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5 Mins Read There’s no shortage of snacks in the world and there’s no shortage of snackers but when it comes to finding healthy snacks that are also delicious, there’s always room for improvements. Which is why we were so excited to discover Made Real, a new online bespoke healthy snack subscription service that is all about the yum […]
7 Mins Read SpiceBox Organics has quietly rolled out a new signature spring café menu that has us shouting from the rooftops with glee. Filled with fresh, nutritious recipes, there is something on the menu for all types of hungry healthsters alike: from their vibrant organic salads to their gluten-free vegan chili to their traditional Biryani dish with a […]
5 Mins Read It’s a bustling Wednesday night at Rhoda, Yenn Wong’s Sai Ying Pun jewel helmed by Chef-Patron Nate Green, formerly of 22 Ships fame. The place is packed with people enjoying themselves, gorging themselves on Green’s fabulous food (there’s no denying Green’s talent in the kitchen) and imbibing selections from the expansive drinks menu (Rhoda has […]
6 Mins Read We have a little crush on Emma Kwan and her awesome new online shop 360 Health & Fitness. The site has one of the best collections of wellness brands we have seen in recent months, many of which are new to Hong Kong (she brought us Moon Juice!). We wanted to know more about how […]
6 Mins Read Who says eating healthy means having to stay away from sweet treats and desserts? Life is too short not have a cupcake once in a while but if you can’t digest or process gluten, it’s a whole lot harder to have your cake and eat it too. Luckily for all of us with gluten issues, […]
6 Mins Read Thanks to our other jobs as co-founders of Ekowarehouse, a global B2B trade platform for certified organic and ecolabel products, we get to attend awesome natural and organic product trade shows all over the world. Since we are total health & wellness geeks (not to mention Hong Kong’s Green Queens), this is one of the […]
5 Mins Read A few years ago, getting healthy AND delicious meals in Hong Kong was hard. Other than a few Buddhist vegetarian restaurants with fake meat, it was hard going. And healthy meals for delivery? Forget it. Greasy pizza, oily Asian and mushy burgers was the best you could hope for. Over the last year, the city’s dining […]
8 Mins Read If you hail from a place where the paleo diet is already very established (for example US cities like Austin and San Francisco) you might think Hong Kong is a paleo desert. It’s hard not to miss those seemingly unlimited Wholefoods shelves that are overflowing with paleo products, but don’t despair yet. Three key factors […]
5 Mins Read A few years ago, Real Food founder Tessa Lowe found herself in a high-intensity corporate job, struggling with her weight and suffering from poor gut health, all the while finding it harder and harder to achieve her training goals despite a highly disciplined approach- she was working out and weight training multiple times a week. […]
5 Mins Read After soy, almond milk is probably the most common dairy-free alternative around. In fact in the United States, it is now surprisingly more common than soy. It is also by far the most common nut milk. There are others available, like cashew and brazil nut but they simply have not taken off the same way. […]
5 Mins Read November is a great month for Hong Kong. The weather has cooled down, the holidays are around the corner and there are oodles of new healthy and exciting eateries opening around town. Below is our roundup of Green Queen’s five new favourites- there’s one for every diet and every mood. Butcher Baker Cafe: Nose-to-Tail Dining Best […]
5 Mins Read Say Goodbye To Beans One of the most controversial aspects about following a paleo diet is the requirement to give up legumes (aka beans, pulses, peas). That means no more baked beans, no more dahl (a lot of Indian food is out), no more hummus (same goes for Middle Eastern), no more refried beans, no […]
6 Mins Read One of the hardest things to give up when adopting a caveman-friendly lifestyle is snacks, sweets and desserts. Temptation is everywhere from the grocery store to restaurants to your own kitchen cupboards if other members of the family aren’t paleo. No dairy, no refined sweeteners, no gluten, no grains, no legumes—most treat foods have at […]
6 Mins Read Here at Green Queen, as staid as it may seem, we simply love granola! For breakfast, lunch, dinner or packed for a hike snack, we simply cannot get enough. Honestly, making granola is not super complicated (check out our Green Queen recipe here) but it does take time- which a lot of us don’t have. […]
3 Mins Read Bulletproof coffee, also known as bullet coffee, MCT coffee and grassfed coffee, was conceived of by Silicon Valley veteran Dave Asprey, who was inspired to create the recipe after discovering tea blended with yak butter whilst traveling in Tibet. The exact bulletproof coffee formula consists of blending organic filtered coffee, Brain Octane or XCT oil and […]
5 Mins Read Love pizza but hate the carb overload? Well we have the perfect answer for you! Cauliflower pizza sounds impossible but not only is it totally doable, it’s incredibly nutritious! Cauliflower is part of the antioxidant-and vitamin-packed cruciferous vegetable family, the very same one that gave us superfood extraordinaire kale. And don’t worry- there are no […]
6 Mins Read Summer is a great time for grilling, and for many of us, that means burgers and steaks. Before you fire up your grill (or stove, or oven!), you will need to procure the perfect cut and the perfect meat, which of course means grass-fed! (If you are not sure why you should be eating grass-fed […]
4 Mins Read What is Paleo, Anyway? The paleo diet, also know as the paleolithic diet, the stone-age diet and the caveman diet, was founded on the concept that we would be better off if we stuck to the diet that was available to our ancestors during the Paleolithic era. What is the Paleolithic era? It is the […]
5 Mins Read We are bursting with excitement for this post! We discovered local mum and teacher Jordi Sheard’s kefir gummies on Facebook and we knew we had to ask her to share her skills with our Green Queen readers. All kids love candy but the stuff in the stores is mostly rubbish- even the so-called natural versions. […]
3 Mins Read While you are sipping on your raw, cold-pressed green juice, a new liquid health food trend is brewing. Welcome to the world of bone broth. Get ready for it to take the green foodie world by storm this year. Green Queen gives you the lowdown on this nourishing tradition that is being brought back to life […]
3 Mins Read Can you believe it’s less than a month until the New Year? 2014 just flew by! Luckily, we have Christmas to look forward to first. Christmas is a time for celebration with family and friends, a time to take stock and give thanks and best of all, a time to eat! While most of us […]