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Anybody else kind of bored of chicken? I find it such an easy meat to get wrong – it can be dry, bland and dull in many dishes. But it is cheap, easy to prepare, and quick to cook. So it nearly always winds up in our meat box anyway. The thing is, the more…
I love the springtime for many reasons – more sun, warmer days, fresher air, birds singing, lambs jumping and all the other usual cliches. But, as a passionate foodie, the season of spring always brings something far far more exciting for me: spring vegetables. Broad beans (fava beans), peas, asparagus, spring onions (scallions), purple sprouting…
Seriously guys, I will add veggies to just about anything. 😉 But hey, it works! People often comment on how many vegetables my children eat and how easily and happily they do it. But it has become so normal in our house I often don’t notice it until those people point it out. It wasn’t…
Fish and seafood are very much something I have come to appreciate more as I got older. I can’t say I was particularly fussed as a child. I’d eat it, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to order it or ask for it. But nowadays, my eyes go straight to the fish section…
I think my kids would eat beetroot with every meal if we had enough in the house. I love this vegetable, because in a way, it changed everything for us. My daughter was not a fan of it originally. Beetroot and mushrooms were stubbornly refused, as were most green vegetables (with the exception of broccoli…
Bakeries can be dangerous places when you are trying to eat foods that are low in sugar. Cakes, doughnuts, pastries… these things were always obviously sugary to me. But I was surprised when I started properly reading labels to find out how much hidden sugar lurked in the bakery aisle at the supermarket. Bread, teacakes,…