Articles tagged with: nutrition

Product snapshot: Tomato pasta sauces

18 September 2023 by Catherine Saxelby

Product snapshot: Tomato pasta sauces

What’s in your favourite tomato pasta sauce, and how much of it? Here are the most popular sauces reviewed for your reading pleasure. I’ve rated nine of the most popular tomato pasta sauces in terms of their nutrition, ingredient lists and jar size. You’ll find many of these in your local supermarket. The sauces are ranked: from Italian (Italy grows the reddest full-flavoured tomatoes) to Australian per 100 grams, which is equivalent to 3½ ounces (the standard for...

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Plant-based meat substitutes

14 June 2023 by Catherine Saxelby

Protein-rich foods – serve sizes

Protein, protein, protein. Are you getting enough? Here is a handy list of MEAT and NON-MEAT SOURCES of protein for you to print out...

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The truth about lecithin

7 June 2023 by Catherine Saxelby

The truth behind coconut oil

Many “health gurus” tout the benefits of coconut oil. Just type the term into any search engine and you’ll be flooded with...

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How much protein do you need?

31 May 2023 by Catherine Saxelby

Gardening – is it really exercise?

Did you know that gardening can reduce your risk of heart diseaset?  This month I’ll share this and the latest posts from the...

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Baked sweet ricotta

24 May 2023 by Catherine Saxelby

Baked sweet ricotta

This is a kind of pavlova topped with fruit, but the base is made from ricotta, rather than egg whites and sugar. 

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Plant-based meat substitutes

17 May 2023 by Catherine Saxelby

Plant-based meat substitutes

What do YOU think about plant-based meat substitutes? Veggie-loaded burgers? All-vegetable rissoles? Meatless Mondays?

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