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Back to school!! Where did the summer holidays go? Is it just me or is September a time of New Year-style resolutions?  New School Year resolutions I guess! Whilst I am not a fan of making promises you can't keep at the beginning of a year, it is sometimes a good time to 'get your house in order', if only to make you feel in control after 6 weeks of madness! So what better time to start planning the meals your family are to eat this week? I can guarantee that you will feel like 'Super-Mum' in no time! Menu Planning - why bother? OK, so it may sound a bit boring and like something your Granny would have done, but there are massive advantages to planning what your family are going to eat. - Less stress for you - simply because you have thought, planned and shopped prior to 5 pm with 3 hungry kids and a short temper! - Less scope for fussiness as...

OK, it is a bit of a minefield I know, but it really should be quite simple. Who do you trust with your health or that of your children? With so much confusing advice surrounding the topic of food and nutrition , it is surely even more important to fully trust the training and knowledge of the person you are paying to help you. There are a lot of so called experts out there who have little or nothing in the way of proper qualifications and are happy to advise you about what to eat.  You don't get this with many other professions. We don't let a lady in the queue in the post office examine our eyes, or let a random person take a blood test for us, do we? Although I am pretty sure that doctors get fed up with Joe/Joanne Public's well meaning advice to their patients, and Dr Google diagnoses! There are a lot of other professions that , with...

There is so much contradictory information in the media about nutrition, that it is no wonder we are all a little stressed and confused about what to feed our families.  It seems almost each week we are told something else we should be eating more of, or should cut down on.  Obviously some of these reports are valuable in the correct context, especially when related to disease prevention or treating medical conditions.  However it does, in my opinion, mean we sometimes get ‘bogged down’ with irrelevant advice and can neglect other more basic food related issues.  I strongly believe that food and mealtimes are about so much more than nutrition, especially as your children are growing up. Yes, we want our children to eat healthily, and we want to make sure we are doing the best to ensure a healthy future for them by feeding them well.  But it is equally important to encourage them to have a positive outlook towards...