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Ginger Beer – The French Alternative If you make your ginger beer using a ginger beer plant (a culture made with ginger and yeast) you can carry on ad infinitum! These plants are not really as scary as Jackie’s ginger monster, but they do have to be fed...
Herbal Medicines These days, alternative medicines are actually more popular than conventional medicines. Many of these alternative preparations are based on plant extracts, but the problem is very little research has been done to find out how well they work and if...
Scientists still haven’t come up with a cure for the common cold or influenza but there is a traditional remedy, and generations of grandmothers can’t be wrong. Chicken soup is said to be good not only for colds, but also for just about everything else...
Rosemary Stanton is in favour of ditching the traditional rich Christmas pudding, and replacing it with a healthy Aussie dessert. Rosemary’s berry pudding can be made the day before, it is rich in vitamin C, and because it has virtually no fat it is suitable for...
Couscous Geoff Jansz has devised a wonderful recipe based on couscous, a wheat product made from flour and semolina. This meal is quick, delicious, nutritious and will easily feed a family of four for under $5. Ingredients 2 cups couscous 2 1/4 cups water 1 pinch...
Freshly caught fish is nutritious and full of flavour, and using farmed fish helps prevent natural fish stocks being depleted. This recipe for herb crusted trout from Geoff Jansz looks and tastes superb, and takes only minutes to cook. Ingredients 4 fish steaks, 160...
Diabetes Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing health problems in the world, with approximately 120 million people affected. 780,000 Australian have Type 2 diabetes and surveys show another 400,000 have it without realising they have a problem. Type 2...
Easy Tiramisu Tiramisu is a very popular Italian dessert made with mascarpone cheese, liqueur and coffee. Ingredients 4 eggs 500g mascarpone cheese 2 heaped tablespoons icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 heaped tablespoon espresso coffee 11/2 cups boiling water...
Eyes and Skin Carrots really are related to seeing in the dark. They are a rich source of beta carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A, and vitamin A is needed for vision in dim light. Just one medium carrot has enough beta carotene to supply two...
Fast Noodles If you think you know what ‘fast food’ is all about, think again. Geoff Jansz could have cooked some 2-minute noodles to go with his takeaway sweet-and-sour pork, but he was absolutely starving and didn’t have time. Geoff wanted noodles,...