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324/365 The pasta sandwich… culinary tautology

November 21, 2013 By Ellen 3 Comments

I may have mentioned my current drive to get all of us eating better, healthier food. Certainly eyes roll in this house when the subject comes up. (And no one saw the two leftover cookies I just scoffed, did they? Therefore they don’t count.)Anyhow, in a money where my mouth is moment, I signed Boy Two […]

Filed Under: ACES, cooking, fat, food, healthy eating, pasta

Guest post: The fun way to eat healthily

September 23, 2013 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Tasty chips – pic by Dan Germain, via Flickr Eating healthily can appear boring and dull, but it really doesn’t have to be. It is easy to eat healthily without having to live off salad and rice cakes. There are many different celebrity diets and fads going around at the moment, but all you need […]

Filed Under: chips, healthy eating, McCain

Review: Walkers Mighty Lights – like a crisp but better for you

August 27, 2013 By Ellen 2 Comments

There’s a new crisp in town, apparently. It’s just like an ordinary crisp – only better for you. Taking account of the fact that it’s parents who buy lots of crisps to put into their kids’ lunch boxes, they’ve come up with something they think will tempt us.  It’s the Mighty Light. ridged potato crisp […]

Filed Under: crisps, healthy eating, healthy food, low fat. school, lunch box., review, Tots 100

235/365 prawn toast on the road to better eating

August 23, 2013 By Ellen Leave a Comment

  This was for supper as part of my ongoing campaign to turn my sons into well-rounded omnivores rather than developmentally stunted fish finger addicts. Boy One struggles to eat a varied diet because his Aspergers comes with sensory issues. He finds slippery foods and unpredictable lumps intolerable. Consequently Boy Two spent far too long […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, healthy eating, prawn toast

Help – my child is fat.

July 19, 2013 By Ellen 6 Comments

For months I’ve been ignoring it, pretending it would go away.Then my son got a letter home from school pointing out in black and white that his BMI is too high. In short he’s heavier than someone his height should be.The local health board offers comforting sources of advice and support, but surely I don’t […]

Filed Under: children, diet, fat, food, healthy eating

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