When summer rolls around, lunches should be fresh and fast – easy to prepare and using the best of what’s in season. Our friends at Lunch Lady magazine have shared a couple of their favourite recipes for gorgeous lunch ideas that are great for keeping the kids happy.
A small root (similar to ginger), turmeric is most commonly used in dried-powder form. Like many herbs and spices, turmeric has lots of micronutrients.
With a bit of planning and a few simple, smart and speedy recipes you can get your 5-a-day in one warming meal. Here are a few of our favourite recipes to help you hit the mark week-in, week-out.
South Korea has very low obesity rates – just 6%, compared to 25% in Britain. Nuts and seeds are a super-important part of a healthy, balanced diet, and Koreans eat five times as many sesame seeds than we do here in the UK.
He discovers that South Koreans eat twice as many vegetables as we do here in the UK, and that they always pay close attention to the balance and colour of their veg, aiming to truly ‘eat the rainbow’.
The Swiss diet includes a high volume of oats and grains, which lower cholesterol and keep our digestive systems healthy.
See – that was easy! And here are lots more helpful tips on staying hydrated, some from me and some from our lovely social community.
What you’ll learn here is just how simple it is to up your fibre intake – I genuinely believe it is one of the easiest areas of our diets we can improve on.
Getting your five a day and eating the rainbow are good starting points, but making sure you get all of your vitamins and minerals is also essential to maintaining overall health.
You don’t have to be spot-on every day – just try to get your balance right across the week.
