Mint Juleps – The French Alternative Try Jackie French’s mint julep recipes and you’ll instantly be transported to the deep south of America. As you laze on the verandah sipping a mint julep your house will seem every bit as luxurious as Tara, and...
Muffins and Crumpets Rosemary Stanton is often asked if it’s okay to eat between meals. Rosemary says that eating little and often can increase your metabolism and lower your cholesterol, but only if your snacks are healthy. Healthy snacks Fruit – the...
Homemade Mustard – The French Alternative Homemade mustard is delicious, especially if you’ve grown the seeds yourself. Mustard plants are hardy and tolerant of heat and drought, and the very young leaves of many varieties make a good, spicy addition to a...
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...