A journey towards living better
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Chia bowl
Serves two. Should be soaked for no less than fifteen minutes. Vegan Gluten-free Refined sugar-free Indulgent wake-up bowl. An excellent source of Manganese and Phosphorus. four dessert spoons chia seeds / two dessert spoons flax seeds / two dessert spoons dried coconut / one dessert spoon sunflower seeds / chop ten walnut halves / …
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Okra curry – bhindi masala
Serves four. Has a cook time of around thirty to forty minutes. Vegan Gluten-free Full of fibre + essential vitamins. Low in saturated fat and absolutely delicious. chop four mugs okra / fine chop one white onion / mince two tsp garlic / mince two tsp ginger / fine chop small handful of coriander / …
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Sleeping amid Scotland’s wilds
There is no feeling comparable to finding absolute solace in nature. Striding out into the wilderness and pitching a tent under a blanket of sky or tree canopy has been many a penman’s muse. And with so much rugged countryside joining the dots between our towns and cities, it’s easy to understand why. Whilst true…
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Green corners
There is a reason that so many of us are drawn to the outdoors. The simplicity of it. Its wildness. We are ever more removed from the natural landscape — a world of town and city dwellers, existing between concrete and glass. Modern anxieties are perpetuated by environment and, specifically, by the removal of nature…
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In brief — Nature’s moisturisers
Our skin faces the harshest of daily elements. It yields to the cold and the heat, is permeated by air pollutants and imbued — or not — by the nourishment we put into our bodies. Protecting the skin’s moisture barrier helps to strengthen it against the stressors of life, wherever we live. But all too…
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In brief — Fermented foods
The humble gut has a profound influence over our wider bodily systems. It is a linchpin of immunity, increasingly under threat from the modern problem of chemicals, un-foods and stress. With our internal flora imbalanced, health becomes compromised and we look to pharmaceuticals and supplements for realignment. We wonder, as perhaps you do, whether there…
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