Cactus fruit, also known as the ‘prickly pear’, is a fruit belonging to the cactus family. These fruits are native to the Southwestern regions of North America and Mexico and have been a staple in their diet for thousands of years. You shouldn’t be fooled by their appearance though, as this fruit ...

A good night's sleep can make a huge difference to how you feel about things the next day. Even the most stressful of things appear to be less bothersome after a good night’s rest. According to Sleepify, up to 45 percent of Australians, for example, experience poor sleeping patterns. This in turn ...

Bottlebrush Ferments have created an artisan product which takes its name from a resilient flower, growing in Australia which they claim helps to heal the gut, detoxify the body and improve digestion with its unique form of live probiotics. There are around 100 trillion bacteria living in your ...

Here’s another recipe (first one was Baked Rainbow Chard With Apricots & Walnuts) given with kind permission by Dr Rupy Aujla, taken from his new book “The Doctor’s Kitchen: Eat to Beat Illness” – out now from Harper Thorsons. Read on for how to make Dr. Rupy’s Sri Lankan Cashew Curry.  I was ...

It might be because I've just gotten back from a short trip to Asia that I'm now, totally into all sorts of soyabean food! Tempeh or Tempe is a traditional soybean-made Indonesian food (probably originated from Java) that has been fermented and pressed into cake form. It's considered to be the only ...

Now that the festive season is upon us, we will no doubt be cooking delicious food or at least eating more of it. Food without herbs and spices would be like Christmas without the Christmas tree – inconceivable! They are full of flavour and are linked to many impressive health benefits. Herbs come ...

According to the British Coffee Association, we drink a staggering 95 million cups of coffee per day as a nation! It has become a part of our modern-day ritual to use a quick morning espresso to get us moving, or a cappuccino to get us over an afternoon slump. Now, you're probably familiar with ...

Tea (or the great English 'cuppa') has obviously become a staple of our country’s tastes and habits and is here to stay. But if you're not really into it like others are - maybe there’s a use for it that you can get behind! Intrigued? Read on for our 5 Amazing Ways You Can Use Tea! 1. Use it as an ...

Kimchi (김치 in Korean) is a traditional Korean side dish made from fermented and salted vegetables, scallions and different seasonings such as garlic, chilli powder, ginger, salted seafood (jeotgal). There are hundreds of kimchi varieties with the most popular probably being the napa cabbage and ...

Rutabaga is a root vegetable, also known as swede and is a relative to the more commonly known turnip, originating from Russia and Scandinavia. In European cooking is it typically baked, boiled and mashed or roasted. It's also commonly used in Asian dishes such as ‘Japanese root vegetable stew’ and ...