How To Get Your Kids To Eat Healthier Food

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  At one time or another we have all been guilty of it, making special meals just for the kids so that they don’t have to eat the “adult” food. At what point in time did food for kids become different than food for adults? Who made the rule that your kids cereal has to [...]

4 Ways to Eat Healthier Away from Home

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Eating out can be a tricky affair when you are trying to eat healthy or lose weight. Made even tougher by the tempting menus on offer in your local restaurant, coffee shop or take away. These foods though tasty are loaded with calories, saturated fats and sugars which can sabotage your healthy eating plans. There [...]

Banana & Pear crumble

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My Banana & Pear crumble kindly given to us by one of our mums 3 extra ripe bananas 4 ripe pears 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ginger 2 tablespoon sugar 3 tablespoon water Boil all this together until fruit is soft then put in to an ovenproof bowl. 4oz flour 2oz sugar 1oz butter [...]

Fruit Gums count towards your five-a-day

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Music to my ears as I am such an unhealthy eater. I can now eat fruit gums and count them towards my five fruits a day. But I would have to eat 195 of them.   A customer asking maker Nestlé to check how nutritious the treat is was told it would help him meet [...]

How I became the homemade mum.

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  When I had my first little one at just 18, I couldn’t cook. My partner could but he was away a lot he would cook plenty for me to freeze but if he hadn’t done it was down the chippy or the easy nuggets and chips,and it carried on with my 2nd and 3rd [...]

Wondering what to buy for Xmas? Try Fruit Frenzy

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  The children & I were very kindly sent a game to review. Play is such an important factor for a child of any age, it is through play that children learn. It is also a time for you to spend quality time with your children in a fun educational way.