Who, What, Why, When and How Of the Mediterranean Diet There are nearly hundreds of diets out there claiming to reduce inflammation, fight disease, shred pounds and basically change your entire life. Some of these historical diets are a bit crazy (have you heard of the cotton ball diet? Yikes!), but maybe of them are founded in an interesting historical, scientific or cultural basis. As with any type of diet or dieting, it is up to the individual, their needs and lifestyle whether or not the diet is a good fit for them. Some diets require a stricter, more drastic lifestyle change (such as the ..read more

Another Step Forward At Sunshine Coast Organic Meats, we talk a lot about our relationship with the environment. We not only support better nutrition and animal welfare, but better longevity for the Earth we love. That includes reducing both food and packaging waste, Co2 emissions, land development and the innovation of more eco-friendly agriculture and business practices. We are constantly improving and evolving our Sunshine Coast organic Meats business practices to reduce packaging waste (especially).  As a food business, there is a delicate balance that must be met between reducing ..read more

Best Ever Meatloaf Meatloaf. It has a bad reputation among many but the best kept secret of many others, why is that?  The truth is that meatloaf is one of those foods that is very easy to get wrong. But if you get it right, you can take meatloaf from a bland, grey and unsatisfying travesty on a plate to a delicious, warming winter staple. If you follow the recipe on our recipe blog and use these four “hacks” below, you may even surprise yourself by enjoying meatloaf multiple times a week! 1. Use meat that has enough fat content in it.  Dry loaf? No thank you. No one wan ..read more

Fishy Business Part Two: Organic Farmed Salmon Here we are, it is finally time for part two of our three part fishy business series. Last time in part one we discussed conventionally farmed fish, which is the practice of raising hundreds of thousands if not millions of fish in cages or nets, feeding them with grains and chemically treated vegetation, administering medicines and antibiotics in an attempt to counteract the harm caused by these tight and dirty conditions. In part two, we’re going to discuss organic farming. Organic farming is one step below wild-caught seafood, a bridge between ..read more

Save time, money, food and energy here! With the rising cost of groceries (and everything else in life) people are looking for a way to save time and money, plus make their life just a little bit easier. There are many great “hacks” out there to reduce the time, money and effort you spend in the kitchen particularly, but we reckon there’s one that people across the internet are sleeping on: ingredient stacking. No, it is not meal prepping a dozen versions of the same meal and freezing it. It is not even batch cooking ingredients, though you can do that if you want. Ingredient stacking is a ..read more

5 Worthy New Years Resolutions for 2024 How are your new years resolutions going? Are you looking to be reinvigorated in your quest for health? Are you still interested in trying something new this year? Trying to develop a unique and outstanding dish that represents you to your friends and family? We have something that could help you smash all three of those goals before January's end: mince. Mince, the family staple. It is versatile, delicious and cheap to buy and eat for you and your family. There's beef mince, chicken mince, turkey, lamb and pork mince. Mince that suits every person's n ..read more

Lunchbox Hack: Bento School starts up again in two weeks and the daunting task of organising a healthy, convenient and delicious lunch that your kids actually eat is approaching. Saying lunches are difficult is a bit of an understatement: trying to balance health with appeal for your child, going with the flow of their changing tastes and creating food that lasts well in the lunchbox, being stuck in the heat and thrown away between classes. It is overwhelming to conjure up 200 unique and appealing lunches for every day of the school year. Luckily, there is an easy and interesting hack to make ..read more

Meat Preparation Methods for Health When it comes to preparing meat, the cooking method can significantly impact its nutritional value and potential health risks. Different cooking techniques can affect the formation of potentially harmful compounds, the preservation of essential nutrients, and the overall healthiness of the final dish. We’ll discuss grilling, baking and/or roasting, steaming, boiling and stir-frying to see which method gives the best taste with the least health sacrifice. Grilling is a popular method for cooking meat, especially during outdoor gatherings and barbecues. Wh ..read more

Jingle All the Way (to an Ethical Holiday) Welcome to December! December is loved for many reasons, including school holidays (for the kids), peak beach weather and, of course, Christmas! Christmas “down under” looks very different to the “winter wonderland” that it is presented culturally. The southern hemisphere talks about roasting chestnuts on a fire, warm mulled wine and just-out-of-the-oven Christmas turkeys. In reverence for the stinking heat of mid-December, the shining sun and the delicious food in season, Australia does Christmas quite differently.  Two hundred years ago, in ..read more

A Glass a Day ... Keeps the Doctor Away? We all know what an apple a day can do, but what about a glass a day? Does your favourite crushed grape juice help or hinder your health? If a $20 bottle could save you a $200 trip to the doctor's office, you'll want to start saving now! So, what is the deal with that grape juice? We've talked a little bit about red wine a few times before. In the sirtfood diet, the Mediterranean diet, keto diet and low-FODMAP diet (among others) a glass of red wine is very welcome. Red wine is infamous for its antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties and some sugg ..read more