by Adam | Mar 24, 2021 | Nutrition
What is your favourite home-grown vegetable? The kale plant is mine for sure! Dead easy to grow from seed to plant, hardy as anything, heavy cropping, versatile to eat, freezable, and right up there with the healthiest and most nutritious of plants on the planet. All...
by Adam | Mar 3, 2021 | Nutrition
I keep a regular supply of sprouting Alfalfa on paper towels on the go for a super quick, clean, nutritious, cheap, and easy indoor food supply. If are aren’t doing this already, I recommend giving it a shot. Alfalfa Sprouts are dead easy to grow indoors with...
by Adam | Feb 24, 2021 | Nutrition
FODMAP-high foods can cause severe digestive discomfort in many people, so it’s good to know which are FODMAP high and low foods. FODMAP stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols and groups together certain carbohydrates...
by Adam | Feb 15, 2021 | Nutrition
If you haven’t tried this before, I recommend giving it a go. Chia Seed sprouts are dead easy to grow indoors with just a paper towel and water and are great for adding to hot or cold meals. There are various ways to enjoy Chia Seeds but the one I like best is...
by Adam | Aug 17, 2020 | Nutrition
Let’s take a look at edible and inedible parts of plants that we typically grow in our gardens and allotments to ensure that we are making maximum use of our crops and avoiding plant parts that can poison us. As we have become more affluent our tastes have...
by Adam | Aug 17, 2020 | Nutrition
To function healthily our bodies require a balance of proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates (sugar, starch and fibre), fats, and water. In this article we take a look at the importance of dietary fibre. Dietary fibre is found in carbohydrates such as fruits,...
