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Check out the Easter Bunny’s post-indulgence raw Greens Smoothie – from Sarah Lea
Summer’s arrived just in time for Easter and we’ve welcomed it with boundless energy.
Easter’s a time for bunnies and eggs. Symbols of rebirth in the name of Oestre, the Goddess of fertility, but here in …
Foraging for nature’s ‘fast food’ this Kiwi autumn; includes recipe: Raw Wild mushrooms filled with Foragers Pesto
Sarah Lea
Sarah Lea is the new raw food blogger for Happyzine.
I live off fast food, convenience foods, meals ready made by Mama Earth. The packaging is compostable, the pantry an outdoor adventure and the meal …
Cacao “food of the Gods” + Raw easter egg recipe. By raw foodie Sarah Lea
Sarah Lea
I’ve found my secret key to the universe. Cacao. The food of the Gods and the food of Sarah Lea. Not only does it keep my mind focused (usually on eating more cacao), clear …
Book Review: Now is the Season by Laura Faire
Book review by Charlotte Squire
Now is the Season by Laura Faire
“Seasonal food is that simple: food that is grown and consumed within its natural season, sharing its flavour if the soil is good and the …
Switch to Local Food for your belated 2012 New Years Resolution – Ooooby
Switch to Local Food for your belated 2012 New Years Resolution.
It’s good for you, your family, your community and our future generations.
Simply by visiting the supermarket less and having local food delivered to your door, …
Try the award winning, organic Richmond Plains Sauvignon Blanc 2011 this Christmas
I’m gazing at an empty bottle of Richmond Plains Sauvignon Blanc 2011 wine. There is a certain degree of nostalgia that comes with looking at this empty bottle as drinking it was a fine, fine …
Check out New Zealand’s new organic raw food Awaken energy bar
You may have noticed them in your local organic shop recently, these blazing new raw food musli bars, wrapped in vibrant colours and crying out to be sampled. New stuff is so exciting isn’t it? …
Out Standing in our Fields … Foodie Blog by Zo Zhou
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 …
Local, Seasonal, Simple…with Alison Lambert Ep 1
Alison Lambert shows you how to cook seasonal, locally grown food to make delicious and economical meals for all the family, right from her kitchen in Dunedin…Episode 1 – the delicious Eve’s Pudding…
check out her …
Ooooby is Coming Home to Waiheke!
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 …
Book Review: Party Food for Girls by Alessandra Zecchini and Arantxa Zecchini Dowling
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 …
Top Kiwi Chefs Show How Its Done at Eighteen Kiwi Farmers Markets
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 …
Breakfast Brainfood!
By Tricia Curtis
is is the breakfast that will supply heaps of nutrients and keep your sugar levels balanced for much of the day. I have given this recipe to many of my patients who …
Keep’n it Local in the UK: British food is best, says New Olympics Campaign
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 …
The Good Old Days – In a Jar!
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 …
Tahini Mania (my favourite recipes with the sesame paste)
by Claire Chateau
For the past three months we have become “The Tahini Household”. It all started with my friend Hannah offering to make a group order for basic organic essentials at a very low price. …
An Ode to Eatright Foods (Slow Dried anyone?)
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 …
An Excerpt from the Wholefoods Handbook – ‘Chickpeas’
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. …
It’s in the Bag! A Simple, Energy Saving Cooking Idea
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 …
Science Festival Seeks ‘Ultimate’ Southern Cheese Roll
New Zealand International Science Festival, 6-11 July, Dunedin, New Zealand
Cheese roll lovers in the Deep South are being urged to reveal the secret of the ‘ultimate’ southern cheese roll – far superior to its northern …
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