The Olive Oil Sea Salt Companion

Stay home, save money, savor your food, and support a healthy lifestyle—all with these two pantry powerhouses! Olive oil and sea salt are staples in most homes. They’re the key to simple pastas, luscious cakes, and savory preserves. But their benefits don’t stop there! Did you know that this pair is packed with healthy potential? They can support digestion, help maintain healthy heart function, and help regulate weight. What’s more, they’re among the best ingredients for natural home remedies. As she did with ginger and turmeric, Suzy Scherr now unveils the secrets of olive oil and sea salt. From easy recipes to personal wellbeing, Scherr gives readers the tools they need to support the lifestyle they want. Combine the two to preserve foods and stock the shelves for self-sufficiency, mix up recipes for sunburn soothers and lip balm, or get cleaning with natural shoe polish and countertop scrubs. Whether readers want to use the oil and salt together or separately, this newest edition to the Countryman Pantry series helps them achieve a greener, healthier lifestyle.

Stay home, save money, savor your food, and support a healthy lifestyle—all with these two pantry powerhouses! Olive oil and sea salt are staples in most homes. They’re the key to simple pastas, luscious cakes, and savory preserves. But their benefits don’t stop there! Did you know that this pair is packed with healthy potential? They can support digestion, help maintain healthy heart function, and help regulate weight. What’s more, they’re among the best ingredients for natural home remedies. As she did with ginger and turmeric, Suzy Scherr now unveils the secrets of olive oil and sea salt. From easy recipes to personal wellbeing, Scherr gives readers the tools they need to support the lifestyle they want. Combine the two to preserve foods and stock the shelves for self-sufficiency, mix up recipes for sunburn soothers and lip balm, or get cleaning with natural shoe polish and countertop scrubs. Whether readers want to use the oil and salt together or separately, this newest edition to the Countryman Pantry series helps them achieve a greener, healthier lifestyle.

Flavorful fun, healthy fixes, and DIY tricks make cayenne and cocoa the perfect pantry pair. Whether it’s maximizing flavor, saving money on home remedies, or spicing up your beauty routine, Suzy Scherr finds the solution in a quick trip to the kitchen. Cocoa powder and cayenne pepper are classic flavor resources and they pack a host of holistic health benefits. Cocoa is full of minerals like zinc and iron, skin-refreshing flavonoids, and antidepressant properties. Meanwhile, cayenne pepper contains capsaicin, which has been associated with boosting metabolism, lowering blood pressure, and even relieving pain. In The Cayenne & Cocoa Companion, Scherr treats you to tasty recipes and DIY home fixes: Chicken Mole, Tabasco-Style Hot Sauce, Acne-Fighting Face Masks, Back Soothing Balm, Cocoa Candles, Organic Garden Spray, and more. No matter the craving or problem, Scherr delivers homespun advice and simple sources of help found right in your pantry.

A comprehensive introduction covers all aspects of olive oil production, describing cultivation, harvesting and pressing requirements and techniques. The differences between extra virgin and virgin olive oil are explained as are the characteristics of the different varieties of olive that are grown. Myths surrounding the use of oil for cooking are dispelled and important implications for a healthy diet are touched upon. The Directory which forms the main part of the book features over 100 oils, in each case looking at the history of the brand, its founders and its distinguishing taste. There is information on the land that the olives are grown on and how they are picked, together with unique characteristics about the oil-making process. At-a-glance information is provided on specific growing areas, annual produce, quality and other products available. Recipes from the users themselves offer a novel insight as to how they like to use their oil.

The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are home to one of the most impressive plant collections in the world, with more than 37,000 different species from every kind of habitat - tropical rainforest, desert, grassland savanna, alpine meadow and coral reef. In this book Heather Angel, a qualified biologist and a leading natural-history photographer, highlights a selection of plants on view at Kew, and examines the way in which they have adapted to cope with the rigours of their natural environment. Many of the plants featured exhibit unusual structures or design.