Scones – so simple yet so tricky. You know what a good scone should look like. All golden and well risen, like in those amazing tea rooms around the UK particularly National Trust tea rooms who are so often mentioned in listings of the best scones. So when yours come out of the oven looking…
Turkish Cooking in Maisons-Laffitte
I am learning to speak French, a must when living in France with children at school with lots of French homework. I go to a class once a week. At Christmas we had a bring and share, started talking about food and how everyone came from different places – Turkey, Argentina, Belgium, Scotland, Canada and…
Discovering the market
Life has been a bit busy. Settling 2 children in to a new country with a new language and a very different school culture has had its challenges. Learning some French myself and making friends, taking over a cub pack all added on top has meant that this blog has taken a bit of a…
Off to France….”Je n’ai plus faim”
My husband has got a job in France so we are going to live in a town on the outskirts of Paris for a few years. I have the small task of learning French and getting used to life as an ex-pat. It is quite exciting – I love to travel and it is quite…
Muddy Puddles – Get Outdoors Campaign
Not quite nutrition but the campaign includes reduction in obesity as part of its mission statement and getting young people active in the outdoors and appreciating nature is something close to my heart – well you would expect support for this campaign from a cub leader really!! http://www.sourcewire.com/news/87661/get-outdoors-campaign-launched-to-tackle-childhood-obesity#.VYck4fnBzGc In brief, the company Muddy Puddles that produces…
Fat and MS
Fat and MS There are diets out there that claim to do wonders to halt the progression of MS centred on modifying fat in the diet e.g. the Swank diet. The central principle is strictly limiting saturated fat and eating more polyunsaturated fats, maybe taking supplements. It is quite logical to consider that fats may…
10% of Brits can’t cook
I was reading the Independent the other day and stumbled upon an article about the BBC Good Food study. I was drawn to the stats that said that 1 in 10 can’t cook. That equates to 5 million adults!! This seems quite incredible given the success of TV chefs, The Great British Bake Off, Masterchef…
Roast Butternut Squash and Curly Kale Risotto
I did a bit of creating. I had bit of butternut squash left over from dinner on Sunday so while I baked Brownies for a Birthday Brownie stack (need to share that recipe too – they were banana brownies which just don’t quite sound so indulgent and bad for you, almost virtuous!!) I roasted the…
Morrocan Veggie stew with supplies from The Hatchery Farm Shop
It was a joy to stop into The Hatchery Farm Shop (A355 close to Beaconsfield) and find beautifully presented, top quality fruit and vegetables that were as good to eat, if not better, as they were to look at just up the road from where I live. It is run by a friendly lady who…
Parkinson’s Disease Eating Well Talk
Last Saturday I went along to the Aylesbury Parkinson’s Disease support group and gave a presentation on eating well. I think it was a much appreciated session, there were lots of questions and people seemed to be very grateful for the information. Hydration is a big problem. There are so many reasons why something as…
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