Articles tagged with: Food
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#178 – The Joyous Concoction of Charlotte’s Parsley Pizza
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#171 – Grey Power in the House
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 …
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 …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Five – Let’s Get Connected
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 …
Trowel Power!
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 …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Two – Digest This.
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 …
Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog One
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 …
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. …
Five Good Reasons to Get Out of Bed in the Week-End to go to the Growers Market
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 …
Grey Lynn Farmer’s Market – Notices
“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 …
My Four Favorite Edible Flowers
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#125 – Fancy A Little Power Smoothie to Pep Things Up?
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#118 – Ponderous Reflections of an Optimistic Website Editor on a Rainy Day
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#116 – The Sub-Tropical Hideaway I Love to Raid for Organic Delicacies
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 …
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#105 – Tamarillo, Chocolate and Banana Muffins (wheat and dairy free!)
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, Glorious Sustainable Food!
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#102 – Thirty Four Years Dinosaur
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 …
The Wondrous World of Heirloom Vegetables
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 …
365 Days of Fun and Chillaxation – Blog#64 – Hearty, Soul Nourishing Pumpkin and Coriander Soup (with loads of garlic!)
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 …
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