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FoodBytes is a nutrition marketing consultancy directed by Teri Lichtenstein, an accredited practising dietitian (APD), sports dietitian and accredited nutritionist with over 20 years experience in nutrition communications within the food and healthcare industries.
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On Friday is my favourite Jewish festival of the year - Purim. Everyone (and I mean the entire school from teachers to parents snd students) will be dressed up for a day of fun activities. And of course, no Jewish festival would be complete without food. At my son’s school kitchen class today, we made Hamantashen - tiny triangular biscuits filled with a range of fillings (these ones were jan). They represent the triangular hat that the evil Haman wore when he tried to kill the Jews living in Persia. The kids made these to go into food parcels for donations (another tradition is to give to those less fortunate). And as a side note, how cute is this hand painted dot plate that my little man made. 🙂
When my daughter brought home this giant zucchini that she picked at a friend’s farm in Red Hill, I wasted no time in using it as an excuse to make my favourite zucchini recipes. Last night was this quick & easy zucchini bake from the @ottolenghi Simple recipe book.
Dinner last night was a delicious mushroom and lentil bolognaise that took about ten minutes to prepare. This is a great vegan-friendly bolognaise alternative and a great way to get unwilling kids to try mushies. Most people don’t know that mushrooms provide essential vitamin D, which is not common in most foods we eat. If you leave mushrooms out in the sun, the vitamin D content increases- almost like a healthy tan! Have a look at my stories for this quick and simple recipe.
It never ceases to amaze me how different fruit and veg picked straight from the ground smells, looks (and of course tastes) so different to supermarket produce. My daughter was lucky enough to visit a home grown vege garden this weekend with a friend, and came home with this huge bounty. Perfect timing for my weekly menu planning...which will definitely include the @ottolenghi zucchini bake, as well as carrot and celery juice.
There may be no more Hellenic Republic, but @gcalombaris Cypriot grain salad will always stand the rest of time.
There is something about a fresh food market that makes me especially eager to try new fresh produce that I may not have eaten /cooked before. At the weekend Boorondarra @melbournefarmersmarkets I picked up some kohlrabi and apple cucumbers (see my stories for more detail) along with my usual Veges, as well as ginourmous patty pan squash and a massive bag of corn. When I shop at the supermarket I always follow a list....but when the fresh produce comes directly from the farm there is something so appealing about giving something new a go.
Food Frontier: Plant-based meat – a healthier choice?
The aim of the study was to compare the nutrition averages of plant-based meat categories to similarly processed, conventional meats, from sausages and burgers to chicken-style pieces and more. The study further explored other health impacts of plant-based meats, from processing to ingredients, as [...]