Red Cabbage Science! and Green Eggs and Ham

Some fruits and vegetables contain natural indicators. Indicators are substances that can detect changes in properties such as pH. Examples of natural edible pH indicators include blueberries, beets, onions, curry and cherries. These indicators change colour depending on the pH of the solution. My favourite pH indicator is red cabbage. It is easily found in…

How to Extract Bee Puke (Honey)

Honey is such a wonderful natural source of sweetness. It has antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.  When you eat local honey it is known to decrease your pollen allergies and honey is also one of the only foods that is known to last for more than 2000 years!! You can’t go wrong with getting more…

Blueberry Kitchen Science

Have you every wondered why your blueberry smoothies sometimes turn to jello when you let it sit?? That’s because ripe blueberries contain natural pectin, a substance found in fruits that help make the wonderful texture of jams and jellies. Pectin is a carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fruits and vegetables. When pectin is…

Celebrate Pi Day with Fake Apple Pie

Happy Belated Pi Day!! March 14 to some is Pi day (3/14 or 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679…).  Pi is an irrational number or a number that has digits that never repeat.  To celebrate Pi day we eat pie. Of course…