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7 steps to kitchen organisation

If you want to cook healthy meals, then the secret is to be organised. Here's how I manage to come up with healthy dinners most of the time. If you arrive home tired and hungry with nothing in the...

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My 12 ways to cook for health

Healthy cooking doesn't mean that you have to become a gourmet chef or invest in expensive cookware. Here I've categorised the 12 basic cooking methods for preparing foods in healthy ways without...

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10 healthy cooking tips and tricks

Here are my 10 best food preparation tips and tricks to make your cooking lighter, less stodgy, less oily with less salt, sugar and processed foods. Follow them and you'll find your cooking will be...

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Cut your food waste – save your wallet, save the environment

Wilted vegetables, milk past its use-by date, stale bread, last weekend's leftovers - who isn't guilty of throwing uneaten food into the garbage bin? While it might not feel like much at the time, as...

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Healthy cooking for one – as simple as 1, 2, 3, 4

Do you live on your own or cook solo? It can often seem like a lot of unnecessary effort. All that shopping, chopping and cooking … and then there’s the washing up! And then there are those times when...

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Improving on the pizza - for health

Pizza has come a long way since it was first baked in Naples, Italy where it was simply made with tomato, mozzarella cheese, oregano and a little anchovy on a yeast dough cooked in a wood burning...

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Desserts - how to stay in control

Do you have a sweet tooth? Love to check out the desserts on the menu before anything else? Rather than denying yourself (and binging later on), here's how you can indulge a little yet still eat light...

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Indian recipes – healthy cooking tips

Do you start salivating at the thought of spicy Indian fare? Indian food is a colourful blend of different regional cuisines, each influenced by climate, geography and historical events. In Australia,...

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My top 10 kitchen gadgets

What gadgets do I find best for cooking quick, healthy meals at home? Here's my list of the best. Some items are at the expensive end of the gadget spectrum and some are just little gadgets that just...

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The trouble with celebrity chefs

The rise of the celebrity chefs like Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay as well as the amazing success of Masterchef has turned cooking at home into a gourmet experience. It's suddenly...

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Keeping your food safe 1, 2 and 3

Here's tried-and-tested advice on how to handle food safely and avoid food poisoning in the kitchen. The risk of food poisoning is eliminated almost entirely if food is correctly handled and cooked -...

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Healthier dinners: 3 tips to makeover your recipes

We all have meals we love, the ones we look forward to, crave even, but so often these favourite dinners are not the healthiest. They might be packed full of cream, fat, cheese, carbs and stodge,...

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Q. Which is correct? To put hot food in the fridge or to leave it cooling on...

Q. It used to be a no-no to put hot food into the fridge because it raises the temperature inside the fridge. But we're also told not to leave food cooling on the bench as this allows bacteria to...

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A healthy, high-fibre, low GI, high-protein and quick lunch from two cans

I don’t know about you but I need SOMETHING in the middle of the day, to get me from breakfast to dinner. I find it hard to make it through the whole day without a mini-meal but when you’re busy...

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This salad is a real BBQ super star!

We all love a BBQ in summer but they're often meat-heavy and that's not good; what's more the salads on offer are usually those starch laden potato and pasta jobs - also not that healthy. Try this...

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‘Spoon salad’

(chopped tomato, walnut and sumac salad) I love this salad at the end of summer when tomatoes are ripe and plentiful and fresh pomegranates are in season. It’s reproduced here, with permission, from a...

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5 ways to cook fast, healthy dinners

These days everyone is busy and the phrase ‘time-poor’ seems to be on everyone’s lips. However, there are 5 easy tips and hacks you can use that will enable you to cook healthy dinners without taking...

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8 great reasons to love lemons

I always have a couple of lemons in my kitchen and on every shopping list. Whether for juice, zest or slices, I love lemons and find them useful in so many ways. You can really taste how lemon juice...

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How to make your own soup stock and bone broth

There’s nothing’s more comforting than a bowl of hot, hearty, home-made soup on a cold winter’s day. I’m a huge fan of soup and I’d love to share what I reckon is the secret of a really good soup....

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Crazy for cauliflower

Cauliflower is the darling of the moment, the trendy, vegetable-du-jour! This versatile and nutritious vegetable has many ardent followers who not only adore its flavour and texture, but also love it...

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3 ways to cope with a vegetarian in a meat-eating house

Cooking two dinners each night? I’ll show you how to simplify your dinner preparations and prepare meals that will please both the vegetarians and the meat-eaters in your family! What’s more, it will...

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8 quick, easy and tasty dinner recipes for one

Let’s face it - cooking for one is no fun! Even the keenest cooks can feel uninspired. When the only one you have to impress is yourself, it can be so tempting to reach for the two-minute noodles,...

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Do you need a spiralizer? And if so, which one?

Every time I post a tweet about my new spiralizer or upload an image of some zucchini noodles I’ve just made to Instagram, I get asked: “What brand of spiralizer did you buy?” and “Do you recommend a...

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Freezer-friendly meals for busy families

Is your freezer used for little more than storing ice cream and frozen peas? It can be so much more! The humble freezer can actually be our biggest ally when it comes to getting healthy meals on the...

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3 meals in under 30 minutes

In a perfect world, we would all come home to a nutritionally-balanced, delicious, home-cooked meal. Unfortunately, this is a reality for an extremely small (and very lucky) few. As our lives get...

