I decided to try out my new Vitamix for the first time today. I have been umming and ahhing about whether to use it before I moved house, since it was so neatly packed. But in the end my curiosity got the better of me and I unpacked my new, gleaming red 5200 model and [...]
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There are times when your body needs a bit of assistance to empty your large intestine. For people like me who suffer from IBS if not careful with diet, eating food containing gluten might cause things to grind to a halt (don’t rely on enemas to fix this if it is your issue – try [...]
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A couple of days ago I attempted to make my first ever batch of raw fermented vegetables – cabbage and carrot kim-chi. This is what I did: Processed the carrots and cabbage and separated some juice Added the juice to the blender with some ginger and cayenne pepper Added the grated carrots and cabbage to [...]
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I have been thinking about which direction I would like this blog to take. Certainly it is an avenue for sharing my extensive love for reading non-fiction with a wider audience – why should I keep all the information I read about to myself? But in addition, as the subjects often tend towards self development, [...]
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I bought some of these wide-mouth preserving jars recently when I did a two week juice feast. They really are fantastic! Mason jars don’t really seem to be so popular here in Australia. One hardware store near me sells Fowler Vacuola jars, but they cost about $10 a piece. Insane really when you consider that [...]
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Insights from Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine by Gabriel Cousens Chapter: To Compost or Not: The Theory Behind the Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine Fermentation. If you’ve ever used a bokashi bucket, you would know that fermented food scraps decompose very quickly. You ferment them in the bucket, you put the fermented scraps in the soil, and [...]
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