Articles tagged with: kitchen organisation

Q. What's the difference between a Use-by and Best-before date on food?

on Thursday, 07 March 2013. Posted in Additives & labels
Tagged: canned foods, food labels, food safety, kitchen organisation, tips

A. There are three types of date marking - Use-by, Best-before as well as Baked-on and it's worthwhile knowing the differences. Read on ...

My top 10 kitchen gadgets

Written by Catherine Saxelby on Friday, 14 September 2012. Posted in Healthy cooking
Tagged: family fare, food safety, gadgets, healthy cooking, healthy eating, kitchen organisation, measures, tips

My top 10 kitchen gadgets

What gadgets do I find best for cooking quick, healthy meals at home? Here's my list of the best. Some items are at the expensive end of the gadget spectrum and some are just little gadgets that just make life easier. Hope they inspire you to quicker healthier meals at home.

Cut your food wastage – save your wallet, save the environment

on Tuesday, 07 December 2010. Posted in In the news
Tagged: food trends, food variety, health, healthy lifestyle, kitchen organisation, meal planning, wellness

Cut your food wastage – save your wallet, save the environment

Wilted vegetables, milk past its use-by date, stale bread, last weekend's leftovers - who isn't guilty of throwing uneaten food into the garbage bin? While it might not feel like much at the time, as a nation Australians waste over $5.3 billion worth of food each year, according to a survey carried out by The Australia Institute.

7 steps to kitchen organisation

Written by Catherine Saxelby on Tuesday, 09 November 2010. Posted in Healthy cooking
Tagged: guides, healthy cooking, kitchen organisation, meal planning, sugar, tips

7 steps to kitchen organisation

If you want to cook healthy meals, then the secret is to be organised. Here's how I manage to come up with healthy dinners most of the time. If you arrive home tired and hungry with nothing in the fridge or freezer, you are easy prey for take-aways and home-delivered fast food! Being organised also saves you time, money and stress. Follow my 7 steps to streamline your kitchen and make you more efficient.

Food measurement and conversions

Written by Catherine Saxelby on Wednesday, 31 March 2010. Posted in Healthy cooking
Tagged: conversions, healthy cooking, healthy recipes, Imperial, kitchen organisation, measures, metric, oven temperatures

Food measurement and conversions

If you want to cook something from a recipe book from a country which uses imperial measures or you want to try out your grandmother’s favourite recipe that’s in pounds and ounces then you will need to convert the ingredient quantities. To help you we have prepared this handy conversion guide for the kitchen.

Book review: 4 Ingredients Cookbooks - quick but hardly healthy?

Written by Catherine Saxelby on Thursday, 18 March 2010. Posted in Reviews
Tagged: convenience, healthy cooking, kitchen organisation, reviews

Book review: 4 Ingredients Cookbooks - quick but hardly healthy?

"Fast, fabulous & flavoursome recipes using 4 Ingredients. Written by Rachael Bermingham and Kim McCosker, these bestselling cookbooks are jam packed full of quick, easy and very delicious recipes that you can easily whip up to WOW your friends and family ..." That's the promise.

7 diet secrets that are staring you in the face

Written by Catherine Saxelby on Wednesday, 15 April 2009. Posted in Healthy weight loss
Tagged: diet foods, diet meals, dieting, diets, eating mindfully, eating slowly, healthy eating, kilojoules, kitchen organisation, overweight, weight loss, Weight Watchers

7 diet secrets that are staring you in the face

Losing weight is never easy. It takes time, patience and know-how. Food and exercise aside, there are things you can do to make it easier for you to get into a 'weight loss mode'.  Some are simply bad habits; others are how you view your world.  If you can adopt these 7 simple diet secrets, you're on the way to better eating habits and a healthier shape.