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Pinto beans with spinach
This simple yet tasty meal is just one way to increase pulses in your diet. This is my eldest son’s favourite meal, which came as a bit of a surprise! For reducing pitta, use the leek rather than the garlic.
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It all comes back to Digestion
“It comes back to the beginning” – the theme tune punch line from the fantastic TV series, The Bridge. If you haven’t seen it, you should! I’m singing the song for you now, you are just very lucky not to be able to hear me. It does indeed all come Read more…
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What’s the story with wheat?
Why my obsession with spelt? What is wrong with wheat? Nothing. The ancient texts of Ayurveda extol the virtues of wheat, as a nourishing, strengthening food. Its properties are heavy, oily, sweet and cooling. As it is fairly heavy to digest, it is best not to over consume. Looking at wheat from a Read more…
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Sourdough – the bread that’s easy to digest
Fermentation has been used worldwide for thousands of years to produce foods and drinks of different flavours, textures and longevity. An example of this is alcohol, and less obviously bread and soy sauce. In Ayurveda, there are various slow-fermenting vinegars and medicinal ‘wines’ which have documented therapeutic uses. This natural, Read more…
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Spelt Sourdough loaf in a bread-maker
Before you can make spelt sourdough bread, you need to first, make or obtain a sourdough starter. If you are starting one yourself, you can use wholemeal spelt or rye from the beginning. If you are getting some from a friend or another source and it is wheat, you can feed Read more…
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Ghee
I let you know how good ghee was to cook with, so rather than leaving you in suspense, it makes sense to let you know how to make it! Ghee is a form of clarified butter. It is the butter fat without the milk protein so can be used for Read more…
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The myths of oils and fats
Oils and fats are a much misunderstood area of our modern diet. We moved away from cooking with saturated fats (e.g. meat fats, dairy fats) as we were told they were causing us too many problems. We jumped straight from the sizzling frying pan into the fire… Types of oils Read more…