Need to leave a cookie for Santa? Or just want to throw an intimate tea party at home with your loved ones during the festive season? It’s the season for indulgence and who doesn’t need some after the year we’ve all had? How about coconut flour blueberry muffins and some rye flour fruit scones? These […]

Beetroots (Beta vulgaris) are one of the richest sources of iron in the edible plant kingdom. Being slightly anaemic I have tried to incorporate more of this root vegetable in my dishes recently. Planted in May and harvested from July to October in the UK, this sweet root vegetable is full of beneficial nutrients and […]

Growing up we only ever used bars of soap to wash our hands. My grandparents also tended to use bars of soap for washing clothes as well as most personal hygiene. Liquid soap is a relatively new trend.  The argument for it is that it is more hygienic than using a bar of soap. However, […]

I will always remember a scene where, during a conversation with a friend who had just embarked on a new diet, we were talking about various possible recipes with the limited list of allowed ingredients she had during the initial detox period, and I mentioned millet. The third friend, who had been silent until then, […]

What I love about spices, is not just the colour and flavour, or even their medicinal properties, but it is their power to transform a dish. If stored correctly, they last for a long time, and can be a great replacement for fresh products that may not always be available to you, either because you […]

There are times when I get cravings for certain foods and I feel the need to experiment in my kitchen. Recently I started experimenting with agar agar. This is a seaweed which vegans use to replace gelatine in puddings and desserts. It is sold in powder form in small sachets, generally speaking around 1.5g which […]

Ever heard of the kohlrabi? Neither had I, until I started the Metabolic diet. It was among my very limited list of allowed vegetables, especially during the initial two weeks of my plan.  Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say, so I armed myself with courage and went out to look for it. […]

It is said that after the birth of Jesus (celebrated on Christmas day every year) Three Wise Men from the Orient came, following a comet, to pay their homage to the newborn child. These men, also referred to as the Three Magi in English, and known as the Three Kings in Spanish-speaking countries, travelled on […]

Driving down one of the main roads where I live, I recently saw a recurring ad. The copy of the ad reads “Not all waters were created equal”. This attracted my attention as I have long known this, and it has been on my list of blog post themes to cover for a while.  Unfortunately […]

Beetroots are not just for soups and salads, because of their natural sweetness they can be used to make delicious desserts replacing the processed sugar much in the same way ripe bananas are used. They also add moisture to your dishes and pair surprisingly well with dark chocolate. You can read about the myriad health […]

Trying to cut down on carbs and increasing your vegetable intake? If you are staying at home and exercising less, this might be just what you are looking for.  Cauliflower rice is a quick and easy solution which has become “trendy” in recent years. Despite the name, which might bring visions of a yet to […]

There are some parts of the world where rabbits are considered pets. Most people will eat other farm animals such as cows, chickens and lambs, but will regard rabbit as off limits.  Other people, like yours truly, grew up being served rabbit regularly. In fact, my grandmother’s special rabbit stew is one of those secretly […]

Barley, a grain harvested and consumed as far back as 10,000 years ago, used to be a staple of Japanese cuisine but was gradually replaced by white rice. It is now making a slow comeback, although it is finding stiff competition from the likes of quinoa. Research has shown that consumption of barley is far […]

It’s Halloween season again. This means pumpkins, squash and orange-tinted everything all round. Trick-or-treating might not be the same again during this pandemic but there is no reason you should not be introducing a bit of festive orange to your plates.  Since it’s always good to celebrate festivities with low calorie foods, this is the […]