…a thought provoking video about the decline in cooking from scratch and how this is having a massive effect on health. Make yourself a cup of tea and have a watch. I would love to read your comments. Teaching people to cook, reigniting the love for cooking, enabling people to make space in their day to cook…
Category: Eating well
Eating well – see eating well page for my vision of eating well. Hopefully the tips and information here give ideas of how to make the way you eat better.
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…
Cubs chef badge – chaos but successful
I think I have mentioned before that I am Akela for a cub pack – loads of fun but it is so easy to spend a lot of time doing cub stuff hence the lack of posts despite my promise to be a bit more active. Last night the cubs cooked a simple 2 course…
Summer is over, back to school and juggling everything…
…so start the new term with a post and the intention to be more pro-active. The after school clubs start and this one has something on one night, the other has something on another which clashes with swimming and it is the same night that one of the adults has to work late. It is…
Eating more fruit and veg
I was asked on the back of the last post – that we should be eating 10 portions of fruit and veg – and as a little person how could she eat more – 5 portions of approx 80g was enough in terms of amount – any more and she felt that she wouldn’t be…
Read what the scientists have to say on the latest fruit and veg study
Yesterday the news went wild over the study from University College London that said that the 5 a day recommendation has been set too low. Read what the scientists have to say via this link: http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-new-study-into-fruit-and-veg-consumption-and-mortality/ This study confirms that fruit and veg is beneficial to health and the message that we all should aim…
Veggie recipes that pass the 8 year old kid test
Eating Well Part II was all about eating more vegetables. An easy way of really adding to your vegetable intake is to eat a couple of main meals in the week that are vegetarian recipes. Basing the whole meal around vegetables and pulses whilst skipping meat does seem strange to many of us – there…
Eating Well 2 – Fruit and veg
It’s been a while since Eating Well 1. It’s about time I did the next installment. I think most people have heard the 5-a-day mantra yet many of us struggle to get 5 portions. What is so good about fruit and veg? How do they positively affect our health? In reality there is no one…
Some tips to eat less sugar.
In keeping with the sugar theme, I thought some practical information is called for. There is merit to reducing refined and added sugars. It isn’t just beneficial for your teeth but can reduce you overall calorie intake which in turn helps with weight management. The jury is still out on whether sugary foods and foods with…
It’s winter – time for lots of comfort food…
What is comfort food? I think we all have different criteria. For me it is food that I can eat with a fork or spoon, that is warming and filling, is easy to make but may take a while to cook filling the house with wonderful aromas and it usually has a connection to some…
Lynn Burns RNutr 
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