Oil infusions sound exotic and complicated but they are surprisingly easy to make. An infusion is simply a way of capturing the oil soluble components of plant material in a suitable oil base. You can then use the concoction for culinary or topical applications. Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the classic base for herbs like [...]
Oil Swishing or Oil Pulling as it is also known, is the practice of putting a tablespoon of oil in your mouth and, well, swishing it around for 20 minutes. It sounds a bit odd but there are some interesting reasons to do it. According to Ayurveda, the tongue is connected to all the [...]
There are two types of Hemp Oil and loads of confusion about the difference. The one is more correctly known as Hemp Seed Oil and comes, as you would expect, from the seeds of the industrial male hemp plant, cultivated for its fibre, seeds and oil. It is green-yellow in colour and contains a very [...]
There’s nothing quite like home-made granola. It’s fab for breakfast or any time you need something crunchy and nutty. Commercial granola is often sickeningly sweet and full of raisins, which is great if you love raisins. I don’t and I don’t like the overpowering sugar rush either. This recipe is heavy on the nuts [...]
If you are like me, a salad is not a salad without a good drizzle of Olive Oil and it’s so good on roast veggies too. But there is so much more that you can do with this delicious stuff outside of the kitchen. Forget about expensive bath oils and pop some Olive Oil into [...]
The surprising answer to this question is yes! Who knew? German researchers discovered that Olive Oil can make you feel fuller but you don’t even have to eat it because the secret is in the smell. Researchers compared the effects of four different edible fats on satiety. Participants in the study had to consume 500 g [...]
So your very expensive bottle of Olive Oil says “extra virgin” on the label but how do you know that it’s telling the truth? Unfortunately, ‘doctoring’ Olive Oil with inferior oil like canola, deodorising and bleaching it with chemicals, then adding artificial colours and flavours is a distressingly widespread practice. Extra virgin Olive Oil is [...]
photo by nina nelson flikr.com What’s a lotion bar? This is a body cream in a solid rather than liquid form. The benefits are: They last forever, or at least a very long time They are solid at room temperature So there’s no mess from spills, no fuss and no waste So they [...]
If you love coffee, you are going to love it even more with friends. Not the human kind, but friends like grass fed butter, coconut oil, turmeric, black pepper and honey.Butter in your coffee? Yes, butter (the grass fed variety) is full of the fat soluble vitamins K and E and a bit of D. [...]
There are several different types of Coconut Oil available but there are only two worth considering – RDB and virgin Coconut Oil. RDB stands for refined, deodorised and bleached and is made from dried coconut meat. Although this product does not have the antioxidants and phenols of the unrefined kind, it still has the [...]
