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As we are coming into winter we should maybe consider a breakfast of oats of the plain unprocessed variety, the health benefits of a serving of oats each day will surprise many as oats contain many health promoting trace elements and minerals in a form our bodies can readily metabolise including copper manganese and iron as well as B group vitamins. — Read Article

The humble cauliflower is a member of the cruciferous type of vegetable that include broccoli, kale, mustard greens, turnips, radishes, cabbage, brussel sprouts, Chinese cabbage, horseradish and watercress. — Read Article

Curried Raw Cauliflower Salad — Read Article

Inflammation is a body’s response to accidental injury, trauma, bacteria, toxins, heat damage or many other possible causes. — Read Article

Preheat oven to 150 Celsius. Peel garlic cloves and onions, cut onions into six wedges each and lay in large roasting pan. Scatter garlic on top of onions, pour olive oil over it, season with salt and pepper. Roast onions and garlic for one hour or until both are soft. Place onions and garlic into soup pot. — Read Article

Salt is another of those basic food essentials that has had a rough time in recent years; some perspective on this and a reality check, salt is essential to support body function and to sustain and support good health. — Read Article

For most of my lifetime butter has been villainised and associated with cardiovascular and heart issues; I am sure we can all remember butter at half the price it is today. Two things have lifted the price of New Zealand butter, the major one being the global realization by the healthy minded, coupled with ongoing research into the effects of the good fatty acids and what was thought to be a totally bad fatty acid LDL. — Read Article

We hear much about the health promoting properties of trace elements and minerals, we have mentioned the effect on the health of animals and ourselves when there are deficiencies in the soils we grow and raise our food supply in. We may have issues growing crops and raising livestock in the event we have too much of some trace elements and minerals as well. — Read Article

1x 300ml bottle of cream, 1x 220gm tin highlander condensed milk, 1⁄2 tsp vanilla, 1⁄4 tsp salt, juice of 2 lemons, 1 pkt gingernuts, 125gms butter (melted) — Read Article

Ginger has been prized for over 5000 years as a tonic to treat common ailments, it appears to have originated in SE Asia and widely cultivated in the known world by the first century. — Read Article

As we pass through spring into summer the health maintenance of our companions raises new challenges that include various parasites that flourish in the warmer weather to name but a few; fleas and ticks, there are natural options to mitigate the impact on our pets hence the garlic special. — Read Article

The human hip joint is a phenomenal piece of engineering; the pelvic bone forms a beam separating the left and right femur which join the hip bone either side via a spherical cup joint. — Read Article

Many of our customers have asked if emu oil contains sunblock, as they have noticed that the emu oil has provided them with protection from the sun. We have conducted testing and discovered that Emu oil has a natural sun factor of SPF8. — Read Article

Over the summer months the risk of suffering the effects of food poisoning increase; this is generally the result of careless food handling. — Read Article

New Zealand and the United States are the only countries that allow the advertising of prescription drugs; all other countries restrict this type of advertising and leave it to the professionals to decide what is appropriate. — Read Article

Serve mango pudding on its own or with fruit topped with evaporated milk. This recipe can be doubled or tripled easily. Serves 4 — Read Article

If you are making the rice more than 6 hours ahead, keep it in the fridge especially during hot weather, but allow time before serving for it to warm to room temperature. — Read Article

Mangoes tend to be one of the more expensive fruit choices; a treat that is well worth the expense. — Read Article

When considering gut health the old adage “we are what we eat” certainly rings true. — Read Article

Candied Kumara — Read Article