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Healthy food for your little superheroes

February 23, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Looking for a way to encourage your family to eat healthy food? There’s plenty of superhero action on the cinema screen, TV and Netflix these days so perhaps these superheroes could help out?

Fish is the Dish, a site from the Sea Fish Industry Authority, is here to help. They’ve put together some superhero sea food recipes. Here’s a few of their ideas.

Gotham City fish finger skyline

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Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

400g skinless sustainable white fish, sliced into 12 strips
1 egg, beaten
85g white breadcrumbs, made from day-old or toasted bread
2 tsp olive oil
1 sheet of nori (seaweed), found in the sushi section of the supermarket
Salt and pepper to season

Method

1.       Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Crack the egg into a shallow dish and beat.

2.       Tip the breadcrumbs onto a plate and mix in some salt and pepper.

3.       Cut fish into 12 strips of different lengths and widths. The more unique the sizes and shapes, the more like a skyline your fish fingers will look.

4.       Brush a non-stick baking sheet with oil.

5.       Dip the fish strips into the egg, then roll them in the breadcrumbs. Transfer to the baking sheet.

6.       Bake for 20 minutes until golden.

7.       If you want to get really creative, whilst fish fingers are baking, cut small squares out of the nori using scissors. Place the squares onto the fish fingers once out of the oven to look like windows.

Superman stuffed red pepper cape

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Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 red peppers
2 cups of cous cous (1/2 cup per person)
1 small onion, diced
1 yellow pepper, diced
½ red chilli, deseeded and diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 fillets of smoked haddock
1 vegetable stock cube
2 tsp olive oil
2 tbsp butter

Method

1.       Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Slice the red peppers into halves lengthwise (from stock to base). Remove the stock, insides and all seeds, lay on a baking tray and place in middle of the oven for 20 minutes. If you want to be extra creative, cut some ‘S’ shapes out of an additional red pepper and place them in the oven.

2.       Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan. Add the finely diced red chilli and garlic. Simmer for 1 minute. Add the yellow pepper and onion. Leave to simmer until soft – this should take around 5-7 minutes.

3.       Boil the kettle and dissolve the vegetable stock cube in one cup of boiling water. Pour the cous cous into a large bowl, pour the stock over and cover the bowl to keep the heat in.

4.       Remove the vegetables from the pan and add the butter. Once the butter is melted, add the smoked haddock and cook for 2 minutes on each side. Remove from the heat.

5.       Flake the haddock into the cous cous. Add the vegetables and stir.

6.       Remove the peppers from the oven. They should now be softened. Spoon the mixture into the peppers, filling them to the top.

7.       Serve – with the superman ‘S’ on top of the cous cous.

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Which techniques and tactics do you recommend to help encourage young ones to eat wisely?

This video of exploding plants will blow your mind

February 22, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Imagine plants building up so much pressure that seeds come bursting out like a fireworks display.

“Touch me Nots” live up to their name as even a slightest brush is enough for them to fire off their seeds. They’re not alone in using explosions as a tactic for dispersing seeds though; squirting cucumbers and violets use similar tricks.

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Do you think science has learnt pretty much everything there is to know about plants? Or are we just scratching the surface?

World’s largest Great White shark caught on camera

February 9, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The shark is known as Deep Blue she’s believed to about about 50 years old. How large is the world’s largest Great White shark? She’s at least 7 metres long. Wow.

Diver Michael Maier had previously released some footage of his encounter with Deep Blue but these clips contain new, not seen before, images.

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Would you go diving in the safety of a shark cage if you new a creature with the size and hunger of Deep Blue was around?

Do you really care? Ethical Valentine’s Day gifts

February 4, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Valentines Day 2016Is it easy buying someone a Valentine’s Day gift? You may well be very nervous.

There’s quite a bit to think about. If you buy something too expensive then you risk embarrassing them or coming on too strong. If you buy something too cheap then you look cheap. You might also want to avoid buying something commercial and mainstream. How much thought would have gone into that?

When it comes to Valentine’s Day you’ll certainly want to avoid any gifts that are associated with cruelty, wars or exploitation. That’s tough, right? How many shops do you know who absolutely stick to 100% ethical items? Many chain stores these days don’t even know where their clothes or food comes from.

It may well be worth checking out the Valentine’s Day collection at the Ethical Superstore. There are over 100 products here, a range of prices, and lots of good ideas. You can browse jewellery, skin care, scented candles and even organic wine.

