Articles tagged with: Food
Have you come across Eat Right foods yet? They say they’re ‘Healthy and Allergy Friendly Foods’. And it’s true. They are … and they’re so much more, I’ll just add in: ‘decadent, moreish, yummy, feel …
Zo Zhou, Two Spoons blogger
While we’re high on beating France at rugby, let’s recognise another victory this year – New Zealand’s flourishing food scene. There were over two hundred food and wine events taking place …
Ooooby, ‘Out of our own back yards’, was born on Waiheke almost 3 years ago. Since then it has grown into a network of over 4000 food growers and more than 200 Auckland customers who receive local food on …
Note: Members of Club Happyzine go in the draw to win a copy of Party Food For Girls – make sure you join up by this Friday the 3rd October to be elligable for the …
Local cooking demos to showcase “real” NZ food to the world
New Zealand, Aug 31, 2011.
Outstanding in their Fields presents New Zealand’s first live and free chef and producer cooking shows at 18 Farmers’ Markets around …
By Tom Goulding
A new campaign is aiming to get British-grown food on menus across the country during the 2012 Olympic games in an effort to create a more sustainable and fair food system.
People across …
by Will Watterson
For 5 days in August, thousands of people across New Zealand will spend just $2.25 each day on food, and use their daily experiences to bring extreme poverty to the centre …
I’m loving these videos of Kiwi change-makers. Check out Dunedin based Naturopath Francisca Griffin talking about ‘happiness’ to the Regeneration crew as they passed through Dunedin. She offers food for thought (pun initially unintended, though …
Good news from an initiative we’ve been supporting since well, day one:
“We want your input to create a community workshop
We have some funding from the former Auckland Regional Council Environmental Initiatives Fund to run …
By Kara Whaley
We use a lot of tomatoes! Canned, fresh, I’m not fussy – they are delicious. And so, when I stumbled upon a table laden with very cheap, perfectly ripe, fresh tomatoes at the …
I had a joyous day. Two radio interviews about Wild Energy. Many great conversations. Fantastic news recieved and uploaded onto Happyzine. But the grandest moment of them all was this:
Sitting on a wooden sty, beneath …
I arrived home from work today a tired, ravenous beast. I had one meal on my mind and all the ingredients to make it: satay tofu pita bread thingies with as much salad as I …
By the Mount Eden Village People
We started this initiative 4 years ago with the focus to minimising harmful effects on the environment by reducing waste sent to landfill. In Auckland up to 40% …
Mount Eden Village People* in partnership with Auckland City Council are undertaking a trial project planting fruit trees on council land in Auckland neighbourhoods.
Back in 2008 Judith Holtebrinck, from Mount Eden Village People, …
Whole Foods Handbook: The little yellow kitchen book that every organic cook must have (and can have for only NZ$5). Concise guide to 120 organic products, with background info, nutrition, preparation. Single copy $5 + $1 …
Three months after planting tiny seedlings in my trial rooftop garden, last week the plants were ready for harvest. The silver beet and beetroots did really well in the sixth floor garden in Auckland’s CBD. …
While Suzi Franks just posted a lovely little piece about how to manage your garden so you can eat from it all year round, I’ve just consumed a chick pea, parsley pizza with a rice …
Whew! The excitement of writing my daily blog with seventeen minutes to go before midnight! I’ve had the family here, two sixty plus women descending upon the house in a small, tall white car. And …
Something I’ve been meaning to write about for a while are a few goodies from the new Eatright Food slow dried range. For those who haven’t discoverd them, Eatright are big into natural, mostly certified …
Good day, ladies and gentleman. It’s shaping up to be a cold and wet one here in Golden Bay, but I am warm and cosy at my computer course in town, putting off the inevitable …
By Rebecca Toon – New Zealand
The hour of the trowel has come. Jules Dervaes is pioneering a revolution from his backyard that will change the way you feel about this humble tool and your own …
I have just walked in the door after a night in Nelson with my beloved, and before my head hits the pillow I wanted to update you all on what has been happening. An interesting …
Greetings and welcome to the first of my twice-weekly blogs for the month of September. I recently approached Charlotte about blogging for a month about my journey back to living healthily, in part because you …
Chickpeas (Garbanzos)
Chickpeas, native to Asia, are a key ingredient in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cookery. They’re tan and shaped like a small hazelnut. Chickpeas contain more iron than other legumes and are a good source of unsaturated fats. …
by Claire Chateau
Like me, you are probably an expert at finding reasons why you are not going to make it to the early local growers market at the week-end. Busy week at work (“all the …
“Dear friends of the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market,
We’re very excited to announce that the next street market will take place on Sunday, 26th September from 9am – 12.30pm in the West Lynn shopping district on …
By Suzi Franks
Last week I told you about the wonderful world of edible flowers and Charlotte has asked if I could pick some of my favorites and tell you about them.. I said ‘Of course …
The good news is I’m ninety percent of the way through the second draft of my e-book. I read back over it today and enjoyed it, I hope I’m not the only one! Now let’s …
Oh the numerous, numerous ways I have thus far attempted to grow the subscription base of my website. I’ve tried radio interviews, TV interviews and of course print media (as in, I was interviewed for …
I’m gong to share my little not-so-secret Golden Bay secret with you today – it’s the Rocksworld organic veggie stall. To find it you first have to find The Grove. Now The Grove is another …
By Tish North
I want to tell you about a product that I have developed that can help you save power when cooking. It’s called a Haylo Bag and it’s based on an idea that I …
Hello there,
Guess what finally happened? Just over 100 blogs into my year of blogging about the good in life, last night, I forgot to post this blog yesterday. Things got a little busy here at …
Food is my greatest love. You might think it would be my darling partner, my wonderful family or my long-dead cat. No, it’s food. I love nothing more than food. And not just the eating …
I’m relaxing after a hectic day of answering facebook happy birthday messages, relaxing in the sun while my friend told me not to do any work, and consuming appropriate amounts (ie bountiful) of food at …
By Suzi Franks
Imagine lime green cauliflowers, white carrots and red Brussels sprouts. Or how about black tomatoes or lime green ones with dark green stripes or sweetcorn kernels that are all the colours of the …
Here in Aotearoa/New Zealand we’re in the middle of Matariki, which also coincides with winter-solstice. It’s the ‘dead of winter’. It’s the time to nestle inside with the heat pumping and a good bowl of …
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
This evening I cooked this yummy winter soup and a gluten free apple/feijoa crumble. The soup was delicious. All the nourishing vegetables, so hot and …
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website)
The music to accompany this blog is from the eighties (that’s right, from the olden days): Greatest American Hero soundtrack (long version) – see below.
Act of relaxation …
(As I raise my child and grow my good news website)
I see that Stuff has reported on the squillionce study to report on the health giving effects of chocolate consumption. Those of us that regularly …
Auckland’s extraordinary wealth of people and cultures, its fertile abundance of land, sun and sea will be unveiled, all through the lens of food, in a new exhibition called Kai to Pie: Auckland on a …
