Do you feel lethargic and tired and have no energy to do anything? Do you often think you need sugar to give you energy? Instead of munching a sugary snack here are just a few things that give you energy. You can eat these as a snack or use them as an ingredient in healthy [...]

Ingredients:

100g wholemeal flour
100g buckwheat flour
100g soya flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
3 tbsp agave nectar
Grated zest of one unwaxed lemon
Seeds of one vanilla pod
300ml skimmed milk
2 large organic free range eggs
150g soya margarine (melted)
150g strawberries (you can also use raspberries, blueberries or blackberries)

(As a treat you could also add 70g of dark organic [...]

This makes about 15-20 cookies depending on the size.
Ingredients:

115g soya margarine
50g very light brown sugar
seeds of one vanilla pod
1 organic free range egg
150g stoneground wholemeal flour
½ [...]

This is a fantastic recipe, and even though the dough breaks easily, the finished product looks lovely and appetising. You can use all sorts of different fillings, by replacing the poppy seeds with chopped figs, dates or apricots. (Some cinnamon goes nicely apricot filling.) This makes about 20 half-moon cookies.
Ingredients:
For the pastry:

115g [...]

Ingredients:

200g soya margarine
60g dark brown molasses sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 organic free range eggs
seeds of one vanilla pod
grated zest of one unwaxed lemon
175g [...]

Most people think of cannabis when they hear the word ‘hemp’, but contrary to popular belief, hemp in your diet does not make you high! Hemp has no psychoactive effect. A study found that hemp seeds and oil contain less than 0.03 per cent tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance which is found in marijuana – a [...]

This makes about 8 pancakes.
Ingredients:

3 large organic free range eggs
120g buckwheat flour
1 tbsp baking powder
110 ml organic unsweetened soya milk or skimmed milk
a pinch of sea salt

Another variation of this is to use 60g hemp flour and 60g wholemeal flour instead of the buckwheat flour. Hemp flour gives the pancakes a distinctive taste, colour and [...]

According to a study in the journal Cell Metabolism olive oil, grapeseed oil and avocado oil keeps you thin. A fatty acid in these oils stimulates the production of a certain chemical that tells your brain it is full. I always use a variety of oils in my cooking and baking to get the benefit [...]

Soya is an excellent source of high quality protein, is low in saturated fats and is cholesterol free. Soya also contains isoflavones, which improve cardiovascular health by easing the blood flow.
The soya bean is the seed of the leguminous soya bean plant. Soya foods have been a staple part of the Chinese diet for over [...]

In Britain according to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey done in 2008 the average British person eats around 107g sugar each day. This is the equivalent to 26 teaspoons! The Food Standards Agency recommends no more than 90g a day, but of course if you are trying to maintain a healthy weight or try [...]