Nutrition & Health Insights
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- Foods, General, Gut, Recipe
Red cabbage is a simple vegetable with surprisingly big benefits for your health. The idea for this recipe actually came from my veg box — sometimes I get vegetables I don’t normally buy, and it encourages me to experiment and diversify my diet. When gently braised with apple and warming [...]
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This soup is actually much tastier than it might sound due to the addition of caraway seeds and mustard. Adding vinegar at the end really lifts the flavour too! 2tbsp butter (or alternative) 1.5 chopped onions 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1tsp mustard powder (or jar mustard) ½ tsp caraway [...]
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With the recent spell of hot weather, many of us are dusting off the BBQ and taking the cooking outside. Then we spot the headline that tells us barbecued food can create harmful substances in our food. These harmful substances are known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – I think we’ll [...]
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Having a healthy, balanced, microbiome is the key to good health. It has an impact on many aspects of health, not just in the gut but body-wide. When I plan meals, I always consider how what I eat will benefit my microbiome (yes, I know that is quite geeky!). So, [...]
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Were you, like me, brought up being told to “eat your greens”? I thought I’d share a couple of my favourite nutritious and tasty green recipes. The falafel recipe is one I have scribbled on a bit of paper in my recipe folder so can’t give credit to whoever I [...]
- Recipe, Vitamins
Parsnips are a great source of vitamin C, K and folate and other immune supporting nutrients such as zinc, magnesium and vitamin B6. Parsnips are also a rich source of antioxidants and dietary fibre – your gut bacteria will love this soup. Add in the anti-inflammatories ginger and turmeric and [...]
- Foods, Recipe
Wild garlic has been one of my recent discoveries. Now one of my highlights of spring is the appearance of this amazing plant in our local woodland. Not only does it look stunning during its short flowering period, it is also a delicious food and has properties which make it [...]