Vicky’s #guacamole
I always get compliments when I make this dip, and its my go-to drinks party centrepiece. I always serve it with crudités (organic veg of course) and have a couple […]
Baba ghanoush
Last night we had a little party for Ross’s work colleagues in Basel. As his boss is vegan I want to make ‘bitings’, as they are called in Kenya, that we […]
New evidence on the importance of #optimism giving you a longer life
There is new evidence, on a good sample over a number of years, of the importance of optimism. If you remember the article I posted at the very beginning of […]
Sulawesi seafood curry – for Sophie and Stephen
Fish curry full of immunity-boosting ingredients
That controversial ‘bad luck’ theory in #cancer re-surfaces….latest research
The Doc has drawn my attention to this latest research in causes of cancer…so while ‘bad luck’ seems to be more supported in the latest research, there are still good […]
New research: #Alcohol is the direct cause of several types of #cancer
I have no idea whether this research is properly peer-reviewed so I share it only as an opinion held by researchers in New Zealand, but I am sure that drinking less is better than drinking lots! Certainly […]
#Cauliflowers are being dumped – check my cauli recipes and cook!
Apparently the British are not eating their cauliflower and growers are having to dump it…terrible! Cauliflowers are delicious cooked all sorts of ways – even if you ‘rice’ them as […]
Korean bibimbap
Several years ago my son gave me a subscription to a mail-order curry service, The Spicery. Every month a little package would plop through the letter box, filled with little […]
Hip, hip for the NHS!
Originally posted on vickygoestravelling:
The Scarlatinas on stage. Marc Hayward (centre) was a pal of Louise’s This has been a busy seven days one way and another. The big event was…
Laksa paste you can make at home!
I am always experimenting with laksa pastes; last night I realised I yearned for this yummy spicy soup but I had run out of my Singapore paste (although the man […]
healthy living with cancer 