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Add a little more or a little less of what ever takes your fancy!

Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

03 Sunday Aug 2014

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Well I have made lots of soup in my time.  Pre primal I would just mix up a stock cube or 5 with water and throw that in the mix.  And it all tasted fine. 

Going primal made me actually look at what was in this so called “stock cube”, OMG yuk and double yuk!!  So, I progressed onto the purest store bought stock I could find, and I found my soups tasted 100% better (well surprise, surprise).  Next step, of course, is to make my own – then I will know for sure what’s in it and can cook it long and slow to make sure all that lovely goodness is got. 

So off we go…

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Creamy Mushrooms and Spinach

22 Tuesday Jul 2014

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The wonderful thing about not freaking out about fat is that you are open to all sorts of possibilities.  

Consider a Tuesday night, you are nearly through to Hump day, the week is still blah!  So do you really want to prepare food when, let’s face it, a heathy slug of red wine is so much more tempting.  But feed the inner you is what needs to happen at some point.  Well, luckily for me our supermarket (food market, call it what you want market), sells BBQ free range chicken and nice and moist it is.  But  chicken on it’s own, although rather enticing, needs a little something extra.  So a forage in my fridge comes up with sour cream, mushrooms and a 1/2 bag of baby spinach.  

Brilliant – so here we go!!

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Lemon Ginger Tea

24 Tuesday Jun 2014

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It’s winter here in New Zealand dark, damp and rather chilly.  Add to that I have a cold. You know, headache, sore throat and a teny, tiny cough.  I’m rugged up warm at home hoping to beat this in one day and save my work colleagues from my germs!

Coincidentally, I have a a tree full of lovely lemons.  For the first time in about six years the tree is totally laden. Maybe the reason is that this year it has shared its section of our yard with our rescue chickens. But that’s another story.  

So what’s is the best thing for a sore throat when you have lovely fresh lemons? You make some soothing Lemon Ginger tea.

 

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Lemon Ginger Tea

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
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1 lemon – organic, Meyer, or any you have on hand
Ginger – about a large thumb sized piece
1 tsp honey, or to taste, preferably raw
1 1/2 cups water

  • Peel lemon and juice.
  • Peel ginger and slice.
  • In a pot place lemon rind and juice, ginger, honey and water.
  • Bring to the boil.
  • Simmer for around 10 minutes until it is reduced slightly.
  • Strain into a cup and taste for sweetness.

Take your Lemon Ginger tea and climb back into a warm bed.