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Top 10 Tips for Kids Lunchboxes

1 October 2007 | 1 Comment | Author: Jen

Sick of hearing the same old grumbles? “I hate brown bread!” “I don’t want fruit, I want crisps!” “Chocolate mousse not strawberry yoghurt!”

The problem with kids and food usually stems from them believing we are forcing them to eat healthily and ban them from all the treats they love. What parents can do is to urge their children to become more involved in the process of meal times and encourage them that they are the ones with the control and more importantly the choice!

We all know kids are near impossible to please, but when it comes to their school lunches there are a few tricks that can liven up your child’s lunch box but keeping it healthy at the same time.

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Salt… are you full of it?

1 October 2007 | No Comments | Author: Jen

WARNING! This article should not to be taken with a pinch of salt!

Salt and vinegar on your chips?
A pinch of salt to boil the spuds?
A packet of Ready Salted crisps?

I bet you eat all three!

Just some of the most common ways in which we consume salt. I’m sure most of the population have now heard the government’s warnings on salt and how we have too much in our diets.

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Snack Attack!

27 September 2007 | 1 Comment | Author: Hayley

It seems to be the common knowledge that snacking throughout the day is bad for us, and we always feel guilty about doing it. But in actual fact light snacking can do us good and in several ways- but it needs to be healthy!

Having a light, healthy snack between meals can:
• Boost your energy levels to keep you going throughout the day
• Curb your hunger before a meal, to prevent over eating.
• Enrich your diet with all sorts of good nutrients that you may not usually eat at meal times.

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