Nuts

• 1 The basics of a healthy diet
  Good health is the foundation of beauty, and a healthy diet is the foundation of good health. By watching our diet to ensure it includes certain foods, we can make sure that the foundation is as sound...

• 2 Ingredient of the week: the macadamia nut
  Macadamia nuts are arriving in their droves as the new season hits South Africa and Australia. A much underused but utterly delicious nut, the macadamia lends itself incredibly well to both sweet and savoury...

• 3 Chicken and macadamia satay, asian orange salad and soya dressing
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 2g chilli powder 10ml sesame oil 15g sesame seeds 180g crunchy peanut butter 100g macadamia nuts 100ml sweet chilli sauce 2g ground pepper 25ml...

• 4 Baked pollock with Macadamia crumb and braised fennel, tomato and caper dressing
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 1 fennel bulb 6 cherry tomatoes deseeded 20g capers 4 fillets sea bream 20g flat leaf parsley chopped 40g whole roasted macadamia nuts 80g chopped...

• 5 Macadamia, confit duck and foie gras terrine, kumquat chutney
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 6 Slices prosciutto ham Small lobe of foie gras 100g Macadamia nuts 250g Kumquats 50ml Water 100g Sugar 160g Salad leaf Bunch of thyme ...

• 6 Granola bars
  Ingredients (Makes 1 tray) 500g rolled oats 125g pitted prunes, quartered 125g dried apricots, quartered 100g pecans, quartered 90g sunflower seeds 90g pumpkin seeds ...

• 7 Health: Catch out coldsores
  If you're prone to coldsores, steer clear of chocolate and nuts when you're vulnerable - they contain an amino acid, L-arginine, that feeds the virus. Should one still erupt, treat it with Bio-Propolis,...