Serves 4 adults and two babies with left over beef for sandwiches etc and a couple of baby portions of stew for the freezer unless you’re hungry adults! Ingredients: Beef joint eg silverside Carrots x4 (chopped into big chunks, I used organic so kept the skins on as I love …
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One of the tastiest melons I’ve ever eaten. The girls absolutely LOVED it too. Just look at the golden colour ☀️ Rich in Vitamin C, B vitamins, potassium and fibre melons are a really healthy food, with diets rich in these nutrients being linked to health including lower blood pressure. …
Lunch for me & the girls (now 9 months). For me: Egg (mashed with a little salad cream) In a whole meal wrap, Plum cherry tomatoes, Fresh pineapple chunks, Carrot sticks (skins on as organic) & my new humous (minty pea & broad bean) recipe coming soon! For the girls: …
Minty pea and broad bean humous – just finished & I have to admit I’ve already eaten some! Yummy 😍 Ingredients: 300g peas (fresh or frozen) 300g broad beans (I’ve used the ones straight from the garden! But if you’re not growing them they’re in season so in most shops …
This beautifully ripe pineapple gave a great sweet zinginess to our porridge this morning. Did you know that pineapples are not only rich sources of Vitamin C and fibre, but also manganese? Manganese is important for bone health. By eating a good range of fruits and vegetables it allows your …
A lower fat and lower salt version of the classics mac cheese and cauliflower cheese. Adding mustard powered and herbs to the white sauce and just topping with cheese rather than a cheese sauce allows this to be an everyday meal for the whole family. Mustard powder gives the sauce …
This was made extra yummy by using stock made from yesterday’s roast chicken (thank you hubby!) & it meant that it was so low in salt, but you could use a low salt stock cube instead. We grated in the carrot which worked really well. The girls enjoyed this both …
11% of 11-16 year olds think that fruit pastilles count as part of their 5-a-day for fruit and veg..! Eat fact not fiction is the theme for this weeks Dietitians Week. It’s also the British Nutrition Foundation’s (BNF) Healthy Eating Week and they’ve just released the details of a recent …
Iron deficiency is the leading nutritional deficiency worldwide. In the U.K. 8% of women and 3% of men are thought to have iron deficiency anaemia which is when your iron stores are clinically low and can be the cause of many symptoms including tiredness, dizziness, brittle or grooved nails, …
Happy Father’s Day 💙 Here are our little pickles with their daddy enjoy the evening in the beach. Where else would you want to have tea?! We popped to the beach to meet some old friend’s who are back from Sydney. Some things in life change a lot but some …
Sweet corn or corn on the cob counts as one if your 5-a-day for your fruits & veggies and it is a great source of fibre. Fibre is important for your health for lots of reasons including feeding the good gut bacteria which helps to keep a healthy digestive system. …
With all of this beautiful sunshine it’s nice to have a cold treat to help you cool down. This nice cream is a guilt free healthy twist on traditional ice cream. It’s easy to feel in the holiday mood and sometimes that means throwing healthy eating out of the window …
Mediterranean tagliatelle. A really yummy dish cooked up by my hubby on his day with the girls this week. I whipped in quickly and then headed out to the An Gof celebrations in St Keverne. I can’t believe it was 20 years ago that we walked to Bkackheath in …
This is my lunch & the girls had a roughly half sized portion (ate 1/3 pitta each) with some additional cucumber sticks and I ate a carrot whilst prepping! Sometimes I hear people say you can’t have too much of a good thing. If only this were true… Grapes are …
Today’s raspberry porridge is topped with 1/2 sliced peach. Seasonal fruit is always so tasty. We always try to get a portion (2 if it’s carrot cake porridge) of fruit & veg in at breakfast. Fruit and veggies are not only great sources of a wide range of vitamins and …
Admittedly not the most frequently asked question in my clinics! But something other than water / water is boring is. We are always saying that variety is the spice, but then when it comes to drinks the advice tends to be water or milk (in moderation) with the occasional …
Getting children to get involved in making their own food is a great way to get them to try new things and to learn to enjoy for food more than just the eating. Both girls loved making and eating their herby rolls as Enys Gardens Food Jam today and this …
Not really sure what to call it, but this epic fail at defrosting some leftover pastry that is frozen turned into something so yummy I thought I’d share! At one of my children’s weight management groups this week we were discussing (with the parents and extended family whilst the children …
Beautiful yellow courgette flowers. I can’t decide whether to eat them or wait for the yummy courgettes behind them! Courgettes are so versatile. Great sliced, diced, ‘spaghettied’ cut into fingers or thin slithers. Eaten raw or cooked. Stir fried, steamed or in a bolognaise, chilli, tagine or ratatouille. How do …
Meeting the sheep at Stithians Show today. The girls loved watching the carding and spinning of the fleece too. We’ve had such a great day as the girls and I braved our first agricultural show without a buggy (one carrier) and just a handbag! It was great to see so …
Sometimes we don’t realise we’ve eaten when it’s gone quickly. This can lead to over eating. As your children get older let them do more of the prep. This can be as simple as getting them to perl their own satsuma or eating peas from the pod. It also …
Yes so easy, yummy and healthy. Simply chop up some fruit and mix into some Greek yoghurt and load into your lolly mold! Pop in the freezer and enjoy in the sunshine ☀️ Top tip: when taking them out of the mould run it under warm water first as it’ll …
Are blackberries out earlier than usual this year? This is a pic from last weekend i.e. July… #blackberries #hedgerow #snack #early #seasonal #doubleyummy #dietitian #localfood #eatinseason #cornwall #lovecornwall #cornishlife
Ingredients: Mashed banana Plain Greek yoghurt (or milk free alternative if needed) Mixed spice or cinnamon Method: Mix about 50:50 banana and yoghurt with a shake of cinnamon. Spoon into ice lolly mounds and pop into the freezer. When trying to take them out of the mouldy run quickly …
Glycemic index is a measure of how quickly the carbohydrate in the food is broken down into simple sugars and absorbed into the blood for use by the body or storage as fat. The slower it is released the better as this gives a more steady supply of energy, reducing …
One for the mums and dads 😍 good use of the lolly mounds! #pimms #pimmsoclock #notforchildren #doubleyummy #everythinginmoderation #bankholiday #summer #lovecornwall #cornishlife #cornwall #icelollies
Corn on the cob. We love painting and sticking so making these little characters at playgroup today was very popular! Including healthy food and lifestyle messages into play and crafting is a great way to talk about food etc in a positive way. This can be particularly useful during the …
In my attempt to make a low salt French onion soup without alcohol I got too carried away with grinding in the pepper! I actually enjoyed it but it was too spicy for little palates (they like some pepper but I used 60 grinds 😂). When I defrosted the beef …
This spiced pear porridge is made with store cupboard Ingredients: porridge oats, long life milk, tinned pears and mixed spice. I have added a dollop of fresh yoghurt (not from the store cupboard) to give a protein and calcium boost. But most of all to help it cool down for …