Food, Health & Nutrition

Fitness and Health According to Dr Garry Egger, it’s possible to be fit but not very healthy, and the reverse is true – you can carry some fat but still be a healthy person. Recent research has shown that keeping active is of the utmost importance. If you...

Flaming Figs This grilled fig dessert from Geoff Jansz is delicious, easy to make and it will really blow your friends away! Ingredients figs – you can use any fruit that you like, except perhaps berries which are too small butter icing sugar Marsala walnuts...

Flat Bread – The French Alternative In olden days people were too busy fighting dragons to wait for bread to rise! There was also a severe shortage of ovens, although they did have hearthstones or frying pans. Jackie French demonstrated how to make bread the old...

If you’ve only ever eaten canned beetroot, Rosemary Stanton recommends that you try it fresh. Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) tastes good and it is really good for your health. It contains valuable antioxidants and is a rich source of the B group vitamin folate. Folate...

Food Safety Each day more than 11,000 Australians suffer from food poisoning. Their symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea and pains in the stomach. Rosemary Stanton looked at some of the foods that might cause problems, and also discussed basic hygiene when handling...

There is a common perception that healthy eating is expensive. It’s true that lean meat costs more than fattier cuts and low-fat milk costs more than full-cream milk, but not all healthy foods cost more and healthy eating cuts down on expensive junk foods. It is...

Jackie’s candied citrus peel is a delicious alternative to boring old after dinner mints. It’s made by stewing long rounds of orange peel in sugar syrup and (if you want to be really decadent) dipping the ends in chocolate. Ingredients peel of 2 oranges 1...

Cheese is a great source of calcium, but it’s also high in saturated fat. The amount of fat varies, and you can’t always guess which cheeses have the most. For example many people think brie is a fatty cheese, but with 28% fat on average it actually has...

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...

Many people are convinced that foods cannot supply the vitamins they need, so they take supplements. In fact, fresh food can meet all our nutritional requirements, and it tastes great! The key to a healthy, balanced diet is to eat foods from all five major food...