the island experience blog

Provence herb sauce 1 cup of low fat yogurt 3 tablespoons of lime juice 1 table spoon of parsley- shopped 2 table spoon of ricotta cheese 1 table spoon of oregano 1 green onion pinch celtic sea salt   Blend all together and serve it cold – easy! It’s delicious on salads, flatbread or flax [...]

One of the concepts behind the meal planning here at TIEX is getting you to try new things, especially with food. It’s so easy to cook the same recipes using the same ingredients. Bulgur wheat is an ingredient that is great to introduce into your kitchen. Bulgur wheat is a whole wheat grain that has been [...]

Being healthy doesn’t mean going without your favourite foods, it just means getting creative. Think of any favourite food and there is nearly always substitutions you can make to take it healthier. Take our crepe recipe for example, using wholegrain flour. Wholegrain crepes can be served at breakfast with honey and cinnamon or can became [...]

It’s cold outside! So now is a time of year your body is really craving something warm. Miso soup is a saviour this time of year for those keeping healthy. Miso ticks a lot of nutritional boxes being a good source of minerals minerals (such as iron, calcium potassium) as well as B vitamins and [...]

At TIEX the diet we provide focuses on mainly vegetarian cuisine that is mainly dairy free. The amount of dairy you consume eat day can ad up suprisinginly quickly. That’s why we like to offer you milk alternatives when you stay with us. When we use dairy products we do so sparingly and choose the [...]

With quadruple the flavour of button mushrooms and a wealth of nutritional benefits to boot, shiitake mushrooms should definitely feature on your menu once in a while. Often called ‘meat’ for vegetarians shiitake mushrooms are an excellent source of iron which is well absorbed by the body. Shiitake mushrooms are well known for their role [...]

If you only know how to do one thing in the kitchen it should be to know how to make a tasty tomato sauce. When you make your own you can assured that it contains no nasty preservatives or additives that shop bought sauce contains. Our TIEX version below is a basil infused sauce that is [...]