Need a Boost? Check, Working a bit too much? Check, Still carrying a cough or cold from weeks ago….and check again. I’m double dosing with fruit smoothies and home made punches and feeling better for it. Great for an antioxidant boost with anti inflammatory and disease preventing compounds. They are easy to whip up and taste yummy too- the raspberry smoothie is taken to a … Continue reading Cold Remedies and Breakfast Smoothies
I have got into smoothies again, especially since I usually do a gymnastics class early in the morning. I need to eat before it but need to be careful what I have as turning myself upside down is hard enough without a full tummy interfering. These really work for me, they give me the energy to get through the class and feel good. It is … Continue reading The Perfect Power Smoothie
The lanes and fields are lined with blackberries and this is a perfect tart to showcase their beauty. I have picked loads and open froze them before popping into bags in the freezer to keep over the next few months. I love them in smoothies and they are great for enhancing the taste of the more robust tasting green vegetables which are good to include … Continue reading Blackberry Bakewell Tart
Arthritis, Neuropathic pain, Chronic pain, there are huge numbers of people who suffer from significant amounts of pain caused by these and other conditions. Unfortunately for many sufferers there is no cure and while doctors prescribe many treatments including physiotherapies and painkillers the don’t always help and I know unless the pain is extreme I’ve always tried to avoid the drugs as I hate the … Continue reading Natural Highs….Nature’s Anti Inflammatory Healing Gifts
New research suggests its 7 a day not 5 a day.. Now the way I see it, if you can get 5 a day in, you are doing well.. Especially if it’s mostly veg. So here’s a few ideas on how to up the quotient in your diet as well as a yummy recipe…and if you get it to 7 then fair play. Bake it…try … Continue reading Glorious Vegetables and Fruit
oliveoilandlemon 