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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…
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,…
This is the ultimate in healthy fast food. Packed with healthy nutrients and on the table in minutes. So quick, so easy, so yummy! My husband and I LOVE mussels (I grew up in Belgium, after all), but the kids were wary (as kids often are) until recently. What changed it was an excellent lesson…
Easter. Whether you celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus or simply have an Easter egg hunt and eat a lot of food, there will pretty inevitably be some sugar involved. Probably in the form of rather a lot of chocolate and cake. Having seen Easter cake recipes that contain as much as 70g of free sugars per…