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New foods from the 2016 Healthy Food Guide Awards

This is the fourth year I’ve been a judge in these comprehensive Food Awards. I never cease to be amazed and impressed at the innovation and creativity of our food manufacturers. And grateful that a...

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Discretionary foods – what the heck are they?

Discretionary foods are often called ‘junk foods’or ‘treat foods’. However, I prefer to call them, ‘sometimes foods’. You know the ones – cakes, biscuits, pies, potato chips, pizza, confectionery,...

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Take 5! Healthy recipes with only 5 ingredients

Thanks to the abundance and variety of foods available these days, many recipes now consist of intimidatingly long lists of ingredients. Exhausting just to read through, let alone to actually cook...

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What I’m eating now (Summer 2017)

Summer means eating al fresco. All those lovely picnics, barbecues, beaches and time spent in the sunny outdoors. I love the warmer days which means it’s a perfect time to make up a salad and say “No”...

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Ingredient substitution – how to make it work!

When the urge to cook strikes or you need to get dinner on the table, there’s nothing more annoying than realising you don’t have the right ingredients on hand. All is not lost if you know how to...

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20 great ways with fresh rosemary

Recently I posted on Instagram how much rosemary I had growing in my garden in the bush. It thrives in that hot dry climate which is not dissimilar to the Mediterranean world. From two tiny plants, I...

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Women and alcohol – what’s the problem?

Traditionally men were the big drinkers and they suffered all the social and health consequences associated with regular, over-indulgence. Now, as more women are more economically independent; in high...

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5 new products that help you eat right on the run

I was delighted to be a judge again for the 2017 Healthy Food Guide Magazine Awards. Reflecting on that process, I’ve summarised MY favourite 5 useful/handy/convenient yet healthy new products. I’m...

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Should your kids be taking multi-vitamins?

Do your kids need a multi-vitamin? Or perhaps a single specific vitamin like Vitamin D or a mineral like iron? As a general rule, I don’t think it’s a good idea to give children vitamin pills. If...

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A ‘plant-based’ diet isn’t a ‘PLANT-ONLY’ DIET!

I’m a little tired of people using the term ‘plant-based’ to mean ‘plant-only’. It’s not correct. We don’t have to abandon meat and dairy completely. I eat a plant-based diet - lots of vegetables and...

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7 reasons your body will love a bowl of soup!

I love soup, whether in a bowl, a mug or on-the-go. It’s easy to make in bulk and freeze in portions for later so you don’t have to do as much cooking or spend that precious time in the kitchen. So,...

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How much red meat should you eat?

A review released in October may have people wondering if they should be ignoring earlier guidelines on how much red meat or processed meats it's healthy to eat. The series of reviews, published in...

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Kitchen make-over for the New Year

 “This year, I'm going to lose weight!”, or “This year I’m opting for a healthier lifestyle!” Is your 2020 New Year's resolution something like one of these? If so, how is it going to happen?...

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Healthy modifications to meal kit dinners

Researchers at Sydney University  have taken a look at just how healthy meal kit services REALLY are. You know the ones - they deliver you the ingredients and you cook the meal at home. They analysed...

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Change your eating, change your life!

Like most writers, I’m an avid reader. I especially read lots of nutrition books. I do like a classic, well-written overview on a specific topic and the odd faddish diet book (just to see what others...

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How much sodium is in Asian salty sauces?

Salty sauces like soy, fish or hoisin sauce are a key feature of Asian cuisine and are used in countless ways as marinades, splashed into stir fries and soups, as a basting sauce on roasts and...

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7 books to make healthy eating easier

People tell me how confused they are about what they should eat. That’s why I’ve put together a list of 7 books that will help make healthy eating easier. AuthorCatherine Saxelby

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Fake News! “Microwaving destroys a food’s goodness.”

Ever since microwave ovens first started to appear in the late 1960s, there has been fear-mongering and myth making to the effect that “You shouldn’t heat food in the microwave”. Here I explain why...

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Salmon, baby spinach and rice salad

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Cans and tins – can they be good?

Canned food is convenient, mostly nutritious, inexpensive and your nearest supermarket has a huge selection. It has a long shelf life, needing no preservatives because the canning process itself...

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Back-up meals when time is tight

Arriving home late and hungry? No time to shop or cook?  Here are four tricks to whip out quick-and-easy meal solutions that aren’t going to drown you in saturated fat, sugar, salt and processed fare....

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6 tips to preserve the goodness in your vegetables

We all know vegetables are important in a healthy diet. From cabbage to fennel, I love vegetables and try to eat big portions of them at lunch, dinner and in-betweens. But all too often, I find...

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Can frozen vegetables take the place of fresh?

The motto for healthy eating used to be ‘Eat fresh’. However, many of us have little time, so frozen ingredients are a handy replacement for most fresh ones. Plus, the price of fresh vegetables has...

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Get back to basics

“Get back to basics”.  I hear this all the time so it’s a good topic to spell out more! Here’s what I regard as the ‘basics’. AuthorCatherine Saxelby

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Meal kits for busy women

Are these really a time saver for busy women? Should you start using them? Who are they best for – singles? Couples? Or families? Having used a few of these now, I set out to investigate …...

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