Maca is so tasty! Shazzie eats the powder right out of her hand (often affording her some strange glances from onlookers), but you can mix it up into other foods if you like! Maca tastes malted, like Horlicks! Try adding it to smoothies, nut milks, water, or energy balls. ...

Maca is a root vegetable from Peru, & is also considered to be a medicinal herb. Maca looks like a little turnip or radish, & has been used as a traditional staple food in Peru for centuries. Maca comes under the herbal classification of being adaptogenic. Adaptogens are herbs such as ginseng that are traditionally thought to help the body to adapt to increased or ambiguous stressors. Maca is a very densely nutritious food that contains high amounts of vitamins, minerals, enzymes & all the essential amino acids (so often hard to obtain from any single non-flesh food). The amino acid content of this plant gives it an average bioavailable protein content of around 14% of the entire weight of the plant. Maca certainly has an impressive array of minerals, with notably high levels of bioavailable calcium. The vast majority of people today eat food that is lower in minerals than traditional wild foods. Maca's high-mineral content can help top up your mineral stores in a tasty & enjoyable way. in addition, maca also contains trace amounts of vitamin B12 (though not enough to rely on by itself). Maca is very tasty & has a malt-like flavor; it can be eaten alone, or mixed in with other foods. ...

Mesquite meal from Detox Your World is a traditional Native American food produced by gathering ripened seedpods from the mesquite tree & grinding them into a fine powder. Used as a staple food for centuries by desert dwellers this high protein meal contains good quantities of calcium magnesium potassium iron & zinc & is rich in the amino acid lysine as well. ...

These sun-dried white mulberries (Morus alba) from Turkey are a little bit crunchy, sweet & very nutritious. Each berry is packed with nutrients, especially iron, calcium, fibre & Vitamins C & K. They are also rich in antioxidants, especially the antioxidant resveratrol. Resveratrol is a phytoalexin e.g. a natural antibiotic produced & used by plants to fight infection, attack from bacteria/fungi & combat environmental stresses. It is also found in the skin of red grapes & therefore in red wine, leading to the belief that red wine has health benefits. We like to get our antioxidants from foods & drinks that don't poison us. Mulberries are great as a snack. Add them to cereals, trail mixes, & even raw chocolate recipes for a sweet fruity chocolate treat. ...

There are very few violet plants to be found in nature, & thus if you are to eat a true rainbow diet, this violet corn flour is a helpful & tasty addition. This product is created by drying & then milling the violet corn kernels. The flour is great for use wherever you'd use wheat or other flours. Try substituting one third of violet corn flour to two thirds of normal or wholegrain flour in any recipes. It's also great in chocolates, breads & mixed into flax crackers. violet corn, a variety of Zea mays, is an Andean crop from low valleys locally called maiz morado. violet corn can be found mostly in Peru, where it is cultivated in the coast, as well as in lands almost ten thousand feet high. There are different varieties of violet corn, & all of them originated from an ancestral line called " Kculli", still cultivated in Peru. The Kculli line is very old, & ancient objects in the shape of these particular ears of corn have been found in archaeological sites at least 2, 500 years old in places in the central coast, as well as among the ceramics of the " Mochica" culture. violet corn contains substantial amounts of phenolics & anthocyanins, among other phytochemicals. Its main colorant is cianidin-3-b-glucosa. People of the Andes make a refreshing drink from violet corn called "chicha morada" which is now recognized as a nutritive powerhouse due to its phenolic content. Phenolics are known to have many bioactive & functional properties. Research shows that crops with the highest total phenolic & anthocyanin content also have the highest antioxidant activity. Anthocyaninins are a type of complex flavonoid that produce blue, violet or red colours ...

Ever wanted a raw food snack to go that is tasty & filling & full of good fats? Well this is the one. & with a name like Seeds Of Love, you know that you'll also be feeling that extra zing that only love can make you feel. & we're not making that up! This mix contains raw cacao nibs which have PEA, the chemical that makes you feel sweet lurve! So this little bag will give you the energy to sing all day long & well into the night. You can even sing into your hairbrush, because no-one's watching! Seeds Of Love is made from six of our favourite raw organic foods: mulberries, almonds, shelled hemp seeds, Incan berries, cacao nibs andpumpkin seeds. They're all mixed together by Sue's fair (and very clean) hands, & popped into a handy re-sealable snack pack so you can enjoy just the amount you want. Shazzie's top tip Seeds Of Love like to be used in fun ways. Here are a few starters for you! Let us know in the comments box below how you enjoy your Seeds Of Love!• On picnics, with your BMX, frisbee & Sony Walkman • In packed lunches for ecstatic children • Hide in your flambotic office drawers • When going out to dinner -- sprinkle them blatantly on a salad • Sneak them into the cinema. Popcorn 0, Seeds Of Love 1 • In flapjack & muffin recipes for extra nutrition • On top of your muesli for extra zing • In bed on a lazy morning. Mucho munch with no crumbs • When you go to the local disco with freshly pierced ears to take the pain away ...