Monthly Archives: July 2015

It’s Summer Salad Time!

July 23, 2015 | Heidi | Avoiding sugar, Health, Highly Nutritious, Recipe, Salad

This is my favourite salad of all times – a European version of Thai Papaya Salad. My husband loves this dish, despite not liking papaya when served as a fruit. But this savoury salad is not only delicious if you like Thai flavours of lime juice and a bit of chilli, but it is also…

Is healthy eating always more expensive?

July 20, 2015 | Heidi | Budgeting, Eating on a budget, Low cost healthy eating, Tips & Tricks

Is healthy eating always more expensive? No! If you are willing to be flexible and try new tastes, you can buy, make and eat healthy foods that are not expensive. But it requires some forethought: P – Planning. If you are prepared to plan, you can buy healthy options when they are on offer and…

Tips & Tricks – Avoiding Sugar

July 20, 2015 | Heidi | Avoiding sugar, Sugar, Sugary foods, Tips & Tricks

We eat sugary or sweet foods, cakes, biscuits, chocolates and sweets based on habits formed from a very early age. These habits are ingrained by the time we become adults and are difficult to change. Children who are not fed on sweet foods have a chance of not developing these habits that are so hard…

Eating Well on a budget

July 20, 2015 | Heidi | Eating on a budget, Educational, Health, Low cost healthy eating, NHS healthy eating advice, Tips & Tricks

We are conditioned to believe that healthy eating is expensive, but is that really the case? Not always, if you are clever with your food choices, as this NHS video shows.