Nutrients

Essentially, this pairing has a very clean logic to it. It's bit of departure from the veg-veg duo building block, but the thinking behind trying a new type of bean-veg pairing was that celeriac would lighten both the texture and [...]

Broth, glorious broth People ask why I am so keen on broth and why I make so much of it for my dogs, from anything and everything I can get my hands on: chicken, fish, beef, even deer or goose [...]

Flour for function This is part of the eternal quest for the perfect functional training treat: a no-crumble, easy-to-eat-without-losing-concentration, super-palatable bite that doesn't cause energy spikes. Not all flours play the same role[1]. Commercial white flours (some with raising agents) [...]

Celeriac and parsnip duo Some nutrients perform better with the right partners, and the way ingredients meet can shape digestibility and nutritional value. This Duo is a simple example of that principle in action — see Friendly Foods for more [...]

Seb's get well beef stew Our friend Seb was in the wars for a while this year. Fortunately, a diagnosis was eventually reached, he went under the knife and now the whole episode is in the rear view mirror. But [...]

Digestibility or bioavailability? Digestibility is the body’s ability to break food down into smaller molecules whereas bioavailability is the fraction of those molecules that are absorbed and utilised by the body. In other words, digestibility indicates the quantity of material [...]