Last week I did my own first, self administered cleanse. Inspired by Meg and the benefits
she feels from a Mindfully Fed seasonal cleanse gave me the curiosity to try. I was confident to figure out my own approach, sticking to all single whole food ingredients. Continue reading
Lately whenever my back is turned, my preschooler, Connie, mixes up some culinary 
potion under the kitchen table. In just seconds she can confine the entire contents of my baking shelf to just one bowl, leaving a telltale trail of powders and sticky mess across the kitchen floor. Of course none of it will be edible, but the delight on her face at having “made a wesipy just like you mummy” is disarming. Continue reading
May seems unusually busy. We’ve shed our Winter skin and seem to be racing towards Summer at a rate of knots. Awash with school socials and graduations, field trips and fundraisers, it is also the month in which Everest was first conquered by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay, Florence Nightingale was born (hence International Nurses Month) and the world was stunned by the first 4 minute mile. Continue reading
If you’ve been following us throughout April, it’s time for our finale for Autism Awareness Month. We worked hard to create a visual recipe format for non-readers using our chocolate cake, and build a library of techniques that we hope to share with you in future recipes. We also discussed the importance of being outdoors and adding more sensory input into all of our lives. But we saved the best for last, our slow cooking video. Continue reading
As a child I would bike up to the moors to pick wild blueberries (bilberries), and run through the bluebell woods remembering every fallen tree or boggy patch from previous visits. Even today my desk is deliberately positioned in front of the window facing outward so that I can avert
my indoor gaze away from the screen and catch a glimpse of urban greenery and the blue sky outside.
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We are debuting our visual Chocolate Cake recipe this week
. Providing access to a more user friendly format for non-readers has been a key intention for the Zen of Slow Cooking. In the future we hope to produce one visual recipe a month. Continue reading
Exploration ends in discovery.
When we met and became co-creators of Meg’s brainchild, The Zen of Slow Cooking, a 
whole year of discovery lay ahead of us. On our first anniversary, we are celebrating a year-long exploration of the Zen business opportunities which continue to evolve. Continue reading
Today is the Spring Equinox marking the beginning of Spring. It’s a little early, but now that
my new marker for planting seeds, St Patricks Day, has passed I’m pushing my first lettuce seeds into the ground. Continue reading
Earlier this month we had the pleasure of hearing Jeanne Pinsof Nolan of The Organic Gardener speak locally. I’m particularly in awe of her and her team’s achievements within
the city of Chicago bringing “beautiful and productive organic edible gardens” within reach
of us all. Continue reading
We’ve shared our heart healthy recipes this month with the Chinese New Year celebrations. Since Dim Sum (those delightful bite sized morcels) translated literally means “Touch the Heart”, we’ve made our own little parcels of tasty goodness – steamed
soy salmon wrapped in crunchy lettuce. Continue reading