tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33842923772577781972024-03-14T05:26:00.451+00:00Poppadom's Food BlogFed up with throwing food away? Want to save hundreds of pounds on your annual food bill? Oh, and do your bit to save the planet at the same time. Hints and tips to stop food waste and make the most of your leftovers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-78922582606364797052018-11-23T12:25:00.000+00:002018-11-23T12:25:05.130+00:00Top 10 Christmas gifts 2018
Stuck for ideas for gifts this Christmas?
Then look no further than this Pop-Up Christmas Blog.
Use the search bar or simply scroll down.
Here you can find a selection of gift ideas for all your loved ones, carefully picked to be useful, beautiful, or just plain fun.
The Christmas gift selections have all been grouped into categories to make your searches easier. Search Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-26197051684293902252014-05-28T11:41:00.002+01:002014-05-28T11:41:53.827+01:00NICE Obesity Advice to GPs
At long last NICE are recognising the role that counselling
has to play in tackling the UK’s Obesity problem and are urging GPs to refer
patients to weight loss services for help and support.
Everyone is an individual, our bodies all behave in
different ways, especially when it comes to food and our weight. Some rules
apply to everyone; if we consume too many calories over a prolonged Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-70088543127455169802014-03-02T14:32:00.001+00:002014-03-02T14:32:11.497+00:00Healthy Eating Tips for Nurses
Healthy Eating Tips for Nurses, by Debbie Saunders,
Ideal Weight
Nurses do not always have the time to eat the healthiest of meals. Whether
you’re working all night and are too tired to eat, or you’re working a busy
twelve hour shift; taking care of your nutritional needs can be a real
challenge. At work, you cannot always take time away from patients in need, no
matter how hungry you may beUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-56142116864632961992014-03-02T10:17:00.000+00:002014-03-02T10:17:27.576+00:00Is Fat Necessary?
Fat is often thought of negatively in a diet, but your body could not
survive without it. For one thing, it’s a valuable source of energy, but more
importantly, we also need fat to absorb certain vitamins that are important for
your health – such as A, D, E and K.
Fat is made up of individual ‘building blocks’ which are the fatty
acids. Some of these are essential, in that they have vital Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-53931926307468870452014-03-01T14:55:00.000+00:002014-03-01T14:55:03.523+00:00Find Your Ideal Weight
South East Wales is a good place to live, but especially so
if you would like to lose some weight because that is where Debbie Saunders
works. Debbie is a qualified, trained counsellor and coach, who uses the highly
regarded techniques of cognitive behavioural therapy and transactional analysis
to help people who have serious weight issues, or want to lose a little and
maintain. Our Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-64451276468349892652013-10-27T12:12:00.001+00:002013-10-27T12:12:30.716+00:00Gourmet food at an unbelievable value
I’m a bit loath to spread this about as the price is bound
to go up but the more of the animal we eat the less I have to stress about
being a carnivore.
Tesco Beef Liver £1.70Kg
Waitrose Calves liver £34.99Kg
The gory facts are that beef cattle are generally slaughtered
just before 30 months, so still quite young. Beef liver is almost
undistinguishable from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-19806376223084730412012-06-07T17:01:00.002+01:002012-06-07T17:02:22.568+01:00Joined Up Thinking
Are you still struggling with food going out of date in your
fridge? Do you buy food on the way home just in case & find you already had
more than enough already?
Here is a way of keeping control of your perishable foods
with your phone.
There are now a number of apps that will track what is in
your fridge and give you a count down of what needs using up first. They do
vary in quality Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-33683944615633622062012-04-04T16:16:00.002+01:002012-04-04T16:16:40.875+01:00Surviving A Fuel Strike
Driving smarter can greatly reduce your fuel use, saves
money and reduces your carbon footprint. Faced with a fuel strike it will also
help you last longer between top ups.
For someone
spending roughly £50 a week on fuel, an equivalent 20% efficiency increase
would save around £500 a year. So how much was your pay rise this year?
