The Health Emporium on Bondi Road offers the best organic and natural foods and supplements available. We provide only certified organic fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, dairy products, and bakery goods, grains beans nuts, dried fruit.

Vegetable and Coconut Curry

The subtle nip in the air calls for food that will warm your soul and please your taste buds.  And this vegetarian curry blended with herbs, spices and coconut will do just that; making it the perfect dish for an autumnal evening. The subtle nip in the air calls for food that will warm your…

Ginger Organic Guide

Ginger, botanical name Zingiber officinale, belongs to the same family as turmeric and cardamom and is native to Southeast Asia. It has been used in Asian cooking and medications for thousands of years, and was highly valued by spice traders. Ginger is available fresh, dried, pickled, preserved, crystallised and ground. Ginger aids digestion, stimulates appetite,…

Coconut Organic Guide

Coconut can be eaten in many forms, fresh, dried, as coconut flour, as coconut milk, cream, or as coconut oil. Coconut oil has been used for thousands of years throughout Asia and the Pacific as both a food and a medicine. Coconut was once wrongly accused of increasing cholesterol levels, due to its saturated fat…

Carrots Organic Guide

Carrots are such a versatile and widely loved vegetable, with extensive health benefits. Carrots are a rich source of antioxidants, particularly beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A). The anti-oxidant compounds in carrots help to protect against cancer, cardiovascular disease, to regulate blood sugars, to promote the immune system, and also to benefit vision, especially night vision. Carrots additionally…

Grains Organic Guide

To prepare grains – Rinse grains before cooking. If desired, toast grains in saucepan before adding water, this will enhance the flavour. Add water and a pinch of unrefined sea salt. Boil vigorously for 5 minutes, turn heat to low, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and cook until water is absorbed. Some grains may be…

Oranges and Mandarins Organic Guide

The delicious flavour, vibrant colour and beautiful perfume of oranges and mandarins mean that they are enjoyed virtually universally. Oranges and mandarins are an excellent source of vitamin C and a good source of thiamin, folic acid, vitamin A and fibre. They are also a source of potassium, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, contain no sodium,…

Sea Vegetable Organic Guide

Seaweeds are highly nutritious foods, containing large amounts of minerals and trace elements, including iron, calcium and iodine, as well as vitamins A, C and B complex. Due to their dense mineral content sea vegetables are advantageous even when consumed in small quantities. Sea vegetables are beneficial for the thyroid, bones, teeth, hair, skin and…

Cherries Organic Guide

The cherry season is short; they are at their best in December, so enjoy them while you can. Choose organic cherries to avoid all the pesticides in non-organic cherries. Cherries are very good for you, with high levels of antioxidants, potassium, iron, vitamin C and B complex vitamins. Cherries contain phytonutrients (eg: flavenoids), and eating…

Substituting Sugar Organic Guide

Everyone’s diet and health could benefit by replacing the refined white sugar they eat with good quality natural sweeteners such as brown rice syrup, barley malt syrup, maple syrup, organic raw honey, palm sugar or molasses. These are all filled with flavour and are delicious. Refined white sugar, so widely consumed in Australia, has had…

Chicken Organic Guide

The reasons for choosing to eat certified organic free-range chicken are numerous. Organic chickens are not given hormones and antibiotics, and their feed is free from pesticides, herbicides and genetic modification. They are kept free-range, with continuous daytime access to unpolluted pasture. Those who taste organic chicken frequently comment on how flavoursome and moist it…