Wholesome Living
Healthy snacks - What are the best dried fruits?
What are dried fruits?
Dried fruits are fruits that have been dried in the sun or dehydrated in order to remove water content. It is an excellen...
Healthier Easter treats for kids - tips for parents
Every year before the Easter holiday, supermarkets are flooded with hard-to-resist colourful sweets and chocolate treats. I know, I know they are ...
What types or raisins are the best?
Dried fruits are a highly nutritious snack options. One small piece of dried fruit contains about the same amount of nutrients as the fresh fruit,...
Healthy Christmas gift ideas
This Christmas, instead of gifting sugar-packed and unhealthy fat loaded sweets and super salty snacks, try giving healthier and more nutritious f...
How to make vegan mincemeat filling for mince pies?
Mince pies are one of the most popular traditional winters and Christmas treats in the UK. These delicious shortcrust pies are filled with mincemea...
Christmas baking - all the ingredients you need to make delicious festive cakes
What do you need for Christmas baking?
A few essential ingredients are needed to make delicious cakes: flour, leaveners, fat, liquid, sweeteners ...
Healthy Breakfast Ideas
We’ve all heard the classic saying that ‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day’, but is there any truth to it? Is skipping it really the dietary faux pas we’ve been led to believe?
What are Raisins?
Raisins. Those small but tasty fruits that are full of sweet and juicy flavour, in fact, one could describe them as nature’s very own candy! They're a staple in many traditional British baking recipes, but can also be used in savoury dishes, as well as a quick and healthy snack.
Foods That Help You Sleep
There are a variety of chemicals, enzymes, amino acids and other nutrients that can help in falling and staying asleep, and fortunately, you can find a lot of them in foods and drinks.
Is Dried Fruit Good for You?
We all know fresh fruits are generally good for you and absolutely delicious - they are natures candy after all! However, what about their dried counterparts, are they still healthy for you?
Why should you eat more whole foods?
We learned that fruits and vegetables were good for us when we were kids. Our parents tried to encourage us to eat spinach, broccoli and lettuce in many ways - sometimes by using force. Remember that?
Increase Dried Food Shelf Life
Diatomaceous Earth
Using Diatomaceous Earth to store dry goods is not a novel concept. Several ancient cultures used to mix DE into their grain sto...
