Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was walking with the dog this morning, basking in the emerging verdant majesty that is spring in full flood, I noticed a fresh new crop of Common Sorrel growing up on the edges of the pathways that had recently been mowed. Glancing around I could see masses of the stuff bursting forth likeContinue reading “Sorrel and Red Lentil Soup Recipe”
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Vitamin V – And Why Foraging is the Ultimate Human Exercise
Reading Time: 10 minutes How many plants do you eat? Do you get your ‘5 a day’ quota or are you like my Mum and only eat peas (we have to phone ahead when we go out for dinner)? But how many actual varieties of plants do you actually consume? The Earth has an estimated 400,000 plant species thatContinue reading “Vitamin V – And Why Foraging is the Ultimate Human Exercise”
Wild Garlic Pesto Recipe
Reading Time: 5 minutes Wild Garlic, or Bear Garlic and Ramsoms as it is also known, is one of springtime’s superstars. You generally can smell it before you see it. That wonderful, pungent aroma seeping through deciduous woodlands, promises a sensory bombardment of enticing odours and spicy taste sensations. Sending up new shoots from early March and flowering fromContinue reading “Wild Garlic Pesto Recipe”
Kelley’s Fermented Garlic & Chilli Beans
Reading Time: 6 minutes As we have alluded to many times on this blog, we are big fans of fermenting. Whether that is our daily shot of coffee kombucha, protein-packed kefir milkshakes or a spoonful of sauerkraut on the side, we will shoehorn something fermented into our daily meals. This enthusiasm unfortunately has not rippled throughout the whole family,Continue reading “Kelley’s Fermented Garlic & Chilli Beans”
Wild Fire Cider Recipe – Fermented Rocket Fuel
Reading Time: 7 minutes Throughout history, we have drawn upon ancient practices to heal ourselves and treat ailments. Recipes passed from generation to generation, adapted and tweaked along the way continue to support us and I find myself instinctively reaching for these when illness comes to our door. One such recipe is fire cider. A potent, bug-busting concoction involvingContinue reading “Wild Fire Cider Recipe – Fermented Rocket Fuel”
Winter Egg Coffee – Sounds Weird, Tastes Great
Reading Time: 5 minutes Ever since watching Rocky Balboa down half a dozen raw eggs seconds after waking, I knew that those little ovoid beauties were a power food fit for champions. I’m not advocating that Rocky should be seen as a role model for all that is healthy, but for my prepubescent mind, he was in the realmsContinue reading “Winter Egg Coffee – Sounds Weird, Tastes Great”
Super Simple Protein Chia Seed Pudding Recipe
Reading Time: 6 minutes We ate some shite in the 80s. This was a time of experimental ‘space’ food. A whole fried breakfast in a foil wrapper. It was the age of convenience. Powdered everything. Burgers in onion gravy, in a tin. The golden age of squeezy cheese. This was the period of exotic food exploration, whereby the extravagantContinue reading “Super Simple Protein Chia Seed Pudding Recipe”
The Way of the Nutrivore – The Wild Life eating philosophy
Reading Time: 8 minutes Today we open up the lunchbox on nutrient density again by looking at the nutrivore approach to eating. The greatest tool we use at Wild Life is knowledge. Our approach has always been to impart understanding to those we help. By giving knowledge and understanding to our clients we ultimately give them agency over theirContinue reading “The Way of the Nutrivore – The Wild Life eating philosophy”
Dear Liver…It’s not you, it’s me.
Reading Time: 8 minutes Dear Liver, I’ve tried to make it work between us, I really have. But time and time again I leave our interactions with a bad taste in my mouth. I really wish it could be different between us. I can see that you offer so much but I just don’t think I am ready forContinue reading “Dear Liver…It’s not you, it’s me.”