Vegetarian recipes & information to help you eat healthier

The Salad in Your Front Yard: Edible Plants You Didn’t Even Know About

The Frugal Food Gatherer is Well-Fed. The price of groceries continues to rise and the Recession seems to be unending. Ways to reduce your spending can come from anywhere; unplugging household utilities like televisions and computers for instance, saves energy and reduces your electric bills. Keeping the refrigerator freezer full, while seeming like non-Recessionary good times will actually makes the refrigerator run less often. The cold bulk takes less energy to maintain than an empty freezer does at the same setting. Ironic, huh? Read more »

Homemade Vanilla Extract

I adore vanilla, the smell as well as the taste. For quite a while now I’ve been wanting to search out a recipe for making my own vanilla extract. I was thinking it might be a bit expensive though, since vanilla beans are so expensive. Well, I’ve just come across a utterly simple, perfect vanilla extract recipe completely by chance… well, okay maybe it was serendipity at play The great thing is it doesn’t look like it’s going to be that expensive in the long run because this recipe makes heaps, and you can keep reusing the vanilla beans to make more. Read more »

How to Detox Your Pets from Summer Chemicals

Well, you would never guess from the weather today, but it’s spring here in New Zealand, and if you’ve read my article from yesterday you’ll know that we’ve already been exposed to toxic chemicals from neighbors spraying. I was really concerned about our animals, especially our dogs, after reading that in studies looking into how toxins affect pets it was found in general our companion animals had about twice the level of toxins in their bodies that we do. It makes sense when you think about it, our pets are closer to the ground and a lot of toxins come off carpets (including fire retardants) if they spend time inside. Or outside everything that comes in as an airborne toxins will eventually settle on the ground. Since they are living, breathing, lying on and often eating and drinking off the ground - or close to it, it makes sense that they would be exposed to a much higher level of these toxins. So what can you do about it? Read more »

Is Eating Organic Really Worth It?

Many of you coming to this site have asked the question, “is eating organic really worth it?”. My answer, “what’s your health worth? What’s your life worth?” For me, yes it’s certainly worth it.

I’ve been meaning to write an article on this topic for a while now, but I’ve just come across an article on Dr Mercola’s site that does a great job of addressing the question, I’d like to share some of it with you, as well as some of my recent experiences with pesticides.

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Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is said to be a natural remedy for many ailments. In 400 B.C.E Hippocrates (the father of modern medicine) knew about apple cider vinegar’s antibiotic properties and recommended it to his patients for its healing properties. Since then it’s been valued by many cultures right up to modern times.

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How To Make Cashew Milk

You can make a delicious, creamy non-dairy nut milk from raw cashews. They can be added directly to smoothies to make them creamier, or you can create this nut milk and use them in smoothies, on raw granola, or other dishes.

Cashews are quite soft and will blend well without soaking, but if you have problems digesting nuts you may want to pre-soak them for 6-12 hours and throw away the soak water before you proceed.
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Green Smoothie of the Day

Today’s green smoothie (breakfast of Champions!) came out really creamy. I’m not sure why, but I’m sure enjoying it. I’ve got 2 superfoods packed in this one, goji berries and goldenberries (a.k.a. Incan Berries and Golden Inca Berries). Just for a change I decided to add some spice - cinnamon and ginger, it’s a subtle but nice change. Read more »

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