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Gluten free Hot Cross Buns

Gluten Free Hot Cross Buns Easter is not the same without Hot Cross buns! I really like them with cheese! Since we have chosen to be gluten free as much as possible I decided even though I have never made hot cross buns before- I would give a gluten free version a go.  As part […]

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New PMS book….

PMS is something a lot of us suffer from and there are so many reasons why. It doesnt have to be this way- it is actually not normal. This is a great book and well written. Best of all for a Limited Time only you can save 20%! This is straight from the Author’s site […]

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Lychee Coconut Water Kefir

The Summer is on its way and that means in the tropics we have Lychee’s in abundance! However since it is still only spring I have also used tinned and dried lychees to make this. It comes close! One of my favourite Kefir’s is Coconut water Kefir. I prefer to use the fresh coconut water (open […]

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5 Reasons to Make Kefir

    Fermentation is the “transformation of food by various bacteria, fungi and enzymes they produce” (The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz- awesome book. The transformation is enormous. Fermenting is a natural phenomenon. Very little is actually understood about the make-up of the starters and how they grow, transform and multiply. Some do it spontaneously […]

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5 Reasons to Reduce Gluten

  Gluten- we are hearing it so much nowadays- everything has to be gluten free. I even overheard someone in a salad place get the chef out to make sure there were no breadcrumbs in the quinoa and rice salad (there wasnt- just quinoa, red rice, sultanas, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds and apricots- oh and […]

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5 Ways to be Safe in the Sun…

The sun is back here in Hong Kong, and I hear it is coming out where you are too. I love the sun and I rarely apply sun tan lotion as I have a healthy respect for it. I certainly do not use a product full of chemicals and petrochemicals (here) If I am going […]

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Loula Natural Essential Oils Sign up

Loula Natural Young Living Oils Like many, the moment you mention “natural remedy”  most people will without a doubt be comfortable using essential oils to heal anything from a headache to allergy relief and from bronchitis to uti’s. I use them in my diffuser, in the bath in cosmetics and in cleaning products in the attempt to […]

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