Recipes
Bumble Box market day-updates
Good news for us fans of all things Bumble Box. Our cries of ‘we’d prefer to buy our fruit and veg loose’ have been honored at the weekly Saturday morning market at Dubai Garden Centre. This weekend FooDiva purchased organic, locally grown cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans in small packets – plus a punnet [...]
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Make it green: Pack an eco-friendly lunchbox
Summer’s coming, but packing lunches may still be part of your routine, as camps, picnics and family outings begin to fill the calendar, and you can help protect the environment by packing an Earth-friendly lunchbox. One of the biggest challenges — especially in parks, on beaches and at campsites — is feasting without leaving a [...]
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The UAE’s First Sustainable Fish Cookbook a Wise Choice
Award Winning Cookbook Offers Consumers Green Choice When Fish is on the Menu. Tamil Nadu Fish Curry, Shaari Eshkeli with Lemon and Olive Oil, and Hot-Smoked Green Tea Souli Wraps are included in the new Choose Wisely cookbook which features 20 sustainable fish recipes from the UAE. The cookbook was unveiled at Gordon Ramsey’s award [...]
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Mediterranean Lentil Salad for your Green Lunchbox
Lentils are a great source of protein and iron and play an important role in a Mediterranean diet. When I was young, we used to eat lentils once a week! My mother would cook a lentil stew that I currently love but I didn´t enjoy much as a kid. In any case, lentils had to [...]
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Recipes for disaster: 5 Cookbooks to avoid for the sake of your health
Could your cookbooks be making you fat? If your New Year’s resolution is to eat healthier and be healthier in 2011, here’s what to avoid during the after- Christmas holiday sales: Cookbooks that’ll pack on the pounds and clog your arteries! That task’s made a little easier this year thanks to the Physicians Committee for [...]
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