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Food and Diets

Making an easy but indulgent chocolate pud!

March 8, 2010

VERITE’S CHOCOLATE MARQUISE
I am not going to deny that this is full  of calories, but whenever I make it for a fund-raising dinner, somehow the money floats in!
Recently I was asked to write this out for two cookery books to raise funds for cancer – so if you want to make it, please give a [...]

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Simple cooking for the way we are

March 3, 2010

Mini-meals made easy

Want to make mini-meals for yourself to see you through treatment days?
- Or you are the kind person who makes up little goodie-bags for friends in hospital
- Or you want to throw a party but hate making all those fiddly eats?
The KITCHEN at Parsons Green, in London’s fashionable Fulham,  has the answer.  It  [...]

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Come Dine with Me

March 1, 2010

‘Come Dine For Spencer’ is a charity in memory of one of the Contestants
A charity has been formed by a team of ‘Come Dine with Me’ contestants, in memory of fellow contestant Spencer Uren, with the aim of having fun whilst raising funds for Basingstoke and North Hampshire cancer treatment.
This project is focusing in the [...]

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Wine – glorious wine

February 16, 2010

Wine of the low alcohol variety!
Once upon a time ….. no-one who knew their wines would touch a low alcohol variety.                                                              Offered this, wine lovers would shudder, and go on to better things.
But [...]

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More good news on Chocolate!

February 13, 2010

Wikipedia

Chocolate-lovers – rejoice!
Amongst all the doom and gloom, a news item this week announced that scientists have found that eating chocolate might prevent some strokes.
Next week the American Academy of Neurology will listen to a paper at its annual meeting, in which author Sarah Sahib will tell the delegates that a study of nearly [...]

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‘Which?’ are concerned about new rules governing Omega 3 oils

January 29, 2010

This is the genuine article! Wikipedia

New rules muddy the waters on omega 3 oils
Consumer champion organisation ‘Which?’ is concerned that under new EU regulations manufacturers may be able to make misleading health claims over foods containing omega 3.
The new rules look set to allow products containing plant omega 3 oils to bear the claim ‘high [...]

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Chocoholics have an excuse to eat it for breakfast!

January 18, 2010

Chocolate bars  Wikipedia

The Daily Telegraph recently had an article to gladden any chocolate-lover’s heart.
Chocolate has long been held to be a mood-lifter.
It boosts levels of serotonin, the brain’s antidepressant, as well as endorphins, the feel-good chemicals released after exercise.
It’s also a known source of theobromine, a stimulant that has a lasting relaxing effect.
Now comes evidence [...]

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More reasons to eat the Mediterranean way

January 17, 2010

Ancient Olive Tree   Wikipedia

Eating the Mediterranean way can help reduce your risk of stomach cancer;  Reuters reports that a large study from Europe shows.
The traditional diets of Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries have many health benefits, as pointed out in a recent article in  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, including protection against cancer. [...]

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Making Whoopee – without too many calories!

December 15, 2009

Champagne mixes with almost anything!  Wikipedia

MAKING WHOOPEE!!!
Tis the season to be jolly – and all that.
But you can cheat (a little) and cut down on the calories – as well as the hangovers!
How?  By mixing soda water or fruit juices along with wine – preferably Champagne.
Some famous mixes:
Buck’s Fizz – THE thing the Bright [...]

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Chocolate has some benefits!

December 14, 2009

Image via Wikipedia

Anyone who trawls through this website will soon suss out that I am a sucker for Chocolate.
Always regarding any ‘new’ drug or medicine with deepest suspicion – show me a bar of chocolate and I believe anything – true-blue scepticism goes out the window.
So I am indebted to Irene from the Darnton Drop-in [...]

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