You don’t need butter or flour to make soup thick and creamy. Instead, stir in a cupful of rolled oats or quick oats, and cook for 20 minutes or more. Then whirl a hand blender in the pot to make the soup smooth and extra creamy. Try this in the delicious recipes below, or invent your own.

Incredible Creamy Clam Chowder
1 large onion, chopped
6 cups bouillon
1 medium cauliflower, cut in chunks
1 cup quick-cooking or rolled oats
1 teaspoon oregano
pinch cayenne, or to taste
1 6.5-ounce can chopped clams, undrained
Freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Omega 3’s are ‘good fats’. Omegas are not stored by the body as excess fat, they are absorbed and utilised by the body in a number of extremely beneficial ways. Omega 3 fatty acids are important for brain function and research has showed that they may play an important role in vision, co-ordination, learning ability, memory, concentration and behaviour. When our mothers told us that fish was ‘brain food’, she wasn’t kidding! Omega 3 fatty acids cannot be produced by the body so we must obtain them through diet.

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When I was working at the hospital, in the ‘90’s, we accepted dietetic interns and one of those interns was a student from Singapore, whose husband was in medical school at the same time. Their plan was to return to Singapore to open their own wellness center. I share this because it was from this couple that I was first introduced to the concept of calorie restriction (CR) for longevity. This concept appears to be taking on new interest, and with today’s obesity epidemic, I thought it would be a good topic to write about.

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