Live For Food

Are you planning to cook a special meal for someone on Valentine’s Day? Are you afraid of ruining your healthy eating plan? Why not check out these ideas from around the web for some healthier meals and treats: Go vegetarian: Beet Ravioli with Pine Nut “Goat Cheese” Rosemary-Cream Sauce, Aged Balsamic Vinegar A tasty side: […]

  Red meat tends to get quite a bad press because of the link with saturated fat which is demonised (perhaps unfairly) in the popular press. Many people trying to eat healthily probably try to eat lean poultry and fish as their main source of protein. However we shouldn’t forget that lamb and beef, and […]

So it’s nearly the end of January. All the Christmas chocolate and leftovers are gone. But is your new year’s resolution to eat healthily flagging? I personally am in need of snacking inspiration at this time of year, so that I don’t go back to the biscuit tin. I also want to try and avoid […]

We all need to eat protein. It helps to repair our muscles and tissues, helps our muscles to grow and regulates our metabolism. However in practical terms it can be the most expensive part of our diet, and it we are a little short of money this can be where our diet suffers. The most […]

We hear a lot about fat in the diet – about how some fat is good and some fat is bad, but what are the different types of fat? Fats are part of a group of compounds known as lipids. We have already looked at one other compound in this group – cholesterol. We learnt in […]