Maggie runs successful exercise and nutrition sessions for teenage girls and is seen as a leader in her field; making it fun and cool to be fit and healthy.
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Kieran and Cerys have always eaten a varied breakfast. I remember when they started at school my sister laughed at me because I had a "Breakfast Timetable" on the wall. Its purpose was to make sure we didn't have the same breakfast two days running and this is something we've tried to keep up.
What a fantastic session at St Aldhelm's Cookery and Nutrition Afterschool Club yesterday!
I wasn't sure when I arrived how the session was going to go. Responses to; "we're making some prawn fish cakes and some salmon fish cakes" weren't entirely positive with lots of "urghs!" "yucks!" and "I don't like fish!"
But, I persevered and having given the children the chance to try both the salmon and prawns after they had been cooked we had quite a few converts!
How to Make a Salad that is Interesting, Nutritious and Delicious
Summer really seems to be on its way now. There are many more fresh fruit and vegetables in the shops and it's time to shake off the wintery comfort food in favour of some fresh and healthy summer fare.
One of the best ways to really freshen up your diet is to swap sandwiches for a lunchtime salad box. But, even salads can be less than healthy if you get the mix wrong.
Yesterday at the St Aldhelm's Combined School Cookery and Nutrition Club I started the session by asking the children, aged 8-11, what they had enjoyed for breakfast that day. I'm pleased to say that all had eaten breakfast but at the same time all had eaten cereal and several had started the day with a very sugary cereal like Coco Pops.
I therefore decided to show them just how easily, and cheaply, you can make an alternative to cereal that is more nutritious, will keep you feeling fuller for longer and…. In my opinion at least….. far more delicious.
Home Economics has disappeared from many school curriculums. Now school kitchens lie empty week after week occasionally being used for science lessons or after school clubs dominated by making rice-crispy cakes and baking chocolate brownies.
For many children their nutrition knowledge comes from TV adverts, celebrity gossip and occasional snippets from adult conversations about Weight Watchers and Slimming World.
Even the NHS is giving out unrealistic advice about a healthy diet centred on potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods in the absence of fresh fruit and vegetables.
