Tag Archives: Vegetables

Planning Paid Off

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I tried really hard yesterday to plan for the week ahead so I had plenty of healthy and sugar free meals and snacks to hand.  It worked well today.  I ate some delicious food but didn’t have to prepare any … Continue reading →

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A Visitor From New Zealand

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

When I woke up today I was very happy to remember Sam was coming for lunch with Julia, Phil and Mirella.  Sam used to live down the road but moved to New Zealand a few years ago and I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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Asparagus Season

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

It’s asparagus season – yippee 🙂  We have some very good asparagus farms near here so it is a vegetable I have never grown myself as I know the farms cut it and sell it each day so it is … Continue reading →

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Vegetable Garden Extension

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Next to my little old greenhouse is a paved area where I like to do my potting.  It was looking very forlorn and neglected. Inside the greenhouse needed a sweep and tidy up too. What good fortune then that a … Continue reading →

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A New Florist

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I began today with a smoothie, mainly to use up a very over ripe banana and half an avocado I thought was rotten.  The avocado was actually perfect and this lot plus some of this made a very pleasant smoothie. … Continue reading →

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What Is A Portion Of Veg?

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I wanted to see if I could manage to eat 10 portions of vegetables today.  I thought it might be a good idea to look up exactly what a portion of vegetables is so I turned to the NHS site.  I … Continue reading →

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Absence

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Does absence make the blog reader happy to have me back?  Let me know 🙂 I have been busy with work, socialising a little bit too enthusiastically and things keeping me busy at home … Continue reading →

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10 Veg A Day

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Research publicised today tells us that we should be eating 10 portions of fruit and veg a day and that vegetables are much healthier than fruit. “A healthy diet should include 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, doubling … Continue reading →

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Plant Matter

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I have had a bad couple of weeks, for various reasons.  I have had a couple of sugar binges, not exercised much and generally eaten too much.  The results of which are that since I last weighed myself 10 days … Continue reading →

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Extending the Vegetable Patch

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

The sunshine we have enjoyed recently has inspired me to get out in the garden.  That and my recent gardening course.  I bought this little box of 5 seed packets. When I opened it up, inside there was a cute … Continue reading →

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