5 Healthy Meat Substitutes
I love meat, and I eat meat – less and less in the past few years, but my body still needs meat for my health and so do most people. I believe it is good to cut down on meat, …
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Food Relief Update: August/September
During August and September, we commemorated Women’s month and Heritage month in South Africa. This year the two months were a time of great reflection for us as we observed many social ills against women and our heritage; women who …
How to Add Veggies to Breakfast
Termed “the most important meal of the day”, breakfast is often underestimated. When we break the overnight fast with the first meal of the day, our bodies are reloaded with essential nutrients bringing preparedness and lifting energy levels to start …
How Long to Keep Spices and Herbs
As the season changes and we get excited about the warmer months’ foods and flavours, we often start cleaning out our kitchen cupboards. The tricky part arises when we get to our spices and herbs… how long do they last? …
Honey as Medicine
Honey – one of the world’s oldest medicines – was known only as a sweetener for centuries. It was so precious that ancient Egyptians used it as a form of currency, which is not surprising when you consider that it …
Food Relief Update: June
During the month of June, we had a tough conversation with ourselves regarding our food relief programme. While the programme had lasted thus far, and we believe through your support we made a much-needed contribution in dealing with the hunger …
Edible leaves
Visiting farms and chatting with food growers, I am always surprised and happy to learn about the wonder of vegetables. Like finding out about parts of the vegetable that are edible that we don’t normally bother to use and just …
Eating to Save the Environment
The 5th of June is World Environment Day, and this year’s theme is biodiversity – “a concern that is both urgent and existential,” according to the United Nations. This is a day to talk openly about environmental protection issues and …
Food Relief Update: May
In the wake of COVID-19, the provision of food continues to be a crisis. Although we are a food-producing country, this doesn’t translate into a country of well-fed citizens. On top of this, food prices in supermarkets continue to increase …
Food Relief Update: April
Thank you for your amazing support – let’s continue! In just 2 weeks we raised over R14,000! This is what your money did: A total of R14,370 was raised through our incredible supporters like you! 100% of this money went towards …