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Understanding Food Labels and Making Healthier Choices

03/11/2024 by Lavania oluban

Learning to read food labels is one of the most valuable skills when trying to make healthier choices. Food labels contain critical information about the nutritional content, ingredients, and health claims of packaged food items, allowing you to make informed decisions that support a balanced diet. Here’s a deeper look into understanding and making the … Read more

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Spider cookies! Okay guys….. back to spooky se Spider cookies! 

Okay guys….. back to spooky season - I’m excited that Halloween this year falls in half term so we have time to enjoy some spooky themed activities. These are Arlo’s favourite year in year out. 

These are super easy to make - using pretzels and Maltesers with candy eyes. All stuck on to freshly baked cookies with melted chocolate. If you want to make it really easy for yourself then you could always use digestives. 

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Queen of Tarts The crumbliest shortcrust pastry Queen of Tarts 

The crumbliest shortcrust pastry and the sweetest of strawberries makes for one of my favourite bakes. This recipe is a great intro to food science - when you understand how the ingredients work then things make sense, recipes work and then with practice the technical skills improve - we all have to start somewhere.
Fresh bread There’s nothing better. Fresh bread 

There’s nothing better.
Steak Saturdays I would usually have my steak wi Steak Saturdays 

I would usually have my steak with a huge portion of chips, loads of peppercorn sauce and all the side dishes fried in lots of oil. 

Instead I arranged a salad mainly with rocket leaves for the peppery taste and air fried myself some sweet potato, mushrooms, red onion and mini yellow peppers. With the steak popped on the hot grill plate just long enough to be seared “blue” the way I like - I rested it then sliced it and shared it with Arlo. 

241 calories / 20.3g protein

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Not so pesto pasta I can’t believe I have neve Not so pesto pasta 

I can’t believe I have never looked at the calories on a jar of pesto 😳 - 

I had to quickly change our evening meal plan and decided to opt for adding flavour and colour with veggies and fresh herbs instead. Whole grain fusilli with spinach, broccoli, asparagus, red onion, peppers, tomatoes and basil. I added one spoon of pesto thinned out with the pasta water and stirred it in. Then added more fresh basil and some seeds and pine nuts on top. 

This dish still looked nice and green, tasted great and was really filling - I’ll be looking at low fat pesto alternatives but to me they always lack in taste so if anyone has any suggestions then I’m all ears
Avocado smash I love avocado and it makes the id Avocado smash 

I love avocado and it makes the ideal late breakfast food for me. I opted for a wholegrain “sandwich thin” from aldi - wholegrain foods are higher in protein and fibre so they’re an easy switch and I tend to prefer them anyway. 

Avocado is surprisingly high in fat so also has a high calorific value - it’s certainly an ingredient you need to weigh and plan carefully in to your menu - but you do still need some fat in your diet - lots of vitamins are fat soluble for example so in order for them to be transported around your body you need the right kind of fats.

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Fish dish Decided to go for these beautiful fish Fish dish 

Decided to go for these beautiful fish cakes from @aldiuk for our Friday lunch. Arlo and I love these and usually I would go for a large side of carbs - I decided to halve the amount of rice and mix in sweetcorn instead and have a colourful side salad. Doing this is an easy way to cut down on carb intake and also make sure you’re maximising the micronutrients (all the vitamins and minerals). Red pepper is high in vitamin C for example. 

It’s also recommended that you should consume two portions of fish a week as it’s a low fat and high quality protein.
Bruschetta Featuring home made walnut bread, bab Bruschetta 

Featuring home made walnut bread, baby plum tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil, garlic and balsamic. 

I opted to have a carb heavy breakfast for a reason. Carbohydrates are one of the previously mentioned macros - carbs contain sugars, starch and fibre - providing your body with the energy it needs to function and also aiding the digestive process. 

I made the bread myself using a whole grain flour. Being rich in fibre it takes longer to digest and therefore longer for the body to absorb the sugars, avoiding an instant sugar spike. 

(You might have heard the term slow releasing carbs before?)
What are Macros? Macro is short for Macronutrien What are Macros? 

Macro is short for Macronutrient. The three macronutrients your body needs are protein, carbohydrate and fats. They’re called macro because we need these in larger amounts compared to the vitamins and minerals (micro nutrients). 

Finding the right balance is key to leading a healthy lifestyle, each macronutrient has its functions in the body and a variety of different sources. It can be tricky trying to work out the right amounts to consume. 

Chicken and avocado salad for lunch - 549 calories 

19.4g carbs / 28.6g fat / 45.9g protein
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