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Raspberries are low in calories and saturated fats, but a rich source of dietary fibre and anti-oxidants.

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There is a steep reality to the availability and affordability of what one can eat organic. Here is a quick little cheat-list that we give all our patients and clients. A great rule of thumb is to plan out your meals first and try to incorporate organic if possible and when necessary.

12 Most Contaminated – Buy These Organic

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How healthy (or not) certain foods are-for us, for the environment-is a hotly debated topic among experts and consumers alike, and there are no easy answers. But when Prevention talked to the people at the forefront of food safety and asked them one simple question-"What foods do you avoid?"-we got some pretty interesting answers. Although these…

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Picnic perfect! A garden salad with fresh borlotti or cranberry beans, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers goes great with everything from fish to grilled meats or eaten by itself with toasty bread & a wedge of pecorino (sheep's milk cheese).

(All the produce for this salad is grown in our organic farm with homemade red wine…

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Radish & cucumber salad a is simple 5-minute summer salad! Fresh from the garden, our radishes are crisp & peppery, perfectly complimenting the cool cucumbers. We added a little chive because they were ready to be picked, with a drizzle of olive oil, salt & pepper -you're ready to…

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Some serious bragging rights come along with mastering the art of charcuterie in Italy.

Last week we made our yearly pilgrimage to "Vittorio's Meat Laboratory" along the…

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I have now been in America for a little over a week and I gotta tell you...it feels pretty darn good. I enjoy my times living abroad but I have a heart that's American to the core. The best part of this move is that it's back to sunny Southern California where I was before going to Italy. It feels like home here and I am enjoying settling back into this part of the country - not to… Continue

Here is a surprising way to use lemon. Let's make Lemon Balm. This incredibly fragrant Lemon Balm is quick and so easy to make. This recipe cleanses, softens, nourishes and heals the skin. The addition of fresh mint puts it over the top. It also makes a fabulous shave cream, or use it as a scalp tonic.





Since all other parts of the lemon are used to make the balm, let's explore the various reasons to consume lemon juice. The wonderfully nutritious lemon fruit juice is… Continue

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What a waste of money. All those £8 corn-fed chickens, the gnarled 75p apples and chewy luxury porridge oats. My family could have been eating £1.99 chicken nuggets with cheese strings and frozen peas for the past few years and ice cream made from palm oil for 74p rather than a luxury brand made from double cream and free-range eggs for… Continue

Gruner veltliner is a white grape that is Austria's pride, and that is, for casual wine drinkers, perhaps the most unusual new variety to come along in the last five years or so. It's a sort of "oh,-yes-I've-heard-of-that-lately" wine, just as there are "oh,-yes" books, news events, film documentaries, and for that matter, people.



This is not to say that the grape is a new variety in the universe. Frank Schoonmaker calls it "Veltliner" in his 1960s era Encyclopedia of Wine,… Continue

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Take advantage of summer's fresh produce to stretch the food budget, but not the waistline, with delicious, versatile toss-together meals. Award winning cookbook author and teacher Joanne Weir teamed up with… Continue