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3D PANCAKE PLAY THIS PANCAKE DAY - FIRST RECIPE: Desert island (21st February 2012 is Pancake Day)

If you think the annual pancake toss is flipping boring, then we’ll show you a new way to play on Pancake Day by creating a new series of edible three-dimensional ‘panscapes’ that turn the humble pancake into an edible art form that you can enjoy simply and easily at home. Leading experimental food experts Polly Betton and Andrew Stellitano have built a series of beautiful 3D landscapes…
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Brain foods - new guidelines on pre-school food

New guidelines on preschool food from School Food Trust – expert comment from Dr. Lin Day, child development expert www.babysensory.com The brain is truly amazing and although we don’t know all its secrets yet, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that what we feed our children has a direct impact on their well-being, health and intelligence. Children who eat a steady diet of fast or…
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Win 1 of 10 copies of The Little Book of Diet Help by Kimberly Willis

For your chance to win 1 of 10 copies of The Little Book of Diet Help by Kimberly Willis enter your answer to the simple question below in our dedicated competition page https://new.londonmumsmagazine.com/competition-area The question is ‘What’s the name of this book’s publisher’? Deadline to enter is 18th February 2012. The truth is, diets don’t work – or, at least, they…
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REGAINING YOUR ENERGY - SNACKS! by nutritionist Fern Callister

Making sure you have some protein with your meals to help slow down the blood sugar release from highly processed, sugary or caffeinated food and drink is one way of helping to reduce energy dips. In this piece I will focus on the main time in the day that is a prime trap for cravings and naughty habits – the ‘3 o’clock slump’! I can safely say we have all been there…
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GET THE ENERGY FROM YOUR FOOD TO START WELL THE NEW YEAR by nutritionist Fern Callister

Do you have less energy than you used to have? Do you often get tired or lethargic during the day or find it hard to get out of bed in the morning? If so, then you are not alone. In fact, tiredness seems to have become a modern epidemic. Coffee shops spring up everywhere with their tempting muffins and cakes, telling us we must want our daily fix of caffeine. DVDs, home delivered shopping and…
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Survive the festive season: all you need to know to fend off the festive flab

Read this essential guide to surviving the festive season by Fiona Kirk Nutritionist and author of the best selling ‘2 Weeks in the Fast Lane’ diet book www.fatbustforever.com The guide attached provides all you need to know to fend off the festive flab – plus a few additional pointers below. As we all know buffets have the potential to make or break a healthy eating plan. On the…
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Luxury Christmas Teas and biscuits

Here is a selection of London Mums favourite teas and biscuits (luxurious, of course!). Fortnum & Mason Christmas products These must be London Mums’ favourite Xmas products of all time. There is nothing better to represent ultimate Britishness and quality of teas and biscuits. Among our favourite Xmas gifts there are the Christmas Spiced Tea, a blend of tea enhanced by cocoa nibs and…
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Win 1 of 10 pairs of exclusive tickets for The Little Book of Diet Help –Workshop 8 Dec choose either 3pm or 6pm start

Are you fed up with feeling negative towards your body? Fed up with feeling like you have failed at weight loss? Does weight loss feel hard? Are you exhausted even thinking about starting another diet? Come along to this workshop and learn how you can start to make positive easy changes that will help you to lose weight. With me there are no weigh-ins, no discussion of what you have and haven’t…
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Mini Meatball and Tomato Sauce Pasta

Meatballs are a great way to feed kids as you can hide all kinds of goodies inside them that they’ll never even know about! Making them really small makes them easy to eat and to mix with Garofalo Motori pasta. You can make a huge batch of these and freeze them for later use. 2 to 3 tablespoons richly flavoured Extra Virgin olive oil 1 cloves garlic, unpeeled and lightly crushed 200g/7 oz…
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Traffic Light Pasta

Cars and little trucks feature amongst the shapes in Pazzielle, so I thought a traffic light theme might be quite fun. Involving children in the cooking process not only teaches the a valuable life skill, but it also encourages them to want to eat the food they have helped to make, so for this recipe you can all get cracking on the job of de-seeding and cubing the tomatoes. To make this more…
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