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5 Mins Read Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been in the health and fitness industry for most of my life. I started one of the first women’s health and fitness centers in New Delhi, India 20 years ago and hosted my own fitness show on television. Following this experience, I went to Canada to […]
3 Mins Read December 2016 Update: SOTE has now closed down operations permanently. SOTE‘s founders Chelsea and Kate have the kind of faces that makes you think of fairytales. Turns out they met working at Hong Kong Disneyland. Their job? Being Disney princesses! Whilst living across the hall from each other (and making little girls swoon) , they […]
4 Mins Read June 2016 Update: Green Queen has a new and updated version of this post, read it here. Greenwoods Raw Cafe – Hong Kong’s Only 100% Gourmet Raw Cuisine Restaurant Only mere months ago, the idea of a completely raw restaurant in Hong Kong seemed extremely unlikely. Along came Greenwoods Raw Cafe. Opened by Dr Simon Chau, the […]
3 Mins Read Green Queen has given you the lowdown on how to buy seafood sustainably and you now have a guide to seafood ecolabels– all that’s left is to actually buy the seafood. Looking to make a delicious seafood feast that is as sustainable as it is delectable but not sure where to find what you need? […]
4 Mins Read If you haven’t heard of Eat Fresh yet, you must be living under a (proverbial) organic rock. Originally a mom trio who wanted to organize local & organic veggie deliveries, Eat Fresh is now a powerhouse of organic grocery shopping run by Mia Man, a Certified Plant-based Food Chef and Board Certified Health Coach, and […]
< 1 Min Week 4 is the final installment in Helen Scott of Mango Menus’ Gluten Free & Vegan school packed lunch menu planners series. We hope these have made your lives easier. The ideas are so great and so easy to make feel free to use them for your busy hubby too or why not take them to office yourself? Shopping tips […]
3 Mins Read 2015 Update : Something Fresh has closed down. Last time we spoke to you about Something Fresh, they were newly launched and offering the busiest amongst us a great solution for a healthy vegan or vegetarian dinner. Their colorful meal kits with step by step instructions make us feel like a proper Chef in our own […]
< 1 Min It’s Week 3 and Helen Scott of Mango Menus is still going strong with creative and easy Gluten Free & Vegan to make ideas for the kids’ packed lunches to bring to school. South Stream Seafoods, Just Green, Corner Block, Three Sixty, CitySuper Little Giant and Green Dot Dot are all mentioned on the short list below. we have a […]
< 1 Min Week 2 of the fabulously simple & healthy GF and vegan school menu planners for busy parents. Easy for mom, easy for the helper. Like last week, the first is Gluten-Free and one is Vegan- perfect for kiddies with allergies and who need to follow special diets. Also provided are handy shopping tips. Grocery suggestions offered in the planners […]
2 Mins Read Created by avid home chef Helen Scott, Mango Menus is a brand new Hong Kong-based foodie website jam-packed with recipes, a food blog and handy menu planning for families. School packed lunch planners are a part of this, and Green Queen is thrilled to share the ones below. In Part 1 of this exciting series, Helen […]
5 Mins Read Only a few more days until it is officially Christmas but really only 1 more day until most of us take time off and enjoy the holiday festivities. Spending time with family and friends is the best part of course, right after stuffing your face with delicious holiday food & drink! For the super green procrastinators […]
4 Mins Read September 2016 Update: Green Vitamin has permanently closed. Have you heard of Green Vitamin? If not, then you are seriously missing out. The up and coming health food company is fast becoming Hong Kong’s premier innovator of super living foods. What started out as a one man wheatgrass selling company has now transformed into a […]
4 Mins Read Note: This post was previously published on the HK Hub. Back in 2007, when I first adopted a greener lifestyle, Hong Kong was only beginning its green awakening. The list of green products and service was short enough that I could keep adding to it in a little notebook I kept in my purse. Eventually […]
6 Mins Read December 2016 Update: Green Vitamin and Anything But Salads have permanently closed operations. What do Snoop dog, Michael Jordan, Bill Clinton and Gordon Ramsay have in common? They are all less popular Google searches than kale! Seems like everyone in Hong Kong wants to be a kaleista these days! Green Queen gets kale related questions […]
9 Mins Read Two weeks ago today, my dream came true. I attended an artisanal food market in Hong Kong where I filled my (reusable) shopping bags with an array of homemade, locally produced, artisan goodies. I woke up the next morning and realized I didn’t need to cook anything! I had a fridge stuffed with healthy, delicious […]
4 Mins Read 2016 Update: Isaac & Lacey Goldstein are no longer involved in Happy Cow. I grew up with a mom who insisted that I could eat cookies as long as she baked them at home. I believe in homemade and I believe in unprocessed. Since I began my journey of understanding that eating the right foods […]
2 Mins Read zuchinni soup with homemade chicken stock smoky baba ghannoush with raw tahini paste romaine lettuce with fresh basil leaves cherry tomatoes in an apple cider caesar dressing oven sweet potato fries warm asparagus homemade lemon mint ginger ale sauteed mustard greens with lemon and garlic roasted green chilli poppers with sheep pecorino Order your delivery […]
< 1 Min Organic mooncakes are not easy to find- only 1 place stocks them: Just Green! Green Dot Dot do have some low-sugar and vegetarian/vegan options but only Just Green is selling the real deal: organic and dairy-free. They are made by from ingredients sourced at Just Green itself. This Lantern Festival, eat clean! Visit Just […]