Monthly Archives: March 2015

Yoghurt, Berries and Bits…

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IMG_1821My kids love breakfast in all its permeations; cereals, porridge, toast on its own, toast with eggs, toasted crumpets, bagels or hot cross buns, they would (almost) kill for a full-english and would definitely bite my arm off for a Mcdonald Sausage and Egg McMuffin.  On our last holiday, on a cruise ship, Rosie got quite partial to fillet steak (served rare) and eggs as a breakfast option! She, and the leading man, would have eaten it every day if mean old mummy hadn’t intervened. Don’t get me wrong, I love a child that eats and my kids, by some lucky break, are excellent, unpicky eaters, but on our new health kick, it is difficult to get the health into kids breakfast whilst ensuring they have eaten enough to survive until lunchtime at school.

The cereals they like are packed with sugar or otherwise require sugar to be added in order for them to consume. Porridge must be served with golden syrup (a rule which I fully concur!). Toast is wholegrain, but butter is a must.  Breakfast is a carb, sugar and fat loaded nightmare!

The Leading Man and I are now gung ho on green protein smoothies (recipes to follow) but whilst the kids love berries and bananas in a blended form anything else blended, especially if chia seeds and pea protein are added, just doesn’t pass muster. However, before we resign ourselves to Coco pops and Nutella on toast, I have found one breakfast option which ticks all the health boxes and the little perishers, oops, darlings love:

Yoghurt With Berries and Bits 

(Serves 2 adults and 2 children)

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  • 250g fresh berries of your choice
  • 400g fat free natural yoghurt
  • Topping bits of your choosing:
  • Chopped nuts
  • Seeds
  • Dried fruit
  • Granola
  • Muesli
  • Cheerios
  • Agave syrup

Give everyone a bowl and let them tuck in!

Mum on a Mission…

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P1010786Confession time. My name is Heather and I am irrationally obsessed that I am going to turn into a porker. Underneath this cool, mummy façade is a manic struggle to eat less and do as much exercise as I can pack into the day (whilst still endeavoring to be the best mummy I can possibly be!).

“My god!” you say. “You must be super skinny, verging on anorexic?” Erm, no.

This is because my obsessive want to be slim side is cruelly countered by a “I love a party so pass me the vino, salty snacks and cheese board and don’t dilly dally whilst you are doing it” side. I’m therefore cursed with constantly starving myself, gorging myself or chastising myself for being weak and letting myself down. I’m a joy to live with I can tell you! It drives the leading man bananas as it turns out (unsurprisingly) that men are not so much about the super skinny and are quite happy with you as you are as long as you are not certifiably insane. Which, following several years of the above, he is beginning to question.

Anyway, the point to these ramblings is that I am going to endeavour to get my ying and yang (whatever they are) in check and try to secure some balance in my life with a new focus on “healthy living” and not just for me, I going to share this joy with all the family. I want to give them the tool kit for happiness so they can be confident, and comfortable, with their health and fitness.

So, it’s going to be reduced sugar, healthy eating and non-ipad based activities for all. It’s going to be like that Large Family children’s book, A Piece of Cake (see next book review). It is going to be… hell?