The stereotype of women craving chocolate is fairly well deserved, and even makes sense nutritionally – as cocoa is quite a good source of magnesium. Magnesium is one of many essential nutrients, and it can also help relax the muscles – making it even more desirable during unforgiving periods. The trouble is that most chocolates […]
Category: Recipes
Home-Made Allergy-Friendly Pet Food
Our pets can also suffer from food intolerances and allergies just like us. The good news is that home-made pet, and dog food is incredibly easy to make, and you’ll know exactly what’s going into your pets’ diet. It’s easy to keep it varied too if you’re concerned they’ll get a bit bored of the […]
Reduce Your Waste With Vegetable Pie
An expensive and environmentally damaging issue many of us face is wasted food. It’s not uncommon for perfectly edible vegetables to get chucked away at the end of the week. In fact, Potatoes are the single most wasted food in the UK. A staggering average of 170 potatoes are thrown away each year per household. […]
Pizza Margherita Recipe with a Carb-Boost
This pizza recipe is a classic high-carb meal that you can tailor to practically any diet (except, perhaps, keto). One quarter of this pizza will boast a hearty 56g of carbohydrates and roughly 431 calories, so it’s a fairly light meal unless you start doubling up your portions! The especially health-conscious of you ought to […]
Grilled Apricot salad with CBD Oil
People have been cooking with cannabis as early as 10th century in India, where mixtures of ground cannabis flowers and milk were used for spiritual purposes. Similar recipes have been discovered in renaissance Italy, so it’s not been exclusive to any specific geographical location. But it wasn’t until the second half of the last century […]
Loaded Houmous Recipe
Who doesn’t love a bit of houmous? Well, we love it so much that we’ve created a recipe that transforms this middle eastern dip into a meal of its own. This recipe is vegetarian, but you can get creative with it if you want. This isn’t a quick win though – you’ll want to have […]
Fermenting Vegetables and Getting Gut-Healing Probiotics
At first, fermenting your own veggies may seem daunting, but you’ll soon learn that it’s relatively straight-forward and easy to do. There are practically unlimited options, and you can have fun experimenting with different seasonings and combinations. But before we get into the details of fermenting vegetables, we’ve going to cover why you would even […]
Allergen-Free Protein Balls
Today we’ve got a recipe for some delicious chocolate black bean protein balls. They’re free from peanuts, tree nuts, and seeds. Made with just a handful of ingredients; black beans, cocoa, coconut oil, coconut flakes, rolled oats and chocolate pieces to top it off. It wasn’t long ago when Pinterest and Facebook were rampant with […]