Author Archives: The Living Food Kitchen

Buckwheat. What’s all the fuss about?

Everyone from Kourtney Kardashian to Gwyneth Paltrow is biggin’ up Buckwheat. So what’s all the fuss about? Well for starters, buckwheat is actually a fruit seed related to rhubarb and sorrel. It is not related to wheat, nor is it a cereal grain. So you got to love it for that. What’s more the tiny, […]

5 Best Summer Smoothies & Juices

Smoothies are an excellent way to get lots of nutritious fruit, veg, nuts, seeds and superfood powders into your body in a quick and easy format. We produce our own delicious almond mylk to make ours, but you can never beat a home made smoothie for freshness and vitality. Here are our favourites that you […]

Chlorophyll – The God of Greens

If you’re into the idea of a healthy diet, huddle up and listen in. Chlorophyll is where it’s at. The Living Food Kitchen gives you a little introduction to this god of greens: What is chlorophyll? Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in leafy, green plants, algae and vegetables. It is vital for photosynthesis, which […]

Vitamins… To Take or Not To Take? That is the question.

When you next reach for your vitamin supplements, you might want to consider walking to your fruit bowl or to the vegetable drawer in your fridge instead. While millions of us are still spending fortunes on supplements hoping they will prevent infection and disease, studies show that spending money on vitamin supplements – those tiny […]

No Need To Starve When You Go Low Carb!

This week The Living Food Kitchen gives you five delicious and super-healthy alternatives to pasta, rice and bread. Often we revert to cooking pasta or rice, or eating bread because we think it’s easy or fast. But every now and then – even if you are not gluten intolerant – it’s good to mix it […]