When you cut an onion the juice evaporates, gets into your eyes and makes them water. As with all liquids, the hotter the onion juice is the more it evaporates. An easy way to stop onion juice from evaporating is to put the onion in the freezer about 15 minutes before...
Height It’s commonly thought that once you reach your adult height, you’ll be the same size for the rest of your life. However, Dr Garry Egger explained that at about the age of 30 we start to rapidly decrease in height, and by the time we are 50 or 60...
Dr Rosemary Stanton discussed the advantages and disadvantages of organic foods. Today, most supermarkets stock a wide range of organic foods, including fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, chicken, dairy products, as well as processed cereals, pasta, soups, vinegar,...
Home Fitness Test Have you ever wondered how fit you really are? Health and fitness expert, Dr Garry Egger, says that you can find out without hiring a fitness trainer and spending a lot of money. The following method is very simple, and best of all, you can do it in...
Oven roasted tomatoes have a wonderfully intense flavour, yet they are simple to prepare. They’re delicious served with salads and grilled meat or fish. Oven roasted tomatoes 8 Roma tomatoes fresh rosemary, finely chopped 1 large clove garlic, roughly chopped 1...
Homemade Lemonade – The French Alternative Bryan reminisced about the ‘good old days’, when kids were seen but not heard and wives worked in kitchens wearing aprons! Jackie thought he was joking, but decided to indulge him by making some delicious,...
How Habits Affect Your Weight Recent figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that 50% of all illnesses are caused by our behaviour, 20% by environmental factors and only 30% by germs or ‘bugs’. So if you’re feeling...
How To Lower Your Cholesterol The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study found that six million Australians over 25 years of age had cholesterol levels above desirable levels. Many rely on cholesterol-lowering tablets, but one drug has recently been...
Iodine Our basic metabolism is controlled by the thyroid gland, and the thyroid gland needs iodine in order to function properly. Iodine is also important for normal brain development in children. Iodine has to come from the diet, because it is not made in the body....
Kedgeree This dish is made with rice, smoked fish and eggs. In the Valder family home kedgeree was always served for breakfast. These days Peter likes to prepare it in the evening – he says it makes a particularly good TV dinner! Ingredients 500g smoked cod1-1...