Are you struggling to eat healthy meals with the rising grocery and petrol prices?
Here in Australia, working mum Penina Petersen, has taking action to help her family and others in this battle, by producing her own eco smart cookbook called Table Tucker.
This menu planning book is intended to help you save thousands on groceries, while also saving time, sanity and world resources.
The book itself includes annual, seasonal and monthly pantry lists for buying in bulk. It also contains grocery lists for simple dinner menus each week and season of the year.
There are lots of additional hints and tips, and I really love the inspirational quotes and stories that are contained throughout the book, making it a little different to the norm.
Penina says:
“Table Tucker is designed to ease the pressure of the daily grind by putting a little more money in your wallet and designing pockets of time so you can get on with enjoying life.”
So, why am I telling you all about this book? Click to Read More »»
Dieting has become so popular that it’s estimated around 70 percent of the female population, and 30 percent of males have followed one at some stage.
The worrying thing is that many people don’t seem too concerned about whether the diet they choose is healthy or not – all that matters is losing a few pounds!
Although diets often produce results in the short term, unfortunately very few can maintain this weight loss for the months and years that are ahead.
Thus the yo-yo cycle of dieting continues, and it’s often to the detriment of your health long-term.
So, why don’t diets work?
#1 Diets are not designed to work!
If everyone could simply lose weight and keep it off, there would be no money in it for the diet companies. Click to Read More »»
As you know, a few days ago I discussed the raw food diet. I’d like to thank you all for your support and comments surrounding this post, I really do appreciate it.
The raw food diet is definitely a much debated topic, and this morning I was reminded of this fact when I read a response to my article from Gena, who wrote a guest post over at Hangry Pants.
Gena is a high-raw vegan, and says her diet consists of mostly raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, seaweeds, and occasional sprouted grains. She also eats cooked and steamed root vegetables.
I’m sure you’ll agree, such dedication to this type of lifestyle is to be commended. Click to Read More »»
Like many alternative diets, the raw food diet is in fact grounded on a few good principles.
In the westernised world we are eating far too much junk food, so shifting our focus towards more of a plant-based diet would be a healthy move for most of the population.
But, what exactly is the raw food diet?
It is based on a diet of unprocessed (preferably organic), whole plant-based foods, at least 75 percent of which should be uncooked, consisting of:
- Fresh fruits and vegetables
- Freshly made fruit and vegetable juices
- Sun-dried fruits
- Fresh sprouted seeds
- Nuts and seeds
- Young coconuts
- Seaweeds – such as nori, dulse, Laver, sea lettuce, and kombu
However, one of the main problems with the raw food diet is that the philosophy behind it is scientifically flawed, and makes little sense biologically.
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It’s the weekend and time to recharge your batteries for the week ahead!
So, pour yourself a coffee, pull up a comfy chair, and check out some of the articles I’ve been reading around the web this week.
I hope you enjoy!
The 4 year old McDonald’s Cheesburger
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To transform the lifestyles of a diet-obsessed world by teaching people how to eat healthy and make healthy eating a habit for life.