Massel is now making their "Chicken-style" and "Beef-style" stock cubes onion and garlic free!







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This is a small study, so we will have to wait for further research. But definitely something to watch. See the link below-

http://mobile.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Probiotics-increase-iron-absorption-from-fortified-drink-by-50-Study

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Are you getting tired of all the newest "superfoods".
Every year, or even every few months there seems to be a "new" food available which will solve all our problems.
Here's a youtube webinar posted by Deakin University in Melbourne's Associate Professor Tim Crowe.

Superfoods and Supermyths

It's a really well thought out and well-researched presentation!

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The other day I wandered up and down the cereal aisle at the local supermarket to search out a breakfast cereal that did not have either sugar or oil added to it. The healthiest cereal I could find still had honey added. I am certainly not impressed with the multitude of words now being used for what is essentially sugar - raw sugar, unrefined sugar, natural cane sugar, evaporated cane juice. That last one really annoyed me!

Of course you could be healthy and eat oats, porridge, muesli for bre...
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Jicama
Jicama (pronounced Hicama) is a root vegetable native to South America. It is also known as the mexican bean yam, and popular in Asia by many other names.

It has a mild sweet taste BUT it is low in calories, and high in fibre, potassium and vitamin C.

This root vegetable is next on my list of things to find at the asian grocery. I'll upload recipe ideas in the coming weeks, watch out for them on the vegetables page.




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Dessert is always about rich and sweet... it's often high in sugar and high in fat and therefore best eaten in small quantities.
For most vegetarians it's the best part of the menu at any restaurant, as we can eat almost all the sweets on offer :-)

But what if you can't eat egg?

When you cook and bake at home there are many ways to make your favourite desserts without egg. My favourite egg-replacement is besam (chickpea) flour. Use a tablespoon of flour mixed with a tablespoon of water as an eq...
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A report in Sciencedaily.com has brought my attention to a recent study  published in the American Journal of Epidemiology by a European research group - the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). We all knew intuitively that eating fruit and veg was good for us!... but now some compelling scientific evidence!

This particular paper finds that 3 out of 100 deaths could be prevented if everyone ate an extra 200grams of vegetables. This is mainly because of a reduct...

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I love agedashi tofu! It is one of my favourite ways to eat tofu... If it wasn't for the deep-frying we could eat tofu this way much more often!
But how do they fry soft tofu??? without it falling apart!!!... well the secret... is to weight or press the tofu first.

Buy some fresh Japanese tofu from your local Asian grocery (you know the one... it says "Japanese Tofu" on it... comes in a white plastic tub with thin plastic over the top). Make sure the tofu is fresh - check the expiry date and ma...
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So here is my first food diary entry -


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I've been so busy over the last year that I have completely neglected this site!

So ... time for a revamp!

So far I've changed the design... next will be new photos... more on healthy eating and healthy living.... and of course ... more recipes!!!

The google ads are going to be pushed aside... this could take a while to do.

The blog is going to include a food diary... to include ideas of what every day vegetarian food is like.

Anyway... just for now... here's a Kale mallum from the other day -

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We all know that omega 3 is good for you... mainly to improve your cardiovascular health, but also with neurological benefits.

But how to get the same benefits from vegetarian/vegan sources??
Most studies are performed on fish oil supplements... so in theory we need to try and match this.
The best vegetarian/vegan source at present looks like oil from microalgae.

I've started to research this a little... so stay tuned for more information... and see my health information page for a list of websi...
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You might think that it is difficult to have your food choices reduced... but really it just depends on how you look at it!

Most restaurants will have a couple of vegetarian options, well-hidden amongst a list of very meat-biased dishes. As a vegetarian, you end up trying all sorts of dishes that you wouldn't otherwise... simply because it's the only vegetarian dish on the menu. I doubt there are many vegetables I haven't tried! I am so used to this scenario, that I feel overwhelmed by the cho...
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I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for approximately half my life now... and I very rarely miss eating meat! In fact the only dishes I really miss, tend to be those that are attached to memories... so I often wonder if it is really the meat or the memory which I miss.

The main reason that I am vegetarian, is because I feel that we should not intentionally kill or harm other beings - humans or animals! I keep this in mind when I choose the foods that I purchase, and eat. I feel we should try to...
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Of course being healthy is not all about food!

I have started exercising again... that is... exercising on purpose to try and improve my fitness.

I've been following exercises from this website: http://www.bodyrock.tv/   --i've started with exercises from 2009.
Following this for 2 weeks now, and exercising every second day... that means about 20 minutes of exercise every second day. I'm already feeling fitter. I tried sprinting across our local oval the other day and found I was hardly puffed!...
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Had some delicious pancakes for breakfast this morning... which means I've taken a photo for the pancake recipe under the desserts category.

mmmmmm..... pancakes..... with maple syrup and blueberries and a sprinkle of icing sugar.


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The website is progressing pretty well... I've posted a range of recipes from Asia, Italy and Mexico. It's pretty obvious what my background is though... just by the number of recipes in each section.

I suppose eventually there should only be one recipe on each page, and the main pages should only provide links to these recipe pages. For now I'll keep adding recipes section at a time and divide them up properly later.

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Protein is essential for growth, healing and every day bodily function. It is relatively easy to acquire your necessary protein requirements if you think of essential amino acids rather than protein.

Protein is made of amino acids. If you eat protein, the body breaks it down to amino acids first, and then rebuilds from these amino acids the proteins that you require.

What you do need to focus on are Essential Amino Acids. Essential amino acids are the amino acids which your body cannot make, a...
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I recently made my favourite chocolate brownie recipe gluten free thanks to White Wings Gluten free flour - http://www.whitewings.com.au/_catalog_58457/Flour?Page=2&Items=6

I wish I could thank the fellow shopper who suggested i try it when i was standing in the flour aisle trying to decide which brand to try!

The brownies tasted delicious!... I could not tell that the recipe was any different!

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A new web-page is born.

Aim:
To collect on one website all my favourite recipes, health information, trials and tribulations of being vegetarian.

For now the site will remain a free website, if it goes well, it may one day have a proper domain name.

:-)
here goes....

Thambili

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