This delicious sweet “fruit and nut” granola takes minutes to make and can be eaten hot or cold. It is full of protein, essential fats and minerals, and served best with chopped fresh fruit, or simply by the handful for a quick snack! 6 servings 100g hazelnuts 100g raisins 50g sunflower seeds 50g pumpkin seeds [...]
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Packed lunch ideas…
Nutritious “packed” salads are perfectly balanced, nutrient and fibre-rich meals that will nourish your body, and keep you energised all afternoon. Use brown rice, quinoa, barley, buckwheat noodles, or other “whole” grain as your carbohydrate – remember about a fist-size should serve you perfectly well. Combine this with some protein, 100-150g of tuna, salmon, or [...]
How much starchy carbohydrate should we consume?
This week, amongst a lot of other activity, I had an e-mail from a mini-zine reader, which resulted in quite a dialogue. I think it may answer some your very own questions or queries on this subject – the subject of starchy carbohydrate – specifically how much starchy carbohydrate should we consume? And can exercisers [...]
Spicy Autumn Stew
Autumn is a lovely time of year, full of changing colours, and cold, blustery days that really do blow away the cobwebs! At least that’s what I am embracing at the moment with long country walks. Autumn (and winter too) is a time to really get out there and enjoy the elements… not to retract [...]
Five foods that… keep hunger at bay
Quinoa – This grain-like seed has a healthy protein content, and combined with its good fibre levels and healthy GI rating, quinoa is a perfect carbohydrate to keep blood sugar levels steady, and help you feel fuller for longer. Avocado – Avocado is a low-carb fruit, and with fibre, plant sterols and other healthy fats [...]
Five Fast Superfood Soups…
Soups are great for lunchtime meals, to take to work, or have at home, or to transport on a trip away for the day. Fresh soups made with plenty of colourful, nutrient-rich foods are also ideal snacks or small meals, as sports-recovery meals, or indeed to support recovery from illness or infection. Why? Because “liquid [...]
Can Fruit Juice Damage Your Health?
I am posting an article by Francois Lubbe, UK Editor at the HSI (Health Sciences Institute), as not only does it “spell out” loud and clear the problems associated with routine fruit juice consumption, and the important difference between “extracted” fructose and fructose found in whole fresh fruits, it’s a common practise amongst many, and [...]
Trout Niçoise Salad
A traditional French Niçoise salad is a very popular salad meal for many, and for good reason too – it’s delicious and filling! This version still uses many traditional ingredients but uses trout instead of tuna, and has a few added nutritional surprises too! Trout is a very good source of the Omega-3 fatty acids, [...]
Is it a breakfast juice, chilled soup, or recovery drink?
I have a lovely meal idea for you, that could be an energising breakfast juice, a starter chilled soup (for the family OR even a gourmet occasion!), OR this could even be an effective post-exercise recovery and rehydration drink. Isn’t food amazing, in that when it’s truly understood, can serve so many everyday purposes and [...]
Balanced meal solutions…
On a previous post I discussed appetite mechanisms and management. If you’d like to read this again or you missed it, I’ve posted it here on my blog… A key part of having a normal and healthy appetite and metabolism, and avoiding unnecessary (and potentially unhealthy) cravings and preoccupation with food) is… * Effective blood sugar [...]
About Lucy-Ann Prideaux MSc BSc RNutr
A registered Nutritionist, Lucy-Ann gained an MSc degree in Human Nutrition, from Aberdeen University in 1997, following a first class honours degree in Sport & Exercise Science. As a past competitive runner, triathlete and personal trainer, she has vast experience and knowledge of performance nutrition at elite and recreational level, as well as in-depth knowledge of general health nutrition.
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