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Vegetable Fritata - Recipe

Ingredients:

Olive or coconut oil

200g kumara, peeled and diced to 1cm pieces

120g green beans, trimmed, halved

½ cup frozen peas or sweet corn

1 medium red onion, chopped

1 medium zucchini, sliced thinly

1 medium tomato, chopped

2 tablespoons fresh parsley finely chopped

½ cup milk (or rice/coconut/almond/oat milk)

4 eggs, lightly whisked

Salt and pepper to season

Method:

Preheat oven to…

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Ingredients:

Serves 2-3

3 zucchini (courgette), medium sized

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

1-2 tablespoons pesto (optional)

Method:

Wash and cut both ends off the zucchini.

Then either cut length ways into long thin noodles or use a Julienne peeler to do the hard work for you.

Lightly sauté zucchini noodles in olive oil on a medium heat.

Add salt and pepper to taste…

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HBOT may just be the treatment of choice you’re waiting for

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What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)?

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Ingredients:

1 cup cooked quinoa

1 medium tomato, finely chopped

1 cup parsley, finely chopped

1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Juice from 2 lemons

Sea salt to taste

Method:

In a large bowl mix the cooked quinoa, tomato, red onion and parsley.

Mix in the olive oil and lemon juice and add salt to taste.

Enjoy!

Meet Salt and Her Relatives

Salt is NOT just salt!

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All of us need salt to live. It’s one of the primary tastes of man and has been around for approximately 8,000 years. Salt was once used as payment when trading during the time of the Roman Empire. The word salt means salary in Latin. It was that precious! Did you know that there are different kinds of salt? Salt can be classified asnatural…

Ingredients:

250ml coconut cream

250ml raw milk (or half cream half milk or all coconut cream)

5-6 egg yolks (5 yolks is pretty soft and a bit runnier)

1 Tbsp maple syrup (or to taste)

1tsp vanilla paste

Method:

Whisk all ingredients until well mixed.

Divide up into ramekins or a baking dish.

Put into roasting pan and fill with water up to half or 2/3 up the side of ramekin/baking dish.

Bake…

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Learn the most common causes and how to deal with them

Has this ever happened to you? Your 3-year old son comes up to you and tells you that he has wet his bed. First of all, please don’t scold your child. It’s not his fault. Don’t make fun of it (the bed-wetting incident) or him either. Why? Let us tell you some of the most common causes of bed-wetting:

To…

Quick AND Easy Daily Detox Tips

Are you having a hard time detoxifying? Why not make it less of a hassle by following our practical tips for how you can easily and quickly detoxify on an everyday basis. No need for a whole month of intensive cleansing. Just be kind to your body.

Rehydrate. Drink a warm glass of water with half a lemon squeezed into it. Believe it or not, your stomach absorbs more water if the water is warm…

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups (150g) almond flour (or ground almonds)

4 tablespoons (60g) psyllium hull powder

2 teaspoons (10g) baking powder

1 teaspoon (5g) salt

4 tablespoons (60ml) extra virgin olive oil (or melted butter or coconut oil)

4 eggs

½ cup (100g) sour cream (for dairy free option replace sour cream with 35ml water and another 60ml olive oil)

100g mixed seeds such as sunflower,…

Pomegranate and Feta Green Salad

Ingredients:

1 pomegranate

200g feta

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

3 tablespoons olive oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper to season

1/4 cup walnuts

6-7 cups (loosely packed) dark leafy greens such as rocket, spinach and watercress

Method:

Toast walnuts and set aside to cool.

Remove seeds from pomegranate, leaving membrane and skin behind.

Wash leafy greens and remove…

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Before any light emitting technology was invented, the sun and candles at night were the only sources of light. The world and its evenings were spent in partial darkness. With the advent of light emitting technology, we now stay up late at night and unknowingly harm our health. Let us tell you why.

What is blue light?

Blue light is part of the sun’s spectrum…

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Almond Pancakes with Bacon & Mascapone

Serves 2

Ingredients:

2-3 tsp olive oil, coconut oil or butter (for cooking)

1 cup (100g) almond meal

1 egg

1/4 cup (50ml) water

1 Tbsp melted butter

Stevia or xylitol to taste

Small pinch of salt

1-2 Tbsp mascarpone

3 rashers streaky bacon (optional)

Berries for garnish

Method:

Whisk almond meal, egg, water, melted butter, stevia/xylitol and salt together until well mixed.

Heat frying pan on…

Sugar Cane Processing and Common Types of Sugars

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Sugar or sucrose can come from sugar cane (genus Saccharum) or sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). But for this article, we’ll focus on sugar cane and how sugar is obtained from it and processed. This plant grows 2 to 6 metres high and a single stalk contains approximately 12 – 14% sucrose. To make things simpler, the process of extracting sugar from sugar cane happens…

The Best Little Muesli Bar in Town

Katie’s Oat & Nut Muesli Bars

The Best Little Muesli Bar in Town

This is a tried, tested and trusted recipe from Katie’s childhood days. It came to be expected by her fellow schoolmates on all school camps and tramping trips! Great for lunch boxes!

Ingredients:

4 cups rolled oats (1 cup can be replaced with your choice of a combo of nuts or other seeds)

1 cup sultanas

¼ cup skim milk…

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Don’t frustrate your prostate, follow these tips

In this article, you will learn some common treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and prostate cancer. We will also include some things you can do to keep your prostate healthy. 1. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Treatment for prostate enlargement can be either surgical or medication. Some medications do their work by…