It is possible
to drive the same distance in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-15923695433885707982012-03-08T00:09:00.000+00:002012-03-08T00:09:37.152+00:00Tweet your way off marketing listsSlightly off message, but here we go.....
Tweet your way off marketing lists
As Google gets all the more pervasive & what we put
online gets sold to the highest bidder here are some suggestions to tweet/facebook/blog
to get you off the marketing lists:
Called to God, joining a silent order.
My power of attorney goes to (email of someone that deserves
your spam)
My committal Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-42689188370389670492012-02-19T17:36:00.000+00:002012-02-19T17:36:32.969+00:00Climate Change Threat to Oldest Living Organism
Ancient patches of a giant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea are now considered to be the oldest living organism on Earth after scientists dated them at up to 200,000 years old.
Australian scientists sequenced the DNA of samples of the giant seagrass, Posidonia oceanic, from 40 underwater meadows in an area spanning more than 2,000 miles, from Spain to Cyprus.
The analysis, published in theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-87805353154884834192012-02-10T17:16:00.000+00:002012-02-10T17:18:02.156+00:00Freeze, Step away from the bin
Another victory for common sense has just been announced.
Long-standing ‘freeze on the day of purchase’ food guidelines are being changed by Sainsbury’s as they relax their rules in a bid to reduce food wastage. The supermarket discovered that 800,000 tonnes of perfectly good food could be saved if a new food labeling system was brought into place.
The new initiative, in conjunction with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-63416428759820907212012-02-09T11:08:00.000+00:002012-02-09T11:08:13.784+00:00Taking the Pizza out of the Queen’s Jubilee
I’m sure that there will be a lot of bad taste trying to cash in on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee but M&S have already lowered the bar significantly. As part of a range of products to celebrate the occasion with a Best of British theme they are launching ‘The Great British Breakfast Pizza.’
Apart from being as British & authentic as Chicken Tikka Masala, pizza must be one of the most Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-61104789288113021722012-02-04T14:31:00.000+00:002012-02-04T14:32:04.432+00:00Does Vertical Farming Stack Up?
Since 1970 population growth has halved the amount of arable land per person to half an acre. By 2050 there will be an extra 3 billion people on the planet. Just providing their drinking water will reduce what is available for agriculture by 18%. Soil based farming will no longer be sustainable.
The future may well look something like the pilot project run by Valcent Products at Paignton ZooUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-65133851316067102872012-01-26T10:20:00.000+00:002012-01-26T10:20:25.074+00:00Dig For Victory - Part 1
A bit of home gardening is an ideal way to reduce your food carbon footprint.
Any produce that you grow at home will save on transport. Then, if it goes straight from garden to plate you are cutting out packaging and storage.
If you are composting your kitchen and garden waste then you are definitely on to a winner. Even if your council provides a recycling service for this waste you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-33918523908170049932012-01-24T19:05:00.000+00:002012-01-24T19:05:03.105+00:00Food Packaging Conundrum
OK, so we are doing our best to reduce food waste, but what about the packaging it comes in?
It would be nice to think that we can do without packaging that goes into the bin & then landfill, but there is a trade off. If it takes more resources to produce food that would otherwise be wasted than the packaging required extending its life, then there is an arguable case.
