Nuts - an ancient super-health food: Eat a handful... After years of unfair persecution nuts are finally back on the healthy shopping list and not just as an occasional treat but as a daily prescription for good health. Most health authorities now recommend...

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Croissants and silverbeet lasagna @ Whangamata, New... I have spent the past month in New Zealand at the beach, cycling, rafting over the world's highest commercially rafted waterfall at Rotorua, walking on the beach, seeing friends and family - and...

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Rewena paraoa - delicious yeast-free sour dough bread Here’s my question: Is it possible to make a wholemeal version of rewena paraoa (potato bread) that looks and tastes good? For the past month I have been experimenting. Rewena comes from the Maori...

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A purple salad for your brain - Beetroot, vegetable... The jacaranda trees are in full bloom in Sydney. These elegant trees are a mass of beautiful mauve flowers. If you park your car underneath one you won’t feel quite so enchanted as the sticky flowers...

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love.fish Eat seafood twice a week. Most health organisations the world over tell us the same thing. Seafood is seriously good for you. Compared to people who don't eat it, those who eat a couple of fish meals...

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