As it may have happened for many home-baked bread enthusiasts? Let’s backtrack to how I found myself “here.” It started with nutrition and Dr Mosley advocacy for a more Mediterranean diet that throws caution towards eating “hidden sugars” and “rapidly …
If you want to get there. Don’t start from here. I didn’t know where ‘there’ was when I started this home-baked bread exploration and self-education. I didn’t really know what sourdough was- beyond the fact it was bread. I definitely …
Now for the hands-on 3Es and fun part. Beans are starkly colourful or at least contrasting (eg black beans, avocado, tomato and sweetcorn salad), so versatile, taking on whatever Italian, Spanish, Mexican (chipotle paste), Moroccan (harrissa paste) or Indian flavours …
Those 3Es again. Explore, educate, experiment. “Can I have some bananas on the shop Dad?” The request of an indifferent teen means we had plenty of ripening bananas once he’d changed his mind. Coupled with that, I had a yearning …
Eat more legumes. Eat more legumes and beans (the focus on this post) per day for higher intakes of insoluble and soluble fibre and polyphenols (more fibre and polyphenols are always signpost for a healthier gut microbiome and immunity), protein, …
Inclusive of “Nutrition. Wellness. Habits.” when revising my relationship with nutrition and food are the “3 Es.” These have surfaced over the past #104 days and this post is an update on the Day #82 post. I continue to deliberately …
If you were buying a bottle of wine, you’d look at the label, wouldn’t you? You look at where the grapes came from. You may read a little bit about the grower. So treat your bread like red wine, you …
In writing this series of posts on ‘Nutrition. Wellness. Habits,’ over the past 98 days, responding to comments and explaining these ideas further, whilst continuing to “educate myself,” as I go, it has become more evident the confluence of “nutrition, …