According to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-86909913540528588552012-01-13T19:30:00.000+00:002012-01-13T19:30:34.522+00:00Global Warming – the Nuclear Option
Apparently, all is not lost in the war against global warming. Scientists from NASA and a number of other institutions have recently been modeling the effects of a war involving a hundred Hiroshima-level bombs, or 0.03 percent of the world's current nuclear arsenal, according to National Geographic. The research suggests five million metric tons of black carbon would be swept up into the lowest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-75010033446351779922012-01-12T16:56:00.000+00:002012-01-12T16:56:51.204+00:00It won’t get any better than this
Thank you to John who added a link to a previous posting on Global Warming Warning.In short, New Scientist has recently had a short article on the "Limits to Growth", revisiting the 1972 book by Meadows et al. The book gives an account of a computer model of how the world's population, resources and economy would function over the coming 130 years. It predicted a disaster in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-2447792293792473412012-01-05T16:12:00.000+00:002012-01-05T16:12:08.721+00:00Sewer Abuse & Fatburgs
Sewer abuse is a big problem for water companies. It is also the hidden side of food waste.Thames Valley has called on its customers to avoid 'sewer abuse' in a bid to limit the number of blockages it has to deal with. It advises people not to dispose of waste such as oil & fat into the sewage system. The disposable of fats down drains can lead to a build up of 'fatbergs', which block sewersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-76749412997640740912011-12-31T14:41:00.001+00:002011-12-31T15:41:22.702+00:00New Year Resolutions – Healthy Eating
As 2012 comes upon us many people will be making resolutions to make themselves fitter & healthier, especially after a Christmas binge.The good news is that a healthier diet can also help to reduce food waste. The basic principles are the same for both targets.1. Portion control. By measuring the size of your meals properly you can avoid over catering and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-89024719587621398002011-12-24T00:09:00.001+00:002011-12-28T19:27:39.561+00:00Twelve days 'till Christmas Day 12
Christmas EveTime to relax and enjoy yourself in the kitchen. As the saying goes, ‘I like to cook with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food.’Hopefully you have planned ahead & all the food is there waiting for you. Some adrenalin junkies will be playing Russian roulette & leaving the shopping until the last possible minute, hoping for bargains. I prefer to do that just after Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-13453573846284740522011-12-23T23:48:00.001+00:002011-12-28T19:28:49.291+00:00Twelve days 'till Christmas Day 11
Time to talk Turkey – you need to be thinking about it NOW!Cooking your turkey to the correct temperature is essential to avoid food poisoning. An internal temperature of 73C is a minimum, but try not to go too far over that as the taste deteriorates.Cooking turkeys that are still frozen is a recipe for disaster. Instead of cooking your bird you will just be breeding bacteria at a nice cosy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-64000064272661456792011-12-21T20:17:00.000+00:002011-12-21T20:17:50.523+00:00Twelve Days 'till Christmas Day10
Spare BoozeIn the unlikely event of leftover alcohol it pays to have a contingency plan up your sleeve.If wine is still fresh then you have a number of options:MarinadesWine can be used to both flavour and tenderise meat. Simply add crushed garlic, olive oil, ground pepper and herbs to red wine for a delicious marinade for red meat. Do not add salt before cooking as this can dry and toughen it. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-37626084857774368712011-12-21T18:42:00.000+00:002011-12-21T18:42:16.048+00:00Twelve Days 'till Christmas Day 9
Eat your scrapsSad but true but often the most nutritious bits of fruit and veg get thrown away. Properly treated they can actually add to a dish or even stand alone. Why not plan them into your Christmas feast?PeelingsIf you havn’t tried potato peelings cooked as crisps you havn’t lived. Not only are they incredibly tasty but they are a good source of fibre and contain a higher proportion of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-38906220788078999322011-12-18T22:44:00.001+00:002011-12-19T16:49:30.010+00:00Twelve days 'till Christmas Day 8Portion Control is probably the simplest way to avoid wasting food at Christmas.It also makes a lot of sense in so many other ways. · Less peeling and chopping. · Enough room in the pans and the oven. · More even cooking. · &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3384292377257778197.post-4542791073923646122011-12-14T15:32:00.000+00:002011-12-14T15:32:17.092+00:00Twelve days ‘ till Christmas Day 7
Entertaining with leftoversWith guests turning up between Christmas and New Year the temptation is to go out and buy more food while you still have mountains of leftovers to get rid of.Here are a few suggestions for feeding your guests well without adding to your food mountain.1. A warming bowl of soup always goes down well – add left over vegetables to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0