Family Fork

I am slightly obsessed with salty snacks, they were my end-of-the-school-day food as a child, and I continued to find comfort in them long after I left formal education.  These foods aren’t as a general rule, healthy, and as such they have become relegated to occasional treat foods.  It is was, however, Saturday, and I […]

So many recipes on Family Fork take healthy ingredients and different flavours, and (aim) to make them appealing and available to the whole family.  This recipe, conversely, takes a childhood favourite, baked beans, out of the tin and into super nutrition territory.   It’s also the easiest recipe I think I have ever put together. […]

Last week I extolled the virtues of encouraging kids to eat raw green vegetables by cutting courgettes to resemble the ever amusing spaghetti shape.  So I pushed it, and tried the kid on shredded (then very lightly steamed) sweetheart cabbage,  the response was ‘peegetti!’, ‘yes, of course, it’s green spaghetti!’, she loved it.  Next stop […]

Last night as I lay in bed trying to sleep, I could hear whistling, it was either the dog or my husband breathing.  I was annoyed; it wasn’t keeping me awake, I was in fact jealous of the breathing- I have a cold.  I feel like germs have been stomping all over my lungs and […]

It sometimes seems that I am on a never ending mission to reduce the amount of heavy starchy carbs that I eat, they encourage my blood sugar leves to misbehave and often make less room for more nutrient dense vegetables.   Having a toddler in the house, however, means that we need balanced meals, varied […]

We have just de-decorated, chopped up the Christmas tree and cleaned our home back to normal.  The twinkling lights, bright decorations and rich smelling fir tree all seemed to ignite and satisfy our senses in early December, and immerse us in festive feeling.  In the light of a new year and it’s aspirations and plans […]