Did you know that raw organic cacao is the highest plant-based source of iron?
Did you also know that it contains more calcium than cow’s milk?
Say what?!
However, as the iron found in raw organic cacao is non-heme (as is all plant-based iron), you’ll body will get maximum benefit if you combine eating it with vitamin C.
Read MoreI play the love/hate game when it comes to getting test results back. Are you the same?
I love knowing exactly what is happening with my body (especially the why), as it gives me the opportunity to be the true Taurean that I am and run head first into finding a solution.
Sometimes, however it’s like opening a can of worms.
Needless to say, the list that’s as long as my arm received from my recent visit to my Naturopath of all the vitamins and minerals I’m severely deficient in and the list of all the vitamins, minerals and metals my body is inundated with has left me a little overwhelmed, to say the least.
So I’m taking it a step at a time and thought I’d share my finds with you, just in case you too are a little overwhelmed with it all at the moment.
So first up to the plate, is da da daaaaa…….Potassium.
Read MoreCoq au Vin - A French classic and easily one of the most celebrated chicken dishes in the world.
Rumour has it that this dish was first cooked for Caesar himself.
However, it seems it was the delightful Ms Julia Childs who was the first to publish the recipe.
Wherever, whenever and by whomever - who cares. I'm just grateful to know how to cook it and above all else, eat it.
Read MoreFrench chefs have been cooking with chocolate since the early 17th century, and the delectable dessert “mousse au chocolat” (meaning chocolate foam) seems to have showed up in France around the 18th century.
Now this particular Mousse au Chocolat may not be the traditional French version, and in fact, the French may shrug their louis vuitton shoulders “pfft” me and my mousse, but I simply just don’t care. I LOVE this version and so does my tummy.
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