Picnic Food Ideas Including a Quinoa Tabbouleh with a Magical Tahini Sauce

As I am writing this I am planning a kayak trip up our local river and then plan to have a picnic in my front yard before getting back to my paper work. So it feels like it’s picnic time and time to get out my picnic creativity.

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Palak and Lentil Balls

How has your week been? We went camping last week. It is the only thing I know that really gets me to relax and the absence of Wi-Fi makes it even more relaxing. I took along dinners that had already been frozen so the only prep I had to do was to reheat the dinners and make a salad for lunch. It was super luxurious.

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Iron Rich Foods and Steamed Veg with Raisin Dressing

I woke up yesterday with this bright idea to write one complete blog post on Iron but realised I have too much information to share in one post. So I will take time to write blog posts over the next months getting as much information as I can to you on obtaining enough iron.  I started to write some information about the different types of iron and gave myself a headache so for this blog post I will make it really easy by giving you a quick spiel, a list of iron rich foods, a list of foods that help the body absorb the iron and a list of foods that inhibit the absorption of iron.

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