Wee Scottish Kitchen

Learning how to nourish my family from my wee Scottish kitchen whilst gaining health and ancient wisdom the NT way

Carrot & Coconut Soup

February 12th, 2008

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Here is one of my favourite ever soup recipes.  It is so quick and easy to make and uses staples that most of us usually have handy in our cupboards and fridge.  Every single person who has tried it absolutely loves it! This recipe is adapted from a vegan cookbook that ... MORE...

Medicine Men Go Wild

February 6th, 2008

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I watched a brilliant documentary lastnight called "Medicine Men Go Wild".  It is a series about a pair of identical twin doctors, Chris and Xand van Tulleken, who travel to the remotest villages in the world and visit tribes who still believe in ... MORE...

Ginger Ale

February 1st, 2008

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I buy a lot of my groceries online as we don’t have a car and dragging my 1 and 3 year old around the supermarket is not much fun sometimes! The only problem with that is that sometimes you receive unexpected quantities of certain things. For example, this ... MORE...

Meat Eating by a Vegie

January 31st, 2008

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I became a vegetarian when I was 15.  It was an ethical decision as I felt wrong that animals had to die just so I could eat them.  For the most part of my adult life I have been a vegetarian, and more recently I was a complete vegan.  I ... MORE...

Buckwheat Buttermilk Pancakes

January 20th, 2008

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  Here are some photos of my first attempt at a soaked grain dish from Nourishing Traditions - inspired by Louise from Quatre Pattes.  They were so light, fluffy and tasty - no-one would ever have been able to tell they were sugar-free and made from ... MORE...

Yogurt Making

January 19th, 2008

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There is a fantastic shop here in the UK called Lakeland - it sells every kitchen and homeware gadget you could ever imagine - and then some!  I have had my eye on their Yogurt Maker for some time and today my husband surprised me by bringing it home for ... MORE...

Could it be PCOS?

January 16th, 2008

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As I wrote in a previous post, I have started to chart my menstrual cycles with the help of Katie Singer's book Honoring Our Cycles (she is responsible for me discovering NT!).  I have very irregular cycles and hoped that by charting them I might find out what exactly is ... MORE...

What a waste!

January 11th, 2008

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I could just cry right now!  I have had such an awful day because our neighbours kept us awake with a wild party until 2am, my boys wouldn't settle back down until about 3.30am, then I had to get up at 6.15am to get my husband off to work. I have ... MORE...

Fermenting in this Cold Country

January 8th, 2008

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As I type, there is a blizzard here in Edinburgh.  The wind is pelting the snow against our windows and I can feel the chill in the air.  Brrr!  I lived on the Northern Beaches of Sydney until I was 25, so I'm used to hot weather but I must ... MORE...

My New Journey

January 7th, 2008

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I'm Karina, a Danish Australian, living in Scotland for the past 10 years with my hairy-highlander husband and two gorgeous sons aged 1 and 3. I have been keenly interested in food and nutrition for all my adult life (I'm now 34) and have been down many different paths - vegetarianism, ... MORE...

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nour·ish (nûrsh, nr-)
  1. To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.
  2. To foster the development of; promote: “Athens was an imperial city, nourished by the tribute of subjects” (V. Gordon Childe).
  3. To keep alive; maintain: nourish a hope.

Originating from Latin Nutrire which means to feed or suckle

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