My children and yours I’m sure, have gone to and will continue to go to, countless birthday parties over the years. They come home all sugared up
Read MoreHave you a fussy eater at home? Or do you just want to encourage your children to eat more fruit and veg?
Read MoreNew Year, new you - or at least new you once the selection boxes/Roses/Quality Street/Christmas cake/other Christmas chocolate is all gone.
Read MoreHealthy - at Christmas? Sure that’s not the point of Christmas at all! It’s a time to let loose, eat chocolate for breakfast, mince pies for dinner and watch tv for days on end. Isn’t it? Isn’t it?
Where did Christmas come from? Seriously, I know we all know it’s coming and it’s the same date every year but does it not feel like someone’s stolen half of November and a week in October?
Read MoreRecently I attended the launch of the report “Tackling Childhood Obesity” from the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in the Oireachtas.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again when the shops are stuffed, wall to wall, with sweets, chocolates and grotesque confectionery items, in preparation for trick or treating.
Read MoreWho eats dessert for breakfast? Imagine the scenario, the kids roll out of bed, don their uniforms and make their way downstairs.
Read MoreIt’s back to school this week and in our house it’s a bit of a double-edged sword.
Read MorePart of what I do in my business is to encourage children to get involved in cooking.
Read Moref you’re anything like me, then going on holidays means a break from cooking. Oh happy, oh bliss, oh joy - no cooking. But oh no - we are at the mercy of kids menus when we eat out.
Read MoreOk, so I’m sounding more and more like my mother with every passing day. Or even my grandmother.
Read MoreI was at a recent seminar in the beautiful Airfield Estate in Dundrum where the topic up for discussion was “The Consumer - Your Food, Your Choice”.
Read MoreI was sitting in the Grand Canal Theatre recently, watching an amazing production of “Matilda”
Read MorePeople often say to me; “your children must be great eaters” and I say back to them “no, they’re not”!
Read MoreAnd it's begun - the slow riddance of Easter eggs from the house. The children got 5 each plus ancillaries (mini eggs, bars etc.).
Read MoreThe season of eating chocolate, I mean Easter, is almost upon us.
Read MoreThis week is the perfect excuse to up your intake of green veggies as we careen towards our national day of all things Irish/green.
Read MoreI couldn't resist these watermelons when I saw them in Dunnes the other day.
Read MoreIt's not a great week to be teaching about "eating the rainbow" to 11 different preschool and after school classes in Ireland.
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