The TasteBox Blog

The festive season has many pitfalls for those of us who like to stick to an eating and exercise routine. Let's explore using the 85 Percent Rule, a concept borrowed from athletic coaching, to navigate this time of year without guilt or stress.

"Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?" was the simple question that took Ben Hunt-Davis's rowing team to gold in the year 2000 Olympics. It can be applied to many things whether in the health and fitness arena, in sporting endeavours or in business.

By adding just one thing - a post-work 30 minute walk instead of doom scrolling on the couch - you can add exercise, improve your stress levels and improve your quality of sleep all in one!

In athletics the 85 percent rule has shown that an athlete that has been told to give 85 percent effort often does better than the one who is told to give 100 percent. Can we apply this in our quest for a healthy lifestyle?

Oatmeal is filling and healthy - here are 5 good reasons to add it to your diet.

Fresh salad ideas and two healthy make-at-home dressing recipes.

Home cooking is way healthier than eating take aways. Meal kits are a great way to ease into home cooking and to teach our children that home cooking need not be difficult.

Home cooking is far healthier than relying on take aways or eating out. Here is why.

As our food prices continue to rise and our proverbial belts continually need tightening, the humble dried bean can be a lifesaver.

Slowly fermented artisanal sourdough is part of the growing slow-food culture and much better for us than commercially mass-produced bread. Hilton is exceptionally lucky to have Wild Bread Co. in the heart of the village.

There are so many websites and articles that wax lyrical about what seems like hundreds of different types of chilli with exotic names but let’s just bring that down a notch or two and talk about those that are commonly found in a supermarket. And let’s just call them red chillies and green chillies.

The price of food these days is all over the place. Throw in our struggling economy, and suddenly we need to start making smarter choices. This is true for us as a small business, and you as a consumer. This is why we are so thrilled to introduce our new pricing tiers: Budget, Standard and Premium. This gives us more flexibility to maintain the standards we hold dear, such as quality ingredients, nutritional value and portion size, while giving you the freedom to choose which meals either match your budget or meet your fancy.

If, like us, you are not actually vegetarian, but like to add vegetarian meals into your repertoire, you have probably come across tofu, but are not sure what to do with it, or how to cook it. Look no further. We have come to grips with this awesome high protein, low carb food and it’s time to share our tips with you.

Need a quick pasta sauce? Need to take mince from bleh to fabulous? Making a pizza? Got leftover chicken? Marinara is your man!

Spinach is high on the list of superfoods but low on the “oh yeah I want to cook that” list. Yes you can buy it washed, chopped and ready for the pot but that is expensive and it doesn’t last long in the fridge. And it grows like a weed in a small space, constantly renewing itself as you pick.

With my background as a consulting dietician, I saw the need for an easy solution to healthy suppers for busy people. And so the seed of TasteBox was planted...

A healthy and strong immune system goes a long way to warding off the sniffles and sore throats that so often accompany a change in season.

It all starts around December 27th. After a long month of office parties, Christmas meals and one too many lunch time drinks around the pool, you are feeling bloated, heavy and ready to start afresh. Come January, you are chanting “New Year, New Me” to yourself, you have set goals and made plans. But let’s be honest now, are you still sticking to those by the end of February? Probably not. A lot of the time, these goals are a bit too far-fetched and unsustainable in the long term. When the shiny new-ness of the plan wears off and reality starts to kick in, we are often back into our old unhealthy habits and feeling a sense of failure.

Those bunches of beetroot lying at the supermarket look rather intimidating. Rough, ungroomed and hard to deal with in fact! But once you pluck up the courage to master the beetroot you will find that it is a wonderful addition to a healthy diet.

The term “gut health” is the big buzz word in the health arena lately. But what does gut health actually mean? What is a gut microbiome when it’s at home? And why should we be keeping our gut microbiome healthy?