NEW COMPLEMENTARY THERAPISTS' DIRECTORY
Our new complementary therapists' directory is now up and running - including contact details and a brief description of the relevant professional bodies for each therapy.
Click here to go to the directory. If you are interested in advertising your services in the directory please email Laura at laura@foodsmatter.com
ARTICLES, REPORTS AND RECIPES
Asthma and hay fever / eczema & skin care
- Low allergen-gardening
Michelle Berriedale-Johnson reviews the options.
Coeliac disease and wheat sensitivity / nutrition
- Pine nut, Hemp Seed and Watercress Paté
Wheat, gluten, corn, dairy, soya, egg & nut free;
can be nightshade free
Although no one would dispute the fact that hemp products are wonderfully good for you there is still a widespread perception that they taste horrible. But although a naked hemp seed, in its shell, is quite bitter, shelled hemp seeds are delicious.
Yorkshire Hemp import organic hemp seeds from Germany, shell them and add them to an amazing number of products: muesli, pasta (with wheat), bread-baking mixtures, a selection of teas, fruit bars, crunchy marzipan bars, honey drops - and chocolate...
They also sell the seeds both in and out of their shells, grind them and sell them as flour,crush them and make them into oil and into an excellent savoury sauce - a very good substitute
for soya sauce for those who cannot tolerate soya.
And as if that was not enough, Yorkshire Hemp have got together with a specialist Austrian natural cosmetics manufacturer to create hemp essential oil, massage oils, baby oils, face creams, lip balm, shampoo, body scrub and soaps...
To find out more about the Yorkshire Hemp products call them on 01924 375475 or check out www.yorkshirehemp.com
Meanwhile... So inspired are we by Yorkshire Hemp’s shelled hemp seeds that we combined them with pine nuts to make a nut-free ‘nutty’ paté. For those who would like to experiment with other varieties of seedy/nutty mixtures - the seeds and nuts alone make a very thick and claggy mixture which, in another life, one might have lightened with whipped cream. However puréed soft vegetables, like the aubergines, do the job very well.
- Chicken breast with ginger
Wheat, gluten, corn, dairy, soya, egg & nut free
This is a very simple but very tasty dish - but you must allow the chicken to marinate for 3-4 hours for the flavours to mature.
- Red cabbage and butter bean salad
Wheat, gluten, corn, dairy, soya, nightshade, egg & nut free
A delicous but simple, and filling, salad - to be eaten with cold meats or on its own.
- Coconut chocolate cake
Wheat, gluten, corn, soya & nut free; can be dairy free
Michelle experiments with gluten-free coconut flour. For more information about coconut flour and how to cook with it, click here.
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