In the interests of upping my intake of dark leafy greens I re-visited a dish I used to make all the time in New Zealand. Basically it is greens in a cheese sauce with a potato top. It is total comfort food for me – like a vegetarian shepherds pie – my Mum used […]
Given my normal eating style is very close to the Weston Price dietary guidelines anyway, last time I was pregnant I looked into the Weston Price Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers and it made sense to me. Because of my age I’m at higher risk for pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes, placenta praevia, pre-eclampsia
Last weekend the weather was crappy and we had nothing but a bunch of odds and ends left from our veggie box so I thought a good old fashioned farmhouse soup was in order. I remember this as a Sunday evening staple in winter while I was growing up. It is filling, tasty and extremely
We got Gem Squash in our veg box this week. Its all very well being able to skip the potatoes or lettuce when I want to, but sometimes I end up with a replacement I have no idea about. This was one of those times. Now I like orange winter squash and they’re very nutritious,
I am supposed to be writing an essay for a continuing education course. I go to the library to find books. Actually I also go to the library just to leave the house. Working From Home and Not Working are two very different beasts. I’m much better at the former. One of the things
As you know, I’m trying to use up foods from our store-cupboard before we move to Australia. I found this packet of pearl barley which I have been avoiding for months. When I bought it, I was actually trying to buy millet, which is supposed to be amazing for fertility, but I guess they were
Although I started working on eating the freezer and our cupboards bare some months ago, we still seem to have lots of random store-cupboard and spice items to use up before we move, so I need to get better at incorporating these into my meals. It seems the weather in London outdid itself in sun
I woke up with an upset belly this morning. I thought I might have been pregnant picked up a bug when my digestive system was acting a bit strange a week or so ago, but then my period started so I blamed it on the prostaglandins… until this morning when the pain and discomfort came back
I had a sweet potato and thought a red-lentil curry was in order for dinner, but I make variations on that dish all the time and kind of wanted something different. As I was surfing around Mr Google, looking for a twist, I came across a blog post for an Ethiopian sweet potato and red
Apologies if its TMI but here we go again… I’m irritable and my breasts look funny. It must be PMS. Or maybe I’m irritable because I’m so damned warm? I must be pregnant. I am peeing all the time… but maybe that’s because I’m drinking so much water. I’m drinking so much