“Food is a part of every single person’s life… and the choices we make around what we eat can have a huge impact on our planet. I want to encourage, inspire and educate people so they can make informed decisions and eat cleaner, greener and more sustainably, not only for our own health, but for the health of the planet”.
Tasmanian born and bred culinary aficionado, The Sustainable Foodie
Nicole Frith
Nicole Frith is a leading expert in food sustainability. Interviewed for her expertise in this area by numerous media corporations including: ABC Australia (The Australian Broadcasting Corporation) for both TV and radio, Brilliance Business TV, Gourmet Magazine (Times Square, New York), Country Style Magazine (Australia), and many more.
She is the producer and host of the podcast The Sustainable Foodie and is currently creating a TV series that will introduce you to some of the world’s most talented and sustainable chefs and food producers, inspiring us to eat our way to a cleaner and greener planet.
She’s owned and run an internationally renowned food business promoting local and sustainably produced food to thousands of customers, and helped small producers build and promote their brand using her connections to food media such as Gourmet Traveler magazine, TV, and radio.
She’s a sustainable food coach incorporating her energetic and intuitive training of over ten years with her practical knowledge of how to live more sustainably.
She’s worked with celebrity chefs such as Shannon Bennett (of Master Chef fame) and Kirsten Tibbles (from The Chocolate Queen series)
Nicole’s message is clear “Food is a part of everyone’s life and the choices we make around what we eat can have a huge impact on the planet. I want to encourage, inspire and educated people so that they can make informed decisions and eat cleaner, greener and more sustainably, not only for our own health but for the health of the planet”
A few of my favourite things
FAVOURITE THING TO GROW
At the moment it’s heirloom tomatoes…..so much fun, colour and TASTE! There’s hundreds of varieties and the colours are amazing….green, yellow purple, orange, pink….and who’d have thought it, red! And the flavours of each are so diverse. From almost lolly sweet to beautifully tangy tart each variety is a flavour bomb awaiting the unassuming palate.
Read about Growing Tomatoes from Cuttings
FAVOURITE TIME OF THE YEAR
Spring/early Summer. Everything’s bursting from the ground, so lush and green. Berry fruits are one of my favourite things and early summer marks the beginning of an abundance of beautiful bright berries awaiting to be picked. My absolute favourite of all is the wild strawberry. It packs a punch for such a tiny little berry.
FAVOURITE FAMILY DISH
This time of the year it’s Summer Ratatouille! I’ve grown so many huge zucchini’s this year and with fresh herbs from the garden and the Heirloom tomatoes it is truly is singing with flavour and goodness.
FAVOURITE SWEET TREAT
Honeyed Walnuts!! This is something I’ve been making for about 15 years using freshly harvested walnuts and raw non-heat extracted wildflower honey. So good over yoghurt, porridge, panna cotta or berries, great with a cheese platter or eaten straight off the spoon.
A very close second at the moment is Meyer lemon tart. Read the Recipe Here
CURRENT OBSESSION
Things to do with food scraps! Pesto from the tops of baby carrots, tasty vegetable stock from leftover peelings, croutons from old bread scraps and of course making compost or a beautiful liquid fertiliser…..to grow more veg!….and the cycle continues.
FOOD HERO
Tony Scherer! An inspiration when it comes to organic and bio-dynamic farming.
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Winter is upon us here in the south
and I’m hoeing into my autumn harvest of sweet little golden nugget pumpkins making soups, roasting halves in the oven with a cheesy filling…..(more of that to come in recipes!) and making beautiful roast veggie salads but there’s also one other thing that I’ve been enjoying……..tomatoes and basil! Yes, you heard me correctly!! TOMATOES and BASIL over winter. How so you say? Well remember the cuttings I took from the excess foliage that I planted in pots? I bought those babies inside when the weather started cooling off and ta-da!!…..Winter cherry tomatoes!! I have them behind glass in a sunny position inside and have had the most beautiful crop! Tomatoes are self pollinating so you don’t need the help of pollinators such as bees and
Fresh Chamomile Tea
Have you ever drunk chamomile tea? Most of you I’m sure would answer yes! It’s relaxing soothing benefits are well known and many of us reach for a chamomile tea when our nerves are a little frayed. Admittedly I’ve swished down lots of store-bought tea but until recently had never sipped on freshly picked chamomile flowers. Wow! What a revelation! Unlike the dried, slightly bitter rather tasteless version we are all so accustomed to this was sweet with a green apple herbaceousness to it! Delicious! And as for its effectiveness…..I found myself unexpectedly snoozing on the couch! Chalk and cheese really. Chamomile flowers are also amazingly easy to grow too! You can either sew them into pots and keep them on the window sill or
Growing tomatoes from cuttings
Did you know that you can grow tomatoes from cuttings? ……and it’s so easy! Its a great way to extend your tomato season after your first plantings have finished fruiting as well as using up excess foliage from thinning out. This year my tomatoes have been quite prolific. I’ve also had a huge amount of excess foliage which I’ve had to trim off so that the energy goes into the ripening fruit as opposed to a jungle of green foliage as well as creating air flow through and around the plants to prevent disease. There was so much excess I trimmed off that I felt compelled to use it in some way…..and what could be more perfect than creating new tomato plants! First start with