Health experts are now advising to avoid giving solids to babies before 6 months. The reason for this is that babies are unable to digest any foods at this age apart from breast milk or formula milk. For premature babies this will vary and doctors will be needed to be consulted for advice prior to starting solids. The idea of weaning as it’s called is to be able to give babies a vast range of foods varying from textures and tastes so preparing the child to join in at family meals. By sitting them with you at the family meal it’s important to get the child to have what they can.
Filed under: General on February 15th, 2011 | No Comments »
The choice of fast food nowadays is huge. I constantly get leaflets through about Indian takeaways, pizza delivery, kebabs, Chinese food, Cantonese food and more. It is sometimes really hard to know what to choose. Fast food is such an easy option but it can become very expensive if you buy on a regular basis. The food can be at you door within the hour and there is very little cleaning up to do afterwards, so fast food can be very appealing. However there aren’t many healthy choices of fast food. I think there should be more choices for healthy takeaway food.
Filed under: General on September 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
I have found the best food to eat the day before doing exercise is pasta. I find it provides me with lots of energy and I can push myself further than I can after eating other foods. I was aware than marathon runners ate lots of pasta the day before a marathon race but I never really thought it help with a general workout. I now plan my meals around my exercise routine and I feel I get much more out of the routine as I am able to push myself much harder. I have found many different pasta dishes in various cook books which make the pasta slightly more interesting to eat.
Filed under: General on September 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
A few weeks ago I was travelling to see my family. I had decided to travel straight after work and the journey normally lasts about 2 hours. I planned to stop at a service station half way though the journey for some food. I normally eat very healthy food and decided to treat myself and choose a Burger King meal. I decided on a meal called ‘Deluxe Meal’. It smelt great and I was looking forward to sitting down and eating it. I sat down, opened the meal box and took a bite out of the burger. I was disappointed the find the burger was cold and felt like it had been re-heated a good number of times. It had a rubbery feel to it and I couldn’t eat it. I decided not to complain as I didn’t think it was worth while. However I won’t be buying a Burger King again any time soon.
Filed under: General on September 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Last week was one of my colleagues birthdays and everyone decided to bring in some birthday food. As expected the food was mainly sweet food and everyone tucked in. Another colleague of mine who has a nut allergy decided to have some cake. Strangely my colleague didn’t check the ingredients of the cake and before she started eating it I decided to ask her if she had checked to see if the cake contained nuts. She then checked the ingredients and realised that the cake did include nuts and thanked me for checking this with her.
Filed under: General on September 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
I went to a restaurant on the weekend with some friends and we all ordered food. Some of the food arrived after about 20 minutes and we were excited about tucking into our meals. We waited another 10 minutes for the rest of the food to arrive but it didn’t come so I decided to ask the waitress what was happening. It turned out they hadn’t cooked the rest of the food and they wouldn’t be able to cook the food as the chef was leaving for the evening. We decided to leave without paying as the service was so poor. The staff tried to make us pay and even stood in the doorway attempting to block our exit. They eventually gave in and let us leave.
Filed under: General on September 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Are buffets worth the money?
The last post was on the Buffet that was attended in Manchester and it was ACE! But the big questions is what many people ask – Is it worth the money? So the last place is now £12 a head excluding drinks.
Lots of people argue that they won’t eat for a whole day and then attend the Buffet so they’ll be able to stuff themselves. Tru but really speaking, are you going eat enough food to make up and equal £14? This including drinks. I don’t think so.
So it’s always best to give it some time and wait until the offers pop-up. Once in a long while may be fine though..
Filed under: General on July 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
I was at an Asian Buffet last weekend and it was ace. The amount of choice they had was awesome from the starters to the main dishes and deserts. Some of the choice:
- Meat and Chicken Kebabs
- Pakoras
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Chicken Bhuna
- Meat rice
- Veg Spring Rolls
- Haleem
- Nihari
- Chicken Rice
- Kheer
- Paya
- Vanilla Ice Cream
- Chocolate Ice Cream
- Min and Chip Ice Cream
- Strawberry Ice Cream
- Black forest Cake
- Strawberry Cake
- And much much more.
The only thing that wasn’t free were the drinks. 1 litre of coke was 4 pounds!!
and a standard buffet is £12 per head and the place was located in Manchester.
Filed under: General on July 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
Can you tell if a cake is tasty by just looking at it? This is a very interesting question and the answer is very obvious and common sense however believe me or not – there are people who are professionals and great cake makers and would believe a cake is tasty if it looks stunning. Sounds crazy right? Let’s look at the other side. because these cake makers have spent their life in making cake and put their hearts into it, they never look at a cake with a eye of negativity and always think positive (unless of course, if they taste it – they’ll be put off from making cake ever again!!)
Filed under: General on July 13th, 2010 | No Comments »
If you ever go to a Buffet – Only drink water. Why? It’s a technique which will allow you to eat even more from the Buffet and make your money’s worth. Lot’s of people opt for the fizzy drinks but little do they realise that when a person drinks fizzy pop, all the gas is actually filling up their stomach and stopping more food going down there.
Obviously, this is good if you are really hungry and paying for the meal yourself otherwise many people don’t bother if they are getting it for free! Good times like these come and go!
Filed under: General on July 12th, 2010 | No Comments »