Post image for Mind apples and movement: simple tips to pamper your mind
Is your mental health something you take for granted or something you work actively at maintaining?  We’re used to looking after our bodies, exercising regularly and feeding them nutritious food, but how often do we do something to look after our minds?  Cancer and heart disease may feel like very real threats (which they are) but actually an astonishing one
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Post image for Absorption-method wholewheat pasta with tomatoes, french beans and feta

Cooking pasta by the absorption method (risotto style) was all the rage in the food blog world a couple of years back.  A recent revisit has uncovered that it works really well with wholewheat pasta, especially when its combined with the bounties of summer (the sweetest tomatoes, fresh green beans and grassy pea shoots).

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Chicken with courgette, halloumi and honey

This is a recipe for chicken thighs that I’ve been carrying in my head for at least 10 years. Hours of searching (online and off) have failed to discover original source – I suspect it was from one of those shiny recipe cards that always find their way into my supermarket trolley.  Juicy chicken thighs filled with halloumi cheese and … Read the full post

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Take the One Pot Pledge

by sophie on August 6, 2010 · 4 comments

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one pot pledge logoNope, this is nothing to do with saving on washing up.  The One Pot Pledge® is a campaign from the Garden Organic charity to entice 30,000 non growers into growing at least one edible plant at home.  It’s an excellent idea and not too outrageous either; everybody has room for one pot of soil even if it’s just on a … Read the full post

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