We love the lemony fragrance and tangy taste of oranges and lemons, but don’t think twice about binning the peels of these fruits we relish so much. Did you know that the citrus peels are in fact more nutritious than the flesh? Loaded with polyphenols, the rind can not only enhance the flavour of foods but also keep unsightly pests and unpleasant odours at bay! So the next time you have squeezed the life (er, …[Read more]
Food and water are the very basis of life. Every living thing needs energy to go about their everyday work and this energy is provided by the food we eat. As human beings we get to choose from such a huge array of foods, hence as a responsibility to our body, it’s important to make healthy choices. Planning a balanced and healthy lunchbox can be quite a challenge because not only does it have to …[Read more]
Picture this: you are in a car on a road trip, at a distance you see birds flocking around a tall mound. You keep wondering what that place could be and then, as you drive up close to the mound you realise that… it is a heap of rubbish that has grown to the size of a hillock! This is a true story from my travels in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. Waste management is the …[Read more]
Food, one of the basic necessities of humankind, has long surpassed the necessity status and gone on to take a fancier role in our lives. From eating to satiate hunger and derive strength from the nutrients in the food, food itself has become more of a fashion statement. Leading this pageant is food in fancy packaging straight out of the factory! A factory is defined as a production plant where they manufacture items or operate …[Read more]
