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Tag Archives: Health
Welcome to 2013
Hello everyone, How are you? I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas-New Year period. At Chez Bee it was all about family, friends and food. Oh and soaking up the way that time seems to slow down … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dinner, Food, Health, Inspiration
Tagged Australia, Christmas, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Jamie Oliver, New year's resolutions, Vegetables
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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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