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Salads. One of the hardest things to feed to children. Or so we are told. But I think there is a simple reason for this: we rarely think outside the “green leaves with some dressing” box. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a simple dressed green salad. We have it alongside most meals, and…
Hands up who dreads Halloween? If you are a parent trying to keep your children’s (and your own!) sugar intake to the World Health Organisation recommended daily allowance, then Halloween can be a nightmare, in every sense of the word. It’s the most sugar-laden celebration of the year, and candy is worshipped then in a…
Orange soups are the best. Hands down. I enjoy a good green soup (especially if it involves broccoli and stilton or pea and ham). I think a fresh red sugar free tomato soup is delightful. But orange soups. YUM. My squash and apple soup is still a firm favourite in our house, and I’m looking…
Hands up if you lurve peanut butter? My son would quite possible leap out of his chair in response to that question! He is a peanut butter fiend, but then all of us are. It’s a yummy, easy, sugar free alternative to curds and jams, can be bought ready-to-eat with no added sugar, and is creamy…
Yum. Oh sorry, I mean YUM. YUM.YUM.YUM. Ok, you get the idea. There is something so totally-not-healthy-in-any-way and majorly guilt-inducing in a completely delicious kind of way about BBQ pulled pork sandwiches. I almost didn’t touch them, because it doesn’t feel like the kind of thing that should be allowed to be made more healthy. Like…
Aah, BBQ sauce. A family favourite. And for good reason. It’s delicious, smoky, packed with amazing deep flavours, and perfect for smothering pulled pork with. Sadly, however, it is also very high in sugar. Like, seriously high. In fact, it is usually at least a third sugar. Ouch. Fortunately, I am here to tell you…