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Curtido

November 1, 2014 smitsa 0

Curtido is a low-fat coleslaw from El Salvador and Mexico. It can also be fermented like Sauerkraut. The fermented food is prepared thus: Yield: about […]

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Bramley Apple Pie

October 30, 2014 smitsa 0

Serves: 6; Preparation time: 30-40 minutes; Cooking time: 30 minutes. Cooling time: 10 minutes. Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes Ingredients: For the filling 1kg […]

vitamin c and eye health

Vitamin C And Eye Health

October 23, 2014 smitsa 0

Vitamin C has long been known to counter scurvy and be of general benefit as an antioxidant in human nutrition. It has been strongly associated […]

Seaweed on a white plate with chopsticks, all on a wooden table.

Fucoidan

October 20, 2014 smitsa 1

Fucoidan may help in the battle against cancer. Fucoidan as its name suggests is extracted from various brown seaweeds such as bladderwrack, wakame and hijiki. […]

A lit Chinese lantern at nightime.

Chinese Black Rice Wine

October 20, 2014 smitsa 0

Rice wines are commonly used in Chinese cuisine lending an acidic, flavoursome and aromatic note to savoury dishes.  Black rice wine is one of many types obtained […]

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Cider Aroma

October 15, 2014 smitsa 0

The business, Monnow Creatives Ltd is starting to manufacture cider products. Whilst rooting through the web for articles related to cider production, I came across […]

Tomatoes. Tomato on a white background. A fruit that can be affected by blossom end rot.

Top Tomato

October 13, 2014 smitsa 0

The tomato (Solanum lycoperiscum Mill.) ranks as a top summer food – salads, salsas, sauces and other  alliterative terms associated with it readily come to […]

Mealworms and locusts. a Healthy snack

Eating mealworms !

October 7, 2014 smitsa 0

If you are looking for a protein rich healthy snack, then maybe you should consider fried mealworms! Just saying worms puts many people off but […]

Red grapes with leaves

Pterostilbene

September 29, 2014 smitsa 1

Pterostilbene is one of the stress metabolites produced by the grape, Vitis vinifera along with resveratrol, ε-viniferin, and α-viniferin in response to infection (Langcake, 1981). […]

Field of golden yellow African marigolds. A great source of lutein.

Lutein And Zeaxanthin

September 27, 2014 smitsa 0

♦ Lutein and zeaxanthin are major supplements for eye health Lutein and Zeaxanthin have become of major interest as a nutritional supplements because they are […]