Category: mindful kitchen

• How to cook, when energy prices are going mad? Small steps to save up on energy.

  

  Summer, however unusually generous this year, must end at some point, hopefully somewhere towards the end of September (if we’re lucky enough). To my surprise, Autumn is usually so awaited by the British. Celebrated with colourful lights, pumpkin decorations and warm jumpers. They seem to love long dark Autumn evenings, making themselves cosy in front […]

  Paula

  2 Sep 2022

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• 7 things what stops you from becoming healthy and how to overcome them

  

  Imagine if you had a magical machine that can print money around the clock. But in the manual you read that once a day the machine must be turned off for 8 hours, and once every couple months you have to turn it off for two weeks so that it does not work at all […]

  Paula

  15 Feb 2022

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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 […]

  Paula

  30 Jan 2022

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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 […]

  Paula

  5 Nov 2021

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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 […]

  Paula

  14 Apr 2021

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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 […]

  Paula

  6 Apr 2021

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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 […]

  Paula

  26 Mar 2021

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• all veggies you didn’t know you can eat raw

  

  We are so used to prepare certain foods in a certain way, don’t you feel a bit bored with your cooking choices? When it comes to veggies we usually prepare them in a same way – cooked, pickled or raw. Typically we use raw so called “salad veggies” like: cucumber, cabbage, lettuce, bell peppers or […]

  Paula

  24 Mar 2021

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• 7 kitchen items I will never regret buying

  

  I would call myself a minimalist in every material aspect of living, and even though my whole love for cooking I try to think deeply about each purchase. Before I buy any kitchen or electronic gadgets I ask myself the magic question: do I really need that? And I do it many times, to avoid […]

  Paula

  15 Mar 2021

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• eat it! don’t bin-it! the edible parts of vegetables you usually put to rubbish

  

  Did you know that some parts of vegetables that you usually put to rubbish are in fact edible? If you buy veggies from the farmers market or in small local shops, often you can get broccoli, cauliflower or carrots as a whole veg – with leaves and stems. When I was getting my veg delivery […]

  Paula

  21 Jan 2021

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