Vacuum Blending - Suck the life back into your blended foods

When you've spent time creating the perfect smoothie, it sucks when you find that after a short while, it transforms into a watery, unappetizing drink with brown froth on top. Solve this problem with the Biochef Vacuum Container Pump, that lets you convert your Vitamix into a powerful vacuum blender.

Oxygen is usually a good thing, but when your foods are exposed to oxidisation, it takes the fun, nutrients and flavour out. The Biochef Vacuum Container Pump helps suck the life back into your your food creations and keeps them fresh, flavoursome and full of nutrients until you're ready to use them.

What is Vacuum Technology?

Vacuum technology is still quite new to the at home cook. For supermarkets it has been an essential part of storing food for over 80 years. Vacuum sealing helped food retailers keep our food fresh and now you can use this technology to prolong the shelf life and flavour of your smoothies, soups, nut butters, juices, marinades and any other blended foods you can think of. Our Biochef Vacuum Blenders feature a built-in vacuum with air pressure sensors which suck the oxygen out of the

Compare food dehydrators in America with our helpful Food Dehydrator Comparison sheets. We've compared the benefits and features of each Food Dehydrator to make it easy for you to make the best choice about which model is right for you.
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As the industry leader in juicing and cold press juicers in Australia, Vitality 4 Life has an extensive amount of knowledge when it comes to what to juice, how often and in which combination is best for weight loss, cleansing and juice diets.

When it comes to juicing for weight loss, in recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of "juice diets" and "juice cleanses". We all want long-term results when it comes to weight loss so it is important to consider which approach to dieting or cleansing will help you achieve and maintain your desired weight loss goal. You can read more about juice diets here. In this article we have compiled our favourite juice recipes for weight loss, and the reasons why the ingredients will assist and support weight loss. This will help you to create your own recipes too, depending on your preferred flavours.

 

Vitality 4 Life was founded on the principles of the The Hippocrates Health Institute, which, in a nutshell, encourages an 80% raw food diet, high in living food and cold pressed juices which retain very important enzymes and a maximum amount of nutrients. The gentle nature of the extraction method (originally using the Norwalk juicing press but now made possible with high quality twin and single gear juicers such as the Hippocrates Twin Gear Juicer, Oscar Neo DA 1000 and the Axis

Easy exercise at home after baby or any break from exercise..

by Guest Blogger - Vanessa Bartlett
Presenter, Author, Instructor
'VanessaB Health & Pilates'
www.vanessabhealth.com

After I had my first baby it was super tricky getting back into exercise. In fact, I couldn’t walk properly for three months, had abdominal separation and back pain.

I wanted to walk, but even going up the driveway was hard for so long!

Not only that, but the time I used to have for exercise was reduced by at least half or more. Realistically, getting in 10 minutes was a huge achievement of just some light bodyweight exercises.

Then it dawned on me.

Why was I worrying about this and stressing about getting out with the baby all the time? I love exercising at home at my own convenience, so I got a Vitality4life WalkSlim Home Treadmill.

Now, as a personal trainer who needed to get back into exercise myself I knew I needed to get my cardio up again to shed a few kilos, get fitter and build up my body again without any heavy loads or impact.

Running was out of the question due to a back injury and weakened pelvic floor, plus I much preferred walking anyway.

As soon as I got this treadmill I loved it.

Why? Because i

VegeBox Home for growing herbs | Hydroponic Indoor Garden

Your VegeBox Indoor Hydroponic Garden is the perfect healthy kitchen tool allowing you to have readily available fresh herbs at your fingertips. Perfect to add to your daily recipes or to make soothing herbal tea. Any extra produce can be also dehydrated and stored for future use.

Dried Herbs from your Vegebox

Add flavor to food whilst keeping calories and additives low. Herbs are a great way to boost flavor not to mention add extra vitamins and minerals, something that herbs are high in. Many store bought seasonings contain high levels of preservatives and salt so avoiding them is not only cost effective but a good move health wise. Growing and making herb mixes at home with your VegeBox Indoor Garden ensures you have more control over what you are consuming for greater peace of mind.

If a busy week has left you with unused produce overflowing in your VegeBox Indoor Garden you could dry them for later use. It's very simple and saves you money.  You can use your oven or even better a food dehydrator which can be used to make beef jerky, dried fruits and even yoghurt!

Why not try some of these recipes below from your own home grown herbs!

Homemade Italian Seasoning

2 tablespoons dried oregano

2 tablespoons dried basil

2 tablespoons dried thyme

1 tablespoon crushed dried sage

1 teaspoon dried rosemary

 

Relax Stress Ease Tea

4 tablespoons peppermint