Over the last month or so we have seen tragedies in the world. Connectivity brings them into our lives the instant they occur. Decades ago news of an event in Europe may take days to reach other parts of the world. Go back further and it was unlikely you would ever...
These muffins are free from gluten, dairy, eggs and processed sugar. They are delicious hot out of the oven or eaten when completely cool. You need: 1 cup almond meal ½ cup rice flour ½ cup buckwheat flour ¼ cup natural sweetener (I use raw granulated sugar like this...
My step-mother can teach us all a thing or two about playfulness. She embodies playfulness making time spent with her a joy. She is the one, in the toy section of the store, playing with the toys or the person that gets a lively game of Spoons going. My dad would...
It is fascinating to see how the world turns. A lament of many over the last decade or so has been that teenagers and children do not get outside to play and spend too much time on screens. This was initially TV and video games and more recently phones. So it is great...
The magic word you need to know is ‘Lycopene’ – an antioxidant that activates once tomatoes become cooked. Lycopene helps to mop up damaging free radicals in the body that harm our healthy cells…it’s also been reported to support your body to fight cancers of the...
On a daily basis, you are reminded either through the media or your own eyes, of the multitude of people who are ill with diseases such as cancer, alzheimer’s, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), obesity...
A couple of weekends back it was raining so, instead of going for a run I used the exercise bike. One bonus (some may disagree) of this is that you can watch TV whilst exercising. Food shows are something that I find fun to watch and Rick Stein is one of my favourite...
Serve with fish, chicken, steak or eggs. Makes a great fish taco topping. You need: 1 cup radish, chopped fine 1 cup tomato, chopped fine ½ cup red onion, chopped fine ½ cup cilantro, chopped fine Juice of 1 lemon Sea salt to taste To prepare: 1. In a bowl combine...
It’s been almost two years now since I said goodbye to the symptoms of my Crohn’s Disease. I sometimes reflect on how I suffered day to day and cannot believe the changes in my life. I had constant day-to-day diarrhoea and suffered with extreme urgency. I could be...
