None of us want to come home from work and prepare an elaborate, time-consuming meal; we want something nutritious but tasty, and fast! If you’ve ended up resorting to ready meals every night, here’s some simple ways to cook easy suppers.
Stock up your cupboard
If you live on your own, or with only one other person, [...]

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For the past month, Anna’s been keeping us updated on her weekly progress. If you’ve missed her earlier entries, you can find them all in the Diarist category. And without further ado from me, here’s Week 5…
The perennial question of “How did I get so big?”
I have a lot in common with a fruit bat [...]

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I’m sure I’m not the only person this happens to: after a mad dash around the tiny Sainsbury’s on the high street after work, I end up stuck in a queue that trails around half the store. By the time I’ve inched past the freshly-baked pastries, past the “special offers” shelves, past the crisps and [...]

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This post is by Lorna Cowie, an artist and self-described “extreme foodaholic”.
Ask any food addict, and they will tell you that to eat properly would be to eat things in season and from your own country. Here in Britain we are all up for eating British produce and supporting our local farmers, so here are [...]

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Do you work through lunch, staying at your desk checking emails whilst stuffing down your sandwiches? Perhaps you intend to catch up on your daily round of blogs/news sites/online comics … but, since you’re at your desk, you end up taking a couple of phone calls and cutting your lunch break short.
Maybe you feel that [...]

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Anna has had a hectic couple of weeks, but she’s been sticking to her diet: read on to find out whether or not her hard work has paid off… and to learn what DPIO stands for!
(And if you missed the earlier weeks, you can catch up with Week 1 and Week 2.)
Anna’s Third Week
“I would [...]

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