Wellness and a healthy breakfast
There is an old saying that ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. It’s more than a saying though; it is true. After anything between 10 to 12 hours since your last meal, overnight your body has used up your last calorie intake and blood sugar. Blood pressure and hydration need to be [...]
12 days of Christmas: 7 Chefs a-Chef-ing
I got the baking day – for my unceasing attempts at achieving domestic goddessness with successful businesswoman – I’ll make it one day Anyway – I bring you six of the best to please your taste buds, and a little extra! Jamie Oliver From Jamie’s Christmas pages, I fancy his Epic Hot Chocolate which [...]
A Christmas gift to you
All the talk at the allotment is of which gloves to wear. There have been a few days when it’s been freezing weather and my hands have become so cold that I’ve had to stop working. It’s now that a good flask of coffee really comes into its own. I may enjoy being outdoors and [...]
10 tips to stop holiday weight gain
’Tis the season when every social gathering seems destined to fatten us like geese intended for foie gras. But if you’d rather not enter 2012 with tighter jeans, here are 10 strategies to help you survive. No, I’m not going to suggest you consume only black coffee and celery sticks at your next party. Food [...]
Why it’s hard not to hate Christmas
Christmas is, as we know, a key point in the Christian calendar and as such should be respected by people of this faith. But because in western cultures this Christian celebration has become such an ingrained part of our social structure – well, certainly in England where I live currently – you find people of [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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