Monthly Archives: February 2014

Middle Eastern Rice Pudding

This is guaranteed to be the best rice pudding you’ve ever tried! Ingredients: – 1 cup pudding rice, washed and soaked in water for 15 minutes – 3/4 cup caster sugar – 5 mastic gum,  grinded in a mortar (this is not arabica gum and it can be found in Greek and Middle Eastern stores) –Continue reading “Middle Eastern Rice Pudding”

Pomegranate Bruschetta

This is super easy to do and super tasty! Ingredients*: – seeds from 1/2 a pomegranate – goat’s cheese -1 small baguette -1 small onion (preferably red) -olive oil *The proportions rely on the amount of baguette you are using. The above are suitable for 1 small baguette. If you have a grill, place the baguetteContinue reading “Pomegranate Bruschetta”

Why Women Should Lift Weights

There seems to be a common belief that the best exercises ever developed for womankind is cardio (lots of it), squats, and lunges. In addition, heavy weight lifting will turn women into Arnolds. However, if you genuinely want to change your physique, you need to start lifting heavy. Women don’t have the ability to bulkContinue reading “Why Women Should Lift Weights”

Why You May Be Not Getting Results…

A lot of people complain on why their workout regime is not bringing results. The following points are made to help you determine why: Do you allow sufficient recovery time? For weight training, you need to rest every body part for at least 24 hours. This is so the muscle fibres repair and come backContinue reading “Why You May Be Not Getting Results…”

Why butter is good for you…

Butter is always seen as the bad guy, due to the cholesterol, saturated fat and maybe the propaganda behind it! However, I don’t label foods as ‘good’ and ‘bad’. I think too much of anything, including the harmless, angelic water can be harmful. Moderation is key with food whether you’re eating carrots, apples, chicken, chocolate,Continue reading “Why butter is good for you…”