Decide which fermented food is best for you, your family and your hormones!
Confused about which fermented food to choose? Read on for some ideas on which one to choose first. The popularity of fermented foods had...
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- Jan 9, 2020
- 4 min
Perimenopause; can diet and lifestyle help?
It's that life stage that creeps up on you and just when you're in the thick of work stress and bringing up kids, symptoms appear with a...
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food hugs
- Nov 20, 2019
- 3 min
Easy Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is one of the easiest and most nutritious foods you can make at home. Some of the benefits of sauerkraut include: It contains...
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food hugs
- Nov 20, 2019
- 1 min
Nourishing Miso Soup
There is nothing like a nourishing and comforting soup on a cold winters day, and especially one that has the added benefit of supporting...
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food hugs
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Smoked Mackerel Pate
Oh me oh my, you make me cry, you're such a good looking lunch! I love a lunch that sings to my senses and ticks a number of boxes at...
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food hugs
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Autumn Blackberry & Apple Crumble
I love a bit of easy foraging...in my Dad's back garden! That counts, right? When lovely crisp red apples are available to you, plus some...
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food hugs
- Oct 22, 2019
- 1 min
Quick Dinner; Tuna Pasta
Busier days call for a quicker dinner and this is one of ours. Usually served with pasta or buttered spaghetti, I thought potatoes would...
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food hugs
- Oct 9, 2019
- 1 min
Easy Oat Bread
This recipe is a regular one in our house on Monday's when the oven is generally on for roast chicken or the like. It's super easy to...
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food hugs
- Nov 28, 2018
- 2 min
Healthy Hazelnut Chocolate Spread....yum, yum
Here's a recipe I hadn't made in a long time. Amidst all the shiny recipe books and scraps of paper, I find myself rediscovering old...
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food hugs
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Dairy Free Healthy Wellington Squares
This recipe was written by Michelle Hunt of the Peachy Palate, devised for the Happy Pear, a whopping 5 years ago! Doesn't time fly. I'm...
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food hugs
- Jun 10, 2014
- 1 min
It's a Rainbow; smoothie that is.....tee, hee
An American friend of mine can't believe how many rainbows she gets to see living in Ireland. The advantage, I guess, of all that soft...
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food hugs
- Feb 12, 2014
- 1 min
Healthy breakfast ideas for children...and adults...
It's the meal that starts your child off on it's daily adventures, so the most important thing is that provides a solid platform for...
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food hugs
- Nov 4, 2013
- 2 min
A twinkly, healthy snack: seedy, chocolate brownie
With its sprinkling of jewel like goji berries and tang of chocolate orange, these raw chocolate brownies always remind of...
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food hugs
- Sep 3, 2013
- 2 min
Top 3 tips to a 'relatively' healthy eating kids birthday party!
As sure as Christmas, your child's birthday party comes around once a year and is a major big deal, especially when you're 6! While it's...
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food hugs
- Jul 3, 2013
- 2 min
#5: Sources of protein - helping to balance blood sugars
Ever feel hungry about an hour after eating? Or totally zonked out during the afternoon? It may be that you need to have a look at...
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food hugs
- Jun 10, 2013
- 2 min
Ottolenghi's Hummus....oh me, oh my...
I am never using tinned chickpeas again for a hummus recipe. The holy grail of hummus is that really smooth, creamy texture that just...
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food hugs
- May 30, 2013
- 1 min
Home-made Nutella......a chocolately treat
At last, the recipe! I made this for my workshop on Nutrition for Children, just as a little treat. Something to have in the back pocket...
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food hugs
- May 27, 2013
- 2 min
Healthy Eating Tip #5: Sources of protein.......
When 'protein' is mentioned, more often than not, we think of craving a nice big juicy steak, with creamy peppercorn sauce, buttered...
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- May 20, 2013
- 2 min
Gluten Free Ginger, Almond and Cherry Biscuits
I've a pile of printed recipes in my kitchen, tear-offs from magazines and blotched scraps of paper mounting on a daily basis. They're...
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food hugs
- May 6, 2013
- 2 min
Healthy Eating Tip #4: The last word on fats......cooking with fats
This is it, the last word on healthy fats! While it is highly recommended to incorporate unsaturated fats into your diet, especially...
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