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Prepare yourself to learn some clever techniques for preparing delicious, healthy dishes guaranteed to excite your tastebuds and impress your friends and family. Watch the recording of the Online Coaching & Sharing meeting that took place on Thursday, February 16.

Ingredients For the anchovy dressing: 100 ml fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon fish sauce 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 18 oil-packed anchovy fillets, minced 6 garlic cloves, minced 115 g freshly grated Parmesan cheese 180 ml sunflower oil 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoons spicy red paprika powder 1 tablespoons freshly grated …

Not sure what to write? Check out this list of 365 creative writing prompts to get you going. A great way to get you writing about something different every day! Outside the Window: What’s the weather outside your window doing right now? If that’s not inspiring, what’s the weather like somewhere you wish you could be? The Unrequited love poem: How …

Eaten on their own, bitter greens, like broccoli rabe, chicory, turnip greens, and even kale can have bite that’s strong and assertive. 5 ways to tame the bitterness Blanch First Blanching helps to leech out some of the bitterness and works best with hardier greens. Add Strongly-Flavored Ingredients Fight bitterness with other flavors like sweetness and spice. Having a strong …

Learn from the best. Pixar, famous for story driven animated favourites such as Toy Story, UP, and Inside Out, have partnered with Khan Academy to present a free online course dedicated to storytelling. The series of lessons and activities are designed to be accessible whilst still providing a great insight into Pixar’s methods. See for yourself at Khan Academy.

Organic dark chocolate – sweet but not too sweet and almost lustful in its intensity. Chocolate is a potent source of antioxidants – and some research indicates that chocolate benefits the circulatory system and may offer anti-carcinogenic effects. These effects are made more potent the higher the cocoa content is; that is, the darker the chocolate, the better it is for …

This recipe for Mayan chocolate truffles calls for chocolate with an 70–85% cocoa content, bitterly and wonderfully dark; you’ll find that the addition of other flavors such as orange, cinnamon, vanilla and even chipotle chili powder enhance the complexity of the chocolate’s inherent flavor and aroma. You won’t miss that sugar one bit. Further, these Mayan chocolate truffles are more …

Climate-neutral delivery of organic products directly from the farm shop. 70% of all transport capacities remain unused today. With the Kartoffeltaxi, commuters from the Schindellegi/Einsiedeln region with destinations in the canton of Zurich can now make better use of their free place in the car. Take a bag of potatoes with you on your ride and delight a customer with a …

For foodie inspiration feel free to visit these sites dedicated to Curly Kale and Black Tuscan Cabbage. On the sites you will find nutritional information, facts and figures, as well as recipes and serving ideas for both Curly Kale and its Italian cousin Cavolo Nero. http://www.discoverkale.co.uk http://www.discovercavolonero.co.uk

Coconut Oil Basics Depending on the temperature, your coconut oil can have a different look. Coconut oil is liquid above 25°C, and below that it will be a solid fat. Coconut oil in its solid state is white, thick, and creamy. In its liquid state it’s clear and easy to pour. Coconut oil can be stored in either its liquid …