March 2011
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Green Tea Whats The Story...
Green tea, we all know it is good for you but how come?
Green tea is a very popular maybe down to the strong association with good health, but generally tea is having a major revival and with that comes lots of choice…
So, what makes Green Tea different?
To make the tea, leaves of Camellia sinensis are chopped, rolled and quickly steamed or heated to inactivate polyphenol oxidase.
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“Sarah-Jane Bedwell RD: “It’s about making calories count, not just about...”
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Beautifully bitter
Most people who know me have been subjected to my continuous cries for T.L.C this week as I have been suffereing with a dreadfull cold.
My superfood combat was initiated promptly after the first sniffle, my superfoods would conquer over this foreign enemy I was sure of it!
However it appeared that the cold was definitely not shifting so I began to rekindle my love affair with...
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Any Excuse For Pancakes
Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the ritual of shriving, in shriving, a person confesses their sins and receives absolution for them. As Lent is a time of abstinence, this meant that the Tuesday before was the last day of indulgence, which is of course paired with the enjoyment of food!
So where do the pancakes come in, well the need to eat up the fats gave rise to the French name Mardi Gras...
