5 easy tips for a healthy birthday party for your kids!

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

parentsDeirdre DoyleFebruary 5, 2019The Cool Food Schoolhealthy, healthy birthday party, sugar fre, party bags, fizzy drinks, Kiddies Food Kutter

5 books for fussy eaters in the class or at home

Have you a fussy eater at home? Or do you just want to encourage your children to eat more fruit and veg?

Teachers, parentsDeirdre DoyleJanuary 14, 2019fussy eater, healthy food for kids, educational books, fun activity with kids, getting kids to try new foods, too much of a good thing, irish books, growing vegetables with kids

Selection box be gone....

New Year, new you - or at least new you once the selection boxes/Roses/Quality Street/Christmas cake/other Christmas chocolate is all gone.

Chocolate detoxDeirdre DoyleJanuary 7, 2019selection box, chocolate, Roses, Quality Street, healthy habits, obesity, temptation, get rid of temptation

5 tips for keeping your kids healthy over Christmas!

Healthy - 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?

healthy Christmas tipsDeirdre DoyleDecember 22, 2018healthy children, healthy habits for children, healthy children over Christmas, Grinch, better snacking, popcorn, veggies, veggie platters, fizzy drinks, reduce sugar for children

9 + 1 Christmas gifts for foodie kids!

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?

Deirdre DoyleDecember 2, 2018

My day out at the Oireachtas!

Recently I attended the launch of the report “Tackling Childhood Obesity” from the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in the Oireachtas.

Government ReportDeirdre DoyleNovember 19, 2018childhood obesity, oireachtas, junk food advertising, home economics, breast feeding, vending machines, ban vending machines, school playgrounds, insurance in schools, drinking water, making drinking water normal, no fry zone, planning regulations, local planning laws, sensory food education

Give tricks and not treats this Halloween!

It’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.

healthy HalloweenDeirdre DoyleOctober 19, 2018The Cool Food SchoolHalloween, trick or treating, jelly eyeball, sugar, sugar free, sugar alternatives, sweets, jellies

Dessert for breakfast!

Who eats dessert for breakfast? Imagine the scenario, the kids roll out of bed, don their uniforms and make their way downstairs.

sugar free journey, sugar in cerealsDeirdre DoyleSeptember 24, 2018chocolate cake, breakfast, cereal, sugar, dessert for breakfast, healthy options for breakfast

Back to school SOS - lunchbox hacks to ease you back into it!

It’s back to school this week and in our house it’s a bit of a double-edged sword.

school lunch boxesDeirdre DoyleAugust 28, 2018healthy, nuts, prepare, sandwiches, get kids involved

No use crying over spilt flour….

Part of what I do in my business is to encourage children to get involved in cooking.

cooking for kidsDeirdre DoyleAugust 13, 2018The Cool Food Schoolmessy kitchen, healthy eating for kids, junior chef, get kids involved, duck pancakes, flour, cooking

I've got a 'chip' on my shoulder about kid's menus!

f 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.

healthy eating for kidsDeirdre DoyleAugust 2, 2018The Cool Food Schoolkids menus, healthy eating for kids, eating out with children, chips