Category: mindful kitchen
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why New Year’s resolutions don’t work? find 5 steps that help you to start and stick to your resolutions
“Old habits die hard.” – I read this sentence in the article on the National Institutes of Health website and immediately Bruce Willis jumped up in my head. Changing your eating habits is a great goal but it’s also a process. Sometimes it takes a while before changes become new habits. And you may face […]
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Homemade kombucha vs store bought
Fermented foods and beverages were always very popular in Asia and eastern Europe, usually recognised by Western countries as not edible. The reason for popularity of homemade fermented beverages is not only caused by poverty, but also by the lack of access to beverages produced and sold in the western countries. Story of kombucha is […]
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how to make homemade kombucha – recipe & tips
From my previous post about kombucha you could you found out what kombucha is, how it’s made and what are the potential benefits from drinking kombucha on the regular basis. In this post I will tell you how I make my kombucha, along with all my experiences from last six months of making it. I’m […]
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what’s kombucha? health benefits and potential risks
I remember exactly when we first tried kombucha. Early Spring this year I bought a bottle of kombucha from the store when it was on offer – just to try if we like the flavour. And we really enjoyed it. Not too sweet, just slightly fizzy and very refreshing. It was good enough for my […]
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what you eat? – how to read food labels
I believe there’s one positive side of this whole pandemic situation – that people started more taking care about their health and trying to be more aware of what they eat. At least I hope that. It should be obvious that if you keep your body healthy and your immune system is strong you’re going […]
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diarrhea, constipation, gases? 5 easy remedies for digestion problems
After two years of being more mindful about our eating habits and food and health in general, we’ve developed couple tips and tricks that helps us stay free from digestive problems. Even though we’re not on keto at the moment we try to keep up with some rules that make our life a little bit […]
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seasonal eating – vegetables & fruits – with free calendar
If you think you need expensive and exotic vegetables and fruits or extraordinary superfoods to be healthy, then you are wrong. Seasonal vegetables and fruits bought locally are a brilliant source of not only delicious taste, but also vitamins, micro elements, freshness and health. And Spring is a perfect time to introduce more vegetables and […]
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farming with passion – how you can benefit from supporting the local farmers (interview)
Ever since we started travelling around Scotland, I was very curious to see how people live in tiny villages or on farms in the middle of nowhere. How is it when your life is far removed from the hustle and bustle of the city, from work 9 to 5, with a completely different rhythm. The […]
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angry chef made me angry – are processed foods actually healthy?
I stepped upon “The Angry Chef” e-book couple times in my local library, and eventually decided to borrow it, simply because other I wanted to borrow were unavailable. The whole title is: “The Angry Chef: Bad Science and the Truth about Healthy Eating” and it’s written by Anthony Warner – blogger and a chef with […]