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In Kenya and Tanzania, kale is a key staple in highland farming communities, where it is referred to as sukuma wiki, which in Swahili means “to push the week.” Eaten with a thick, maize-based porridge called ugali, kale is what allows many East African families to get through the week, often with little more than a sprinkling of tomato, onion, …

Making the decision to eat a raw food diet is not an easy one. With the right recipes in hand, you can recreate most of your favourite foods without ever having to turn on the stove again.   1. Raw Lasagna With Cashew Cheese And Broccoli Sun-Dried Tomato pesto 2. Raw Pasta Primavera 3. Raw Zucchini Shoe-String “Fries” 4. Rosemary …

Heike König offers workshops and seminars about foraging and teaches how to use local wild herbs. She is based in Syke, Germany. If you are looking how to integrate wild plants in your healthy diet and how to improve you well-being check Die Wilde Kost website. Learn about beneficial wild plants and their healing effect, immerse yourself in the world …

There is time to prepare some healthy green dips even during the busy working days. We share our favourite recipes with you to enhance your everyday health, sustain energy level, and increase brain function. Grab fresh local ingredients and find 15 minutes during your lunch time to start feeling powerful! If you’re just as dedicated to your health as you …

Matthew Marwick presents ‘The Magic of Cinema’, a 30-minute Online Coaching and Sharing meeting. Have a look behind the scenes, exploring story structures, plot devices, and how moviemakers engage audiences. Ideal for film enthusiasts.

Global sugar consumption has tripled in the last 50 years, thanks largely to vast quantities of ‘hidden sugars’ in cakes, sweets and other convenience foods. We all know that too much refined sugar can make us fat, but did you also know that it’s highly addictive and can be extremely detrimental to our health? In this article you’re going to …

Drying herbs is an economically savvy food preservation strategy, because fresh and dried herbs and teas demand high prices at the grocery store. Dehydrating is an easy method to preserve food. Your own dried herbs will taste better than store-bought because they’ll be newer and thus more pungent. If you grow your own herbs, you can also choose the tastiest …

Curb your hunger the healthy way with a super-fast snack. We’ve got nutritious smoothies, dips and light bites, all ready in under 10 minutes. 1. Peanut houmous with fruit & veg sticks 2. Avocado & strawberry smoothie 3. Apple & blueberry Bircher 4. Smashed bean dip 5. Instant frozen berry yogurt 6. Salmon & chive bagel topper 7. 10-minute winter …

Here is a simple preparation that turns some already tasty wild foods into something truly delicious that keeps really well. You may start with something you can gather quickly and easily in decent quantities. Wild garlic or other edible alliums like few-flower or three-corner leek are excellent candidates. They are easy to come by and, while tasty enough fresh, have …

If you can’t imagine life without chocolate, you’re lucky you weren’t born before the 16th century. Until then, chocolate only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. So how did we get from a bitter beverage to the chocolate bars of today? Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate.