Top Tips for Eating More Fruit and Vegetables

http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/topTips/default.html

Some unusual tips at getting kids to eat healthy food:
• Sugar snap peas are a great choice for lunch boxes as a finger snack.
• Cut the top off a kiwi fruit and give them a spoon to eat it like a boiled egg.
• It can be very easy and cheap to include veg in evening meals – just add a tin of chopped tomatoes to a spaghetti bolognaise.

Unfortunately potatoes and other related vegetables such as yams and cassava do not count in the Five a Day Plan. This is because they are classified as starchy foods.

What I learned that was special:
• Peppers, mushrooms, onions or pineapple on your pizza topping count as 1 portion

Beyond Baked Beans

http://www.beyondbakedbeans.com/

This site has cheap healthy food for students, singles and anyone else on a budget.

The Beginners Basics recent features include how to make and toss pancakes, how to make a gorgeous gooey cheese fondue and how to cook a stir-fry. It is encouraging to know that the first pancake you make with probably be a dud but after that you should be able to turn out ones that look impressively professional.

What I learned that was special:
• If you want to make a basic sponge cake and don't have a recipe, just weigh 2 eggs, and add the same weight of sugar, butter and self-raising flour.