Quicklinks
Posted by kathryn in Vegan, Vegetables, Salads and Ethics & Sustainablity
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Quicklinks post, but here’s what I’ve been reading over the last couple of weeks
- Making a great salad: Lovely piece from Tea and Cookies about how to make a tasty and interesting salad. Piece has the gorgeous title of Pep talk for wilted salad makers. Tea is also collecting salad pictures and recipes on her Flickr page.
- Vegan calcium sources: I think I got this one from Sophie?. It’s a really good list of vegan calcium sources – good for vegetarians, vegans and those who don’t eat dairy – Meeting calcium needs – tips for vegans
- Organic vs non-organic: Balanced round-up of the organic vs non-organic food debate – which contains more nutrients, the problems with the research, sustainability, freshness and so on.
- The junk food children eat: I find the picture which illustrates this article on kids and junk food simple astonishing.
- Grilled salt & vinegar potatoes: I made Heidi’s grilled salt and vinegar potatoes this week. It’s a great idea. I used white vinegar, which yielded potatoes with slightly too much vinegar for my tastebuds. But I’ll be making them again with diluted white wine vinegar or even rice vinegar.
- Using peas: I do like this pea recipe from La Boheme Cherie – Green peas with feta, yoghurt and mint. It’s easy and I’m imagining packed full of flavour.
For Sydney-siders
I’m running more cooking and health seminars at my clinic – Balance2health in Gladesville:
- Five ingredients: rather than spending your time buying, chopping and prepping long lists of ingredients, find out what can be made with just five. During the session I’ll be demonstrating four different meals, each of which is made with only five ingredients. For dates and details click here.
- Dinner in 30 Minutes: I’m also launching a new series of quick, 30 minute, one dish lunch-time sessions – called Dinner in 30 Minutes. In the first session I’ll be demonstrating how to make Fish in a spicy yoghurt sauce.
- Group weight loss: I also run a regular, five week programme of Group Weight Loss Meetings. Each week will include a weigh-in. We’ll also talk about the myths and facts of weight loss, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings. The next session starts in August – click here.
16 July, 2010
Comments
nice to see some of your quicklinks – always something to interest me – I recognised the ‘pep talk for wilted salad eaters’ as mollie katzen – glad to see I am not the only one who loves it – and the report on childhood junk food is horrifying – makes me look around my house and wonder what we consume
You always have such useful information on your site! I’ve just decided to cut back on my smoked fish intake after reading about it here.
Thank you for sharing your links. Some great resources there!!
Bridget
Hi Kathryn,
I also was astonished at the children and junk food article. Sometimes seeing things in a photo really helps! One thing though – they seem to imply that children shouldn’t drink full fat milk. I really don’t understand this as whole milk only has <4% fat! And less sugars than skimmed, according to that same article. Whole milk is hardly going to to contribute to childhood obesity, right?
Hello there Kathryn,
Organic versus Non-organic – I would prefer to prepare organic foods for my kids. That is already what we’ve used too. Its always been a good choice of food.
@lindsey – I also don’t understand what is going on about that milk issue, though I also let my kids to drink milk but is limited only. I mean won’t allow my kids to drink as much as they can. Its only for breakfast and before bed time.
regards,
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