Valentine’s Day gift ideas

iq-superfood-chocolateHere’s some suggestions to help begin your research.

  • iQ Superfood Chocolate; dairy free, gluten free, wheat free, vegan, nut free and organic! Bring it!
  • Hand poured soy candle; Egyptian fig scented candle, looks like a lovely owl and handmade
  • Green People Body Care; buying this helps support a charity, no animal testing, fair trade, vegan safe and organic. Oh yeah!
  • Burts Bees Essentials; vegetarian safe, free from Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Paraben free.
  • Wilby Drayton handbag; Made in the UK, vegan safe and with eco-friendly delivery.

Think of all that karma! Not to mention finding a great Valentine’s Day gift.

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What tips do you have for finding a good, thoughtful, Valentine’s Day present?

How the last star in the universe might save humanity

February 2, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Did you know our star will die?

The Kurzgesagt “In a Nutshell” video on red dwarfs is fascinating. We learn about a whole host of stars – brown dwarfs, blue dwarfs and even white and black dwarfs. I had no idea there were so many types of stars.

Until I watched this quick science lesson I hadn’t thought it would be possible to live with the assistance of the red dwarf. Sure, okay, there will be challenges but it’s good to know it’ll be possible as all of humanity may have to move one day.

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What fascinates you the most about the stars, space and the sky at night?

Nature’s power: A “sneaker wave”

January 31, 2016 by Andrew 1 Comment

This video is a little scary. It begins with a walk along the shore. Steve Raplee, owner of High Tide Cafe in Coos Bay, is behind the camera while the waves gently break against the rocks. He’s a smart man and spots the “sneaker wave” coming. I’m not sure I would.

This video was published by The Oregonian newspaper just this week and has now had nearly one and a half million views. People just can’t believe how the powerful wave appears from out of nowhere and how strong it is. It’s easy to imagine there would have been real trouble if any of the children or pets playing on the beach hadn’t made it to safety.

Thankfully no one was hurt.

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What do you think? Was this wave dangerous or do you think it was too shallow to really be much of a threat?

The mystery of the Crooked Forest

January 19, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The Crooked Forest is as strange as it is beautiful. Growing in Poland, just outside of Nowe Czarnowo, there’s some 400 weirdly bent trees.

These photographs from Kilian Schönberger reveal the alien trees.

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No one is quite sure how – or why – these trees are bent like this. People may have persuaded them to grow this way, using tools and techniques, so the wood from them would be better suited to boat building or furniture but that’s speculation. Fire, flood and other natural events like heavy snowstorms that might have weighed down young trees are also suggested.

The truth is – we haven’t yet solved this riddle.

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What do you think caused the Crooked Forest?

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What’s the strangest unsolved mystery that you know about today?

Watch in awe as piranhas feed in a frenzy

January 16, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This footage was shot in Brazil. You can see the locals throwing dirty slabs of meat in between those fragile looking boats. The result? Chaos!

With each throw the feeding piranhas get more and more violent. You can see entire fish leaving the water as they flip back and forth in a frenzy while latched on to the meat.

The dangers of piranhas are often over stated but they are dangerous. Anyone can see that getting on to these fishing boats would be a high risk gambit while the shoal was in.

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What stories have you heard about piranhas that you believe to be true?

This is amazing: a living, breathing church grown from trees

January 15, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Whether you’re a fan of organised religion or of garden supplies this living, breathing and beautiful church grown from trees and planets in New Zealand should appeal.

The coverage is simple, but will get better with time and the landscape is stunning. Could there be a better place to think and contemplate the bigger picture?

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In the comments below why not share some of the most beautiful churches you know about or have visited?

The gorgeous and mystical reflections of Uyuni

January 12, 2016 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This video is a time-lapse of the mystical-seeming beauty of the salt flat of Uyuni. While this, at times, looks like something out of our world, Uyuni is in Bolivia.

The strange reflections are caused by flood water. The flats are the largest in the world, over 10,000KM2, near the Andes and have an altitude of 3.66m.

Tempted to visit? Tourism is important, increasingly so, for the area. Luxury travel companies like Kuoni offer but won’t tell you the price. Equally, ethical holiday specialist Responsible Travel has a wide range of holidays including an 11 day adventure holiday.

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What’s the most beautiful part of the world that you’ve ever visited?

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