Recipes and information to help you eat healthier

What’s So Bad About Genetically Modified Foods?

I just found out about a survey the Federated Farmers of New Zealand (pro GM) are doing to gauge the public reaction to introducing GM foods into ‘clean, green’ New Zealand. Then only about an hour later I stumbled across this article, aptly named Just Another Reason to Grow Your Own Food

Most of us who care about our health know that GM food have to be bad news, but until now I didn’t know that any studies had been done into exactly what effect they can have. Here’s what one study has found.

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The Myth of the Low-Fat, High-Carb Diet

For decades we’ve been told that to stay healthy and slim we should eat a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. We’ve been brainwashed into thinking that (all) fats are bad and carbohydrates are good. But now, with obesity at an all-time high and the number of people with diabetes soaring, it’s become apparent that this approach doesn’t work. The irony is that the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet is one of the major reasons why more people are overweight than ever before. Read more »

How To Crack A Coconut

Fresh coconuts are so much nicer than the dried coconut you get in the shops. I love eating slices of fresh coconut, but it’s also a real treat to use the coconut juice in cooking. The tricky part is in cracking it. Here’s how I do it… Read more »

Quinoa – Ancient Sacred Food, Modern Superfood

Quinoa is an ancient food that has been cultivated in the Andes mountains for at least 5,000 years. While it has been well-known in South America, it was virtually unheard of in North America until the 1980s. Considered sacred by the Incans, now it’s hailed as a ’super food’, and has been classified as a ’super crop’ by the United Nations because of it’s high protein content. Read more »

Cilantro’s Long History

Have you ever wondered why one cookbook calls for cilantro in there salsa recipe while another one calls for coriander. Then when you go to the store you see the sign reads cilantro/coriander. So what is the difference between the two? Nothing, cilantro and coriander stem from the same plant. Read more »

What’s The Best Olive Oil?

Go to the supermarket for olive oil nowadays and you’ll most likely find there’s a confusing array of choices, and prices. So, what’s the best type of olive oil to buy? It depends, to a degree, on what you’re going to use it for.

You may have heard that olive oil is good for your health, that it lowers your ‘bad’ cholesterol levels and cuts your risk of heart disease. The benefits of olive oil go way beyond heart health. But did you know that not all types of olive oil are good for you? Do you want to know the difference between the different types of olive oil and, find out which types to avoid? Read more »

Varieties of Gourmet Olives

The history of olives and olive oil can be traced back to at the least biblical times. When the waters of the great flood subsided and Noah sent forth a dove it was an olive leaf she returned carrying in her mouth. It is known that as long as 6000 years ago olive oil was used as fuel in lamps.

Today in modern grocery stores there are dozens of gourmet olives widely available. Gone are the days of canned black olives and green olives with pimentos as the only choices. For those of us who remember the days of opening a can of black olives and placing one on each finger then systematically biting them off here is the new olive. Read more »

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