Tag: breakfast
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7 Days of Protein Packed Breakfast Smoothies
If there’s one thing I learned from my Breakfast experiment last year, it was that a protein packed breakfast will keep you full much longer than anything else. For a long time I wasn’t a breakfast eater as I found I got hungry quicker if I ate first thing, but recently I’ve discovered that eating…
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Indigo Herbs Recipe Challenge
I’m not normally a fan of challenges involving food, because they’re normally of the “eat a whole cow in 10 minutes and get it free” variety, but I took part in this one because it was a little different! Indigo Herbs are a small family run company based in Glastonbury, and they wanted to send…
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The Big Breakfast Challenge
One of my biggest challenges eating properly is still going away a lot and staying in hotels. It’s not only the struggle to eat well while you’re away, but also the limited time at home making it very difficult to get organised for meals at home. I’m working on it, and eventually I’ll find the…
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Proper Snacking
One of the things I am doing as an attempt to eat better and less erratically is to make sure I have eaten properly before exercise. There’s a tendency to think of “snacking” as a bad thing, especially if you’re looking to lose some weight. I think that snacking has it’s place though, it keeps…
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Recipe: Baked Eggs with Avocado, Chilli & Cheese
Sunday brunch is a meal that needs to feel a bit like a treat. Today I had the luxury of a little lie in, followed by a late breakfast/brunch before getting on with the rest of the day. After a few days holiday over Valentines I’ve eaten a little too much, so wanted to come…
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Review: Trek Bars – Breakfast on the Go
One of my main issues with eating healthily is that I travel quite a bit. I’ve written before about the secret art of Hotel room cooking, and how to make the healthiest choices at hotel breakfast buffets. But for those days when you’re actually travelling at breakfast time, whether that’s on the train, in a…
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Healthy Eating at the Hotel Breakfast Buffet
Even though all the research says you really must eat breakfast, as people who eat breakfast are slimmer, healthier and altogether more wonderful people, I’ll confess I never used to bother. I was never really hungry first thing in the morning, a cup of coffee and maybe a mid morning herbal tea was normally all…