by admin | Feb 1, 2013 | About us, Around the World with the Whitings on DaveConrardy.com
Sohoho, here we are again :-)! And we’re excited to announce that a) David has finished his Bachelor of Naturopathy in New Zealand, along with a Diploma of Nutrition (NZ) and a Diploma of Herbalism (NZ). Yes, yes, YES! b) We’ve moved back to the USA and...
by admin | Jul 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
No, we haven’t fallen off the edge of the world (yet ;-)), but things are a bit head over heels at the moment. We’ll probably be back in blog-land in a few weeks though… so stand by! In the mean time… here’s a picture of Jamie’s...
by admin | Jun 10, 2012 | Around the World with the Whitings on DaveConrardy.com, dressings and dips, Recipes, snacks
A wonderfully simple recipe using avocados as a base. It’s great as a topping for nachos, a dip for veggie sticks or even as a salad dressing. All you need is a blender…uhm, and the ingredients. Take 1 1/2 avocados 1/2 tsp freshly cracked pepper 1/2 tsp...
by admin | Jun 2, 2012 | breakfast, Recipes, snacks
When David and I were still long-haul truckers, we used to stop by Blossoming Lotus in Portland whenever we got a chance. Apart from serving our favourite raw pizza and gooood nachos, they also make a very yummy breakfast parfait. So, in a fit of nostalgia, I...
by admin | May 28, 2012 | Around the World with the Whitings on DaveConrardy.com, Healthy Lifestyle
Fluorescent light bulbs have been marketed as ‘the green choice’ for many years. According to a Treehugger.com article, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL bulbs) earn this status because they: ‘use between 60% and 80% less energy than their...
by admin | May 23, 2012 | breakfast, Dehydrated Treats, Desserts, Recipes, snacks
Or at least, they delight me. I wish I got around to sprouting and dehydrating buckwheat so regularly, that I always had a big jar of these on hand. As it is, I make them a lot but we DO run out. I like grinding them into a flour to make pizza dough, pancakes or...
by admin | May 13, 2012 | Around the World with the Whitings on DaveConrardy.com, Healthy Lifestyle
NASA’s 1989 report Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement has propelled house plants from their modest status as living decoration to ‘state of the art’ air filters (well, almost anyway ;-)). During photosynthesis they take...
by admin | May 8, 2012 | Healthy Lifestyle
We all know that we need oxygen to live – duh! It seems straight forward enough: we breathe, we get oxygen, enough said. Actually, that may have been the case two hundred years ago when the oxygen content of our atmosphere was an estimated 38%, but today it is only...
by admin | May 4, 2012 | Around the World with the Whitings on DaveConrardy.com
We love microgreens! They are highly nutritious, add variety and are cheap to grow. We’d like to have a proper microgreen ‘plantation’ with multiple large trays on a rack, but in the meantime we content ourselves with a wheatgrass tray and a handful...
by admin | Apr 29, 2012 | breakfast, Green Smoothies, Recipes, snacks
Staying with the Green Smoothie theme… here’s another recipe we enjoy :-). Though not readily available at health food stores or supermarkets, both sorrel and kokihi (aka New Zealand native spinach) can be found in many New Zealand gardens. Not only are...
