Recipes

All leafy greens – lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, watercress... - are so much more than they seem. Often we believe that leafy greens are just roughage and difficult to digest. This is not true. Leafy greens are actually almost pre-digested foods, that “scrub and massage” the linings of our digestive system as they go down, loosening old yeast, mold and fungus, along with...

Mango season is truly a holiday. Most of the agricultural produce in Israel is grown locally, which means that when something is out of season - it’s out of season. Lucky for us, there’s a good selection of different mango varieties, which lengthens the growing season considerably. Over the years I’ve learned to preserve the taste of summer by sun-drying mango, creating...

Banana bread became one of my favorite breakfast foods or afternoon tea snacks from my 2 years travelling Australia. The Aussies love their banana bread and it was available everywhere. I’ve been living in NYC for almost 18 months now and had long forgotten about this delicious bread until recently; discovering an Australian brunch cafe in Greenwich village. It has become my favorite...

Makes 1 large pie or 4 mini piesI was first introduced to the wonders of wild blueberries through reading Anthony Williams’ Life Changing Foods. I was so excited to know that living in New York i was not too far away from where these wild fruits grow. My husband and I took a week vacation in Maine this summer with the plan of having a very food orientated vacation; foraging for berries...

This summer my husband and i took a trip to Harriman state park (New York) with a day of hiking planned. Just a few minutes into our hike we stumbled across endless stretches of wild blueberry bushes. Taking advantage of one of nature's most powerful miracle foods we had so much fun feasting on the berries. We did very little walking that day but returned home with an abundance of wild blueberries...

Prep time: 40mins | Cooking time: 80minsThis recipe contains 3 elements: Butternut squash pizza base, basil pesto & garlic sauce Makes 1 medium 30cm/12” pizzaPizza was one of those foods that i always felt was over rated and very rarely featured in my diet. However when i became sick and could no longer eat it, i found myself craving pizza and the ‘forbidden’ wheat containing...

Life in the 21st century has taken humanity far from its roots. Today we are dealing with more toxins than ever before, and as a result viruses and bacteria have become more aggressive and resistant to treatment. When we are overwhelmed and pushed to our limit, we often feel a need to return to basics, to return to our roots. Incorporating wild foods in our life is one way to do this.Wild...

Purslane is a common edible wild food that grows throughout the world and is becoming a popular cultivated salad green. It contains more alpha linoleic acid (a precursor for omega-3’s) and vitamin A than any other edible plant. This makes it one of the most nutrient rich green leafy vegetables available.Purslane also contains CoQ10, glutathione, dopamine, and melatonin which helps regulate...