Raw beetroot is full of goodness. It contains potassium, magnesium and iron as well as vitamins A, B6 and C, and folic acid. Pretty impressive, isn’t it? Unfortunately, as I’ve already mentioned, it’s not that tasty as a juice unless you combine it with other fruit or vegetables. Depending on what you have in the [...]
Kale is a wonderfully tasty addition to your cooking arsenal. Unfortunately it can be quite awkward to get, so I haven’t been able to use it in my cooking for the last couple of months. Fortunately I’ve been able to get a supply in the last week both from local corner shop and from Tesco. [...]
I’ve been posting here on a semi-regular basis for over a year. Prior to that the activity was incredibly sporadic.. I like posting photos with the articles, as it helps add a bit of “colour” to what I’m writing about. As of today any of the recipes that I post that have photos will also [...]
When a supermarket runs a discount on pineapple you’d be silly not to take advantage of it. So I ended up buying 4 or 5 pineapples last week in Super Valu. At 25c a pop they were too cheap to overlook. Lidl were also running a discount on a few other vegetables, but I digress. [...]
Since I bought the blender a couple of weeks ago I’ve been dying to try it out. This evening I decided that a post dinner “treat” was in order so I made a healthy smoothie As I’m going to be away for a few days I’ve been trying to make sure that I’ve used up [...]
James cooked a very tasty variation on this recipe the other evening. (He added some boiled sausage .. ) So I ended up with quite a bit of kale.. Kale is incredibly healthy and packed full of nutrients. Some people call it a “super food”, but it wasn’t something that I was that familiar with [...]
Beetroot is a fantastic vegetable, though you usually find it already cooked or pickled. Making juice from beetroot was a whole new adventure in juice for me, so finding the right combination of juices was key. I ended up adapting this recipe to suit me ie. smaller quantity and different proportions. Beetroot, Carrot, Apple and [...]
