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Easy Homemade Lemon Bar Recipe

Sep 26, 2019

When life hands you lemons, make lemon bars! This recipe is adapted from delish.com and will make a medium batch, about 16 average sized bars, or they could be cut bigger to create 8, so the decision is yours.  Preparing the bars is very easy and...

Healthy Quick and Easy Lasagna Recipe

Sep 19, 2019

This traditional lasagna recipe is bursting with flavours and is so easy to make, you'll want to make it over and over. As you prepare the baking dish, sheets of pasta and other ingredients, have a read of this interesting story about how Italian lasagna...

Easy Chicken Parmigiana Recipe & Eggplant Parmigiana for Vegans

Sep 12, 2019

Chicken parmigiana has become a pub food classic. It's really simple to cook at home with these 3 ingredients and a great dish if you have a hungry crowd to feed. For a vegetarian version, you can use eggplant. The roast capsicum and tomato salad is...

Crumbed Salmon with Green Salad

Sep 05, 2019

You can now turn your weeknight into something more special with the delicious dish of healthy salmon. But before we get down to cooking, let's find out the different health benefits of eating salmon. Salmon Health Benefits Salmon is one of the tastiest...

Salmon Fish Cakes Recipe

Aug 29, 2019

The great thing about this recipe is the taste! These fish cakes are also packed with nutrition such as omega 3, protein and iron. When it comes to omega 3 fatty acids, the fatty fish are much higher in these nutrients. These fatty acids are crucial...

Simple But Healthy Chicken, Kale and Mushroom Pie

Aug 22, 2019

Mushroom pie is a delicious, versatile pastry dish that you can have at any time of the day. You can also add some chicken pieces and chopped kale for a complete meal that's not only healthy, but also filling.  With kale and mushrooms, this chicken...

Slow-cooked Diced Lamb Shoulder Recipe

Aug 15, 2019

Lamb has started to become one of the most popular meat choices in the food world. This is because of its versatility, as well as savory taste, making it a good choice for people looking to enjoy a wonderful culinary experience. Lamb, technically, is...

How to Use Up Over Ripe Bananas

Aug 14, 2019

We all know how awesome bananas are. Aside from being a delicious snack or dessert, it's been a known fact how healthy and nutritious these fruits are. But one thing about bananas is that they tend to get over ripe. And most people just throw them...

Greek-style Pasta and Lentils Recipe

Aug 08, 2019

Lentils are a great source of fibre and protein. Their rich fibre content can support healthy blood sugar levels and balance blood cholesterol levels. Lentils are highly nutritious, and the benefits include the ability to improve and maintain heart...

Speedy Basil Pesto, Broccoli and Walnut Penne with Roast Cherry Tomatoes

Jul 18, 2019

We've all learned about the awesome health benefits of broccoli and tomatoes. But what about basil? Let's learn now while we also have this easy and healthy recipe for pesto, whose main ingredient is basil. Health benefits of basil Basil is considered...

What is Fructose?

Jul 17, 2019

Have you seen low or no-fructose diets out there, and wondering why people are ditching the sweet stuff? After all, isn't fruit good for you? It's a complicated topic, and we're not going to try and argue for or against fructose. Instead, we've uncovered...

The Truth About Egg Labelling

Jul 01, 2019

What you see is not always what you get and this rings true for egg labelling. Health benefits of eggs Eggs are possibly one of the most nutritious foods.  High in protein, iron, vitamin B12, vitamins and minerals, eggs are also a powerhouse of disease-fighting...

Canteen Wars: How healthy is your school canteen?

Jun 26, 2019

How healthy is your school canteen? Can you trust that it has your child's best healthy interests at heart?  According to the Daily Telegraph, "school canteen menus are set for an overhaul amid revelations that many serve junk foods to children  ­including...

Is Protein Good for Your Health?

May 29, 2019

Protein is essential to good health and has an important role in human nutrition. Protein is important in the making hair, blood, connective tissue, antibodies, enzymes and more. The question is, however, what is a protein and are you getting enough...

Going Veggan, Not Vegan & the Controversy Surrounding This New Diet Trend

May 22, 2019

A vegan is someone who avoids all animal products entirely ? usually for dietary and ethical or moral reasons. But now a new term has been coined, the "veggan" diet, which adds eggs to the menu. Unsurprisingly, not everyone is happy with the addition...

What is Spelt Bread?

May 06, 2019

Have you seen spelt bread at the bakery - or the corner café - and are wondering what it actually is? Well wonder no more. We've got all the much-kneaded answers here (see what we did there?), from "What is spelt bread?" to "Is spelt flour made from...

Does Vitamin C Help in Cold Prevention?

Apr 15, 2019

With the cold and flu season coming in hard for the country, health experts are warning Australians to always be on heightened alert for symptoms of cold and flu. This after data show that three times as many people have been diagnosed with the flu...

Eating in Season 101: How to Create Healthy Eating Habits

Apr 10, 2019

To eat in season means that you are getting the most flavour and nutritional value from that food.  You are also eating it at a time when it is most affordable. Eating seasonally will often mean eating locally grown foods.  It is therefore good for...

The Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar

Mar 20, 2019

Apple cider vinegar has been touted as a healthy elixir. This is, as long as you use it correctly.  For decades, it has seen claims that it can cure anything from hiccups to whiten teeth.  Whether or not it's capable of all of living up to its claims, there...

Linolenic Acid 101: Why is Alpha-Linolenic Fatty Acid Essential?

Feb 06, 2019

The human body can make most types of fat from other fats or from raw foods.  However, this is not the case for linolenic acid and linoleic fatty acids where the body must get them from food.  They have therefore been coined essential fatty acids.

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