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Meal-planning is the simple act of taking some time to plan for your weekly meals- and yes, this can include going out for dinner or ordering a take-away!  Delicious and Real is a, Harpenden based, meal-planning service that aims to simplify this process and take the stresses out of meal-times. For just £5 a month (99p for your first), you will have access to an online weekly planner which contains 7 delicious dinner recipes: you can swap them for one of the others in the extensive library, you can print them out or you can simply keep them as they are.  …

A study, by Imperial College London, calculated that changing our eating habits in such a way could prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year. But, we all know how hard it is to get children to eat fruit and vegetables; changing children’s eating habits requires consistency and persistence from parents.  As part of the BBC’s Terrific Scientific Campaign, around 80 pupils (aged nine to eleven) were asked to eat kale every day for 15 days; afterwards almost all the children had changed their tastes and willingly ate the vegetable.  There are lots of ways of ‘hiding’ vegetables in your children’s …

According to research, us Brits have a rather limited repertoire in the kitchen.

I have really grown to love my garden during lockdown and have taken to growing some fruits and vegetables: there really is something rather special about eating fruits and vegetables that you have grown. It’s amazing what you can grow in containers or in those little spaces of underused garden!

When we go on holiday, we usually stay in a house or villa meaning that we are responsible for our own meals!  I love planning what we are going to eat and I thoroughly enjoy visiting the different shops and markets. There is something rather special about trying what delights the local area has to offer. Certain foods taste so much better when on holiday: tomatoes are sweeter and fish fresher.  Meal times are the highlight of my day on holiday: we will eat together, chat, laugh and play card-games … little pleasures that the stresses and strains of everyday …