Recently I wrote about foraging for Stinging Nettle seeds, which are highly nutritious and have amazing adaptogenic properties. Now that my seeds have dried, I have passed them through a sieve to remove any twiggy bits, stems and leaves. Now I have a jar…
Here’s a lovely recipe that is dairy-free and perfect for the hot weather we have been having recently. Banana, Coconut & Chocolate Ice Lollies Makes 6 lollies Ingredients: 400ml additive-free coconut milk 2 bananas 1 tbsp. good quality vanilla extract 75g…
Common hogweed is one of my favourite wild plants to forage. It’s tasty and abundant. You do have to be careful when picking common hogweed as you could get it confused with giant hogweed which is toxic. Giant hogweed and common hogweed have quite…
Serves 2 Ingredients: 2 large courgettes or 4 smaller courgettes 500g lamb mince 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 red onion, chopped 2 tsp. ground cumin 2 tsp. ground coriander ½ tsp. ground cinnamon 1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped 5cm piece fresh…
Gazpacho is a wonderfully vibrant summer dish that really wakes up the taste buds on a hot summer’s day. It is one of my favourite things to eat for lunch in the summer. It is essentially a chilled tomato soup, flavoured with whatever else…
KEFIR – A FERMENTED “SUPERFOOD” I would personally class kefir as a superfood, and here’s why: the various types of beneficial microbiota contained in kefir make it one of the most potent probiotic foods available. It contains many different strains of not just…
One of the first plants I learnt how to forage and one of my favourite wild plants are Stinging Nettles! Urtica dioica is a plant that needs little introduction. Most children recognise nettles and avoid them to prevent their itchy sting. Nettle is a…
You can eat healthy, unprocessed foods even if you are on a budget, by buying simple, wholesome ingredients, readily available in all UK supermarkets. Often a big criticism of eating healthily and eating real and wholefoods is that it’s “too expensive”. So we wanted…
This week the National Food Strategy was published. The National Food Strategy is an independent review commissioned by the government to set out a vision and a plan for a better food system. It is intended to be an overarching strategy for the government,…
Sulforaphane was discovered by scientists at Johns Hopkins in 1992. Since then, over 2,400 studies have been published on it in the peer-reviewed literature. Scientists have identified 39 distinct pro-health mechanisms for sulforaphane so far. Many health professionals and researchers believe that sulforaphane is…