The muffins in Eating Well for Menopause are a favourite recipe. I love muffins as they are so easy to make. I think the recipe in the book was inspired by one of my most popular recipe posts on the blog which came from Alison Holst’s Marvellous Muffins, a book I bought in New Zealand…
Author: Lynn Burns RNutr
A registered nutritionist, mum and scout leader - believes in evidence based nutrition, that health is more than a number on the scales and cooking is a life skill. Also passionate about combatting malnutrition in the community.
To Snack or not to Snack?
Snacking has a bad reputation and when there are so many snacks available that are not really sustaining or nutritious then it is hardly surprising. What is a snack? It isn’t mindless grazing on cookies and crisps. To me a proper snack is more like a mini-meal that contains some nutritious ingredients – perhaps some…
February is all heart!
It is Heart Month – which makes perfect sense as we see hearts all over the place for Valentines Day. As a Scout Leader, I have to renew my first aid every 3 years, including CPR. It is one of the benefits of being a volunteer – so many people I know have never taken…
Cooking live for Cancer….a taste of being a TV Chef!
Going through cancer treatment? Or know someone else who is? Eating well through cancer can really support the body and help maintain strength through what is often a test of endurance. Cancer Support France is running a live webinar and cooking demo giving tips and tricks on World Cancer Day. I will be cooking recipes…
Burns night approaches
On 25th January is Burns night, the night to celebrate the famous Scottish poet Robbie Burns. It is always special to me – I don’t think I have any ancestry connecting me to the great man but I do like that I share his name. Central to the celebrations is eating a simple meal of…
Eat Well Handbook
Food is expensive. Climate change is on the news increasingly. Health is on people’s agenda as we head into the new year. A small investment for the New Year is the Eat Well Handbook. We wrote the book back in 2021 and had households whose food budget had shrunk in mind, but as we wrote…
Winter is most definitely upon us
Cold winter mornings demand warm breakfasts like porridge and warmed overnight oats. I started my day with porridge that was most definitely purple with frozen berries thrown in for a bit of tang and colour. Already one portion of fruit before the day really got started. Winter cries out for comfort food and here is…
Galette des Rois – a long standing tradition
Every boulangerie and patisserie in France will be selling Galette des Rois throughout January. The tradition is to eat them on 12th night to celebrate the arrival of the 3 Kings to the stable but they will be eaten throughout the month – it’s a bit like the appearance of Hot Cross Buns in the…
Veganuary is here!!
I would like to present to you the ‘Vegan Conundrum’. Vegan eating has become both easier and harder at the same time. Vegan means to eat a totally plant based diet containing no meat, fish, eggs, milk or other dairy products, honey or any food containing any ingredient from an animal by-product. More and more…
Eating Better in 2025?
I like to think of eating well as an ever evolving thing – life changes and the challenges to cooking, shopping and eating move with those changes. The things we want to do more of and less of stay the same but the motivation waxes and wanes. Pressures on time and money change, who likes…
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