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A Dietitian’s New Years Resolution
My New Years Resolution for 2014 is to eat more fruit and vegetables. Typical dietitian! I bet you’re thinking, “that’s nothing new, don’t dietitian’s pretty much just eat only fruit and vege...
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Persimmons (Sharon Fruit)- Eating the exotic
As part of my resolution to try more exotic fruit and vege this year when I saw these interesting and colourful Sharon fruit in the supermarket I thought I would give them a try. I’d never heard of...
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Samphire – Eating the exotic
Samphire is a vivid green sea vegetable also known as sea asparagus that looks a little bit like a cactus (minus the spikes). Back in the day they used to call it glasswort as it was burned and used...
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Mangosteen – Eating the exotic
These bright and colourful purple fruits, known as Mangosteen the queen of fruits had been attracting my eye for quite some time. As part of my eating the exotic series I’ve finally gotten around to...
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Banana Flower – Eating the Exotic
Before moving to the UK I spent 3 months backpacking through South-East Asia in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. In each country I made sure to go to a cooking school at least once to learn how...
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Purple sprouting broccoli
Last weekend I managed to finally make it to the Liverpool Farmers Markets…. I’ve only just been living here for about 3 years! It was great getting to look around the different fruit and vegetable,...
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Kohlrabi: Eating the Exotic
The alien-like green vegetable tucked into the corner of the vegetable box looked completely foreign compared to all the other vegetables which were familiar and instantly recognisable. I knew I had...
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Eddoes: Eating the exotic
The first time I saw eddoes in the supermarket, they reminded me of a cartoon character from my childhood called Grug. Can you see the similarity? Perhaps it’s just me! Curiosity got the best of me so...
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Dragon fruit – Eating the exotic
I don’t know about you, but I think these colourful fruits look a bit like a bright pink goldfish – scales and all! I first tried dragon fruit a number of years ago while backpacking in Vietnam and...
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