Simon’s Simples: Convalescent Food
Convalescent Food When your body is in ‘self healing’ mode you need to support it with the right food types.[…]
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Convalescent Food When your body is in ‘self healing’ mode you need to support it with the right food types.[…]
Read moreEpicurean eating At this stage I would like to give examples of how to construct meals specifically for sensory pleasure[…]
Read moreThe ORAC Scale The ORAC scale is a rating that measures the antioxidant content of various plant foods, it stand[…]
Read moreThe Wizard’s Power Foods The countryside is only one place from which to purchase food. Many shops, especially in cities[…]
Read moreThirty Ways to avoid Modern Disease These are kind of ‘antisimples’! Not only do we need to ‘do the right[…]
Read moreThe French Paradox The French, in terms of diet and disease, have been a statistical enigma. In stereotype, they relish[…]
Read moreWhat Your Body Needs To stay healthy we need to avoid the toxins that are increasing everywhere in our culture.[…]
Read moreWild Foods There are literally hundreds of other wild foods, often with a medicinal or therapeutic value, available free from[…]
Read moreWild Teas There are many ‘wild teas’ worth making. If you take a thermos full of hot water out with[…]
Read moreYarrow Herb Tea This tea made from a common wayside weed is a remedy for colds and flu. It is[…]
Read moreStrawberry Recipes Fresh strawberries are easy to grow whatever your size of garden. They can be grown in pots and[…]
Read moreAn Apple a Day No fruit endures through all of our mythologies so much as the humble apple. From the[…]
Read moreEdible Flowers There are quite a few edible flowers but please check you have identified them properly. They range from[…]
Read moreRosemary Flower Candies Leave your breath freshening mints at home. This medicinal plant provides delicious mouth fresheners to integrate into[…]
Read moreHazelnut Delight It felt like the first touch of autumn today and my mind turned to getting in some wood[…]
Read morePignuts (Conopodium Majus) Although these tasty tubers are beloved of pigs (hence the name) they are a most unusual and[…]
Read moreRowan Jelly There are many fruits available in the wild. See what you can find in your local environment and[…]
Read moreBlackberry Feast Blackberries were eaten in Stone Age times, pips from the fruit were found in the stomach remains of[…]
Read moreFennel Fennel has been traditionally used for eye complaints, to induce sleep, aid digestion and to help nursing mothers express[…]
Read moreValerian Tincture In the language of love the gift of Valerian means: ‘merit in disguise’ – and this is certainly[…]
Read moreDandelion Root Coffee Dandelion is such a useful plant. This year I have made a delicious wine from the flowers[…]
Read moreRocket Pesto This is a particularly useful recipe as it gives you a way to preserve the taste and some[…]
Read moreNettle Soup Nettle soup is just my favourite. Get it early in the spring because the plants toughen up quickly,[…]
Read moreWild Watercress Soup Wild Watercress soup is a delicious and nutritious recipe with the leaves available in spring and early[…]
Read moreH. Pylori and the Missing Chewing Gum Mastic gum provides another example of self-medicating with natural and unprocessed foodstuff. This[…]
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