Australian election, Cooking, election, Environment, Food, Gardening, Health, Recipe, Vegetables
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Healthier Toasted Muesli
I love eating muesli for breakfast (or granola when I’m visiting the US). The toasted stuff. Only problem is it’s laden with fat and sugar. So I came up with my own toned down version. By my reckoning it only … Continue reading
Lunch quest
Have you noticed a bit of a theme on my blog? That I seem slightly obsessed by all things breakfasty and brunchy? I have decided that blogging shows up your inner obsessions that you didn’t even realise you have. And … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health, Inspiration, Lunch
Tagged Environment, Food, Health, Inspiration, Lunch, Winter
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Plastics and BPA
Finally, it seems that Australia is waking up to Bisphenol A (BPA) in plastics and it’s endocrine disrupting effects. A number of major chain stores have just agreed to voluntarily phase out BPA in baby bottles. It’s a start.
