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Organic Olive Oil Salad

Organic olive oil is fairly easily available mail order but until recently it was hard to find more unusual single variety organic olive oils to buy online. We met Christos Oikonomou, the founder & owner of Narrow Leaf Organic Olive Oil at a … Continue reading

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How to Make Blinis – buckweat yeast pancakes

How to Make Blinis I used to always make Blinis for Christmas brunch & decided it was time to revive the tradition this Easter. Today was a trial run and I think it was a success. Plate was quickly empty … Continue reading

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Red Onion Squash Recipe

Red onion squash is one of the more unusual and dramatic treats you might find in one of your vegetable boxes. It looks delightful but I can’t help wondering what exactly I’m going to do with it. At first glance … Continue reading

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Getting kids to eat vegetables

Lots of people worry about getting their kids to eat vegetables. They even try to hide veggies by blitzing them into sauces or juice drinks, or even putting them in *sweetened foods like cakes and biscuits. It’s easy to believe … Continue reading

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Alternatives to Orange Juice

In our last post Organic Fruit – Orange Juice and Diabetes I promised to give you some recipes for alternative drinks. I should really make this part of a series called ‘things your granny knew’ as a lot of my … Continue reading

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