Gluten-free diet

What is gluten?  Gluten is the name of protein found in some, not all, grains.  The name gluten derives from Latin glutin, for ‘glue’ and this describes that way gluten helps hold dough together so it is able to stretch and hold gas when the dough rises.  Gluten is also used in other foods to…

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Spicy rhubarb chutney

Normally when I harvest or buy rhubarb I end up making a rhubarb crumble of some description – rhubarb and blackberry, rhubarb apple and strawberry or just rhubarb and apple.  This time I felt like making something a little different so went with a chutney.  This delicious chutney is wonderful on cold meats or with…

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Healthy sperm

What do you mean by “healthy sperm”? “Healthy sperm” is really a bit of a short-cut way of saying a male’s reproductive function is in good order and they are fertile.  So while we only mention sperm, in effect, this means they are able to have and maintain an erection and are able to ejaculate,…

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Building a better burger

I was fortunate enough to have been asked to write for ModeWest, a free online magazine for business in the Western suburbs and Blue Mountains.  My first brief was about healthier and food choices and somehow that ended up being about burgers!!   We all have the intention to eat healthy, right? The knowledge is there,…

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Buckwheat coconut porridge

This is serious porridge!  The coconut milk reminds of Asian black sticky rice; warming and super-filling.  This was my first attempt so ad-libbed with the ingredients and ratios, but they worked thankfully.  You can use other milks and it will be much lighter, but it is a cold and misty day in the mountains so…

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