Blog Entries tagged 'healthy cooking'

Product Review: Made For You frozen dinners

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0100

A frozen meal tucked away in the freezer is the ultimate quick dinner or hot lunch at work. But what if you have type 2 diabetes? Just how healthy are they for you? Should you be eating them at all? Or are there any that give you the vegetables you’re meant to eat AND that are low in satur [...]

Product review: Birdseye Create-a-meal – achievable easy and healthy meal for blokes?

admin@foodwatch.com.au — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by dietitian Nicole Senior APD, AN, author of Belly Busting for Blokes

Two thirds of Australian men are overweight or obese and their big bellies are putting them at risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and bowel cancer. One of t [...]

Book review:CSIRO & Baker IDI DIABETES Diet and Lifestyle Plan

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100

More than 1.5 million Australians have diabetes. Given the rise in obesity and sedentary lifestyles, more than twice this number will be at risk of developing diabetes in the next 25 years. So it’s timely that the nutrition team from the CSIRO Wellbeing books and Baker IDI H [...]

Product review: Dietlicious home-delivered diet meals

admin@foodwatch.com.au — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by Airlie Lacy, student dietitian

Too tired to cook? Too busy to shop? Need to lose weight? Busy lifestyles often leave little time to shop, cook and eat the right meals for weight loss. Take-aways are quick and easy but they're no good for your waistline. Are home-delivered di [...]

Product review: Carisma - cutting the GI of potatoes

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by dietitian Josephine Mollica from Eat Wiser

You have probably heard of Sebago, Desiree or Kifler potatoes, but have you heard of the Carisma potato? This new variety of potato has just hit the shops riding on its claim to be the first low Glycemic Index (GI) potato. It [...]

Product review: Quorn - an innovative new meat replacement

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Guest review by dietitian Emma Stirling APD from The Scoop on Nutrition

Are you a vegetarian? Or perhaps experimenting with more meat-free meals due to the growing green scene? Well, we've got great news for you. There's a brand new player in town, so I was thrilled when Catherine asked me [...]

Product review: Rice Bran Oil

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100

With all the advertising hype targeting heart disease and high cholesterol and with some websites proclaiming it the "world's healthiest oil", best for body builders and even menopausal women, rice bran oil is the oil I get most questions about. How much healthier is it? What's it like to co [...]

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

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Post by Catherine Saxelby and home economist and dietitian Diane Temple

"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 ea [...]

Product review: Stevia sweeteners side by side

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100

A "natural" sweetener, Stevia was approved for use in late in 2008 in Australia and the US and the first Stevia products are now appearing on the supermarket shelves.

It's not considered "artificial" and marketing for stevia makes much of it being 100% natural - which ap [...]

Product review: Soup shortcut

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Soup is one of my favourite winter meals. Thick and hearty, it's warming and satisfying. It's a key food if you want to lose some weight without going hungry.

Soups are pretty easy to make (unlike pastry or fiddly finger food) but, depending on the type, can take 2 or 3 hours, as they often require long, slow simmer [...]

Product review: Pomegranate molasses

saxelby@foodwatch.com.au — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0100

My taste buds died and woke up in flavour heaven! I've just bought my first bottle of pomegranate molasses and can't believe how magnificent the flavour is! How come I got to the ripe old age of 50-something and never ever sampled this before? Something as basic as a marinade for la [...]