It’s national Organic Week here in New Zealand and it’s great to see more people becoming more aware of our impact on the environment, sustainability and wellbeing. As a result, it’s becoming more common to choose organic options over others. If you think organic food is super expensive, you might be surprised that it doesn’t always have to be.
Here’s a rundown on what organic food actually is, the benefits and how to include more organic food in your diet without it breaking the bank.
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There’s nothing like soup to warm you on a cold winters day. This Moroccan tomato and chickpea soup contains a warming mixture of spices, including the Tunisian chilli paste called harrisa. This is made with chilli, garlic, caraway seeds and other herbs and spices. It’s available at specialty food stores and many supermarkets. I bought a tube…
This feijoa and coconut loaf tastes amazing and is a nice way to use up feijoas . If you’ve got a tree no doubt you’ll have them in abundance and when you can’t eat any more as they are, then there are plenty of yummy ways to cook with them. I have to admit, I’m…
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No time for breakfast? Here’s some ideas for grab and go breakfast ideas for those days you struggle to find time to eat in the morning. Breakfast is an important meal but sometimes when you’re busy making time for breakfast doesn’t always happen. Research shows that breakfast eaters tend to have an increased nutrient intake…
For a large proportion of my life, coffee has played a pretty significant part. Whether it be drinking it, making it, or simply breathing in the smells of freshly roasted beans, coffee is one of life’s simple pleasures for me. However, over the years that I have worked as a barista, I have noticed a…
“It’s all about portion control.” “You just need to control your portions.” These are common statements in the nutrition world, but it’s something that’s not really true. You don’t need to control your portions or worry about portion control. There’s a better way to know how much to eat.
While the pursuit of an ‘ideal’ body is still very much out there in social media, there is a new, much more positive wave beginning to swell – body positivity. But how the heck do you begin to love your body when you just don’t?! Sure it sounds great and all, but when…
Making changes to your diet can be seem challenging. With so much conflicting information about what, when and how much to eat it’s hard to know where to start. Following food rules can seem the straight forward answer. While following food rules, meal plans, or programmes that help you quit sugar, get healthy and ‘lose…