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The Great Courgette Crisis!
I need inspiration for my veggies! I usually have my evening meal with courgette spaghetti (zoodles) at least 3-4 times a week as it amkes an easy alternativefor 1 when I am cooking rice or pasta for everyone else. As I'm sure most of us in Europe as aware there has been some pretty bad weather which has led to the failure…
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Low-fat diet 'burns more fat', study finds
Big headline on the BBC news website this morning - although I have to say the news article wasn't very informative: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31763205 So I go off and try to find the source https://endo.confex.com/endo/2015endo/webprogram/Paper20716.html Which is an abstract of a poster presented at the Endocrine…
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Packed lunch suggestions
We are off to watch the Rugby 7s in the Commonwealth games tomorrow. Due to security precautions at all the sporting venues we can't take a cool box for our lunch and we will have to pack everyone separately. We can also only take a max of 500 ml liqueid (means we will have to buy some stuff there anyway. Due to cost and…
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What are good veg to stir fry?
I think I'm in a bit of a rut with my veg choices. I usually stir fry my veg at lunchtime and in the evening for speed and also to get a good variety into 1 pan at the same time - but it seems like I am always choosing the same veg. lunch always seems to involve cabbage (or other random leaves), tomato, courgette…
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Crohn's Disease - book suggestions
I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with this one. My best friend's wee boy has just been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, he is only 8 years old :( He had pretty much constant diarrhoea for 3 months and was finally taken into hospital just before Christmas when he received treatment and was fed through a nasogastric…
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The joy of bacon
My children (6 and 8) have discovered the joy of bacon! Now while I am totally on board with this as a breakfast choice (they usually have an egg with this), it is REALLY expensive to feed 3 people decent bacon every morning. My husband is still committed to his Rice Krispies although I am ever hopeful he will mend his…
