So this recipe is my mother-in-law's. I won't take the credit. Look, I've even put her name as the author! It's one of my absolute favourites, one of those side dishes that when I see it on the table I'm known to shout out in delight. I managed to persuade her to host a breakfast recently where I could watch over her shoulder like a hawk trying to guesstimate the measurements, because unless you're writing or using a recipe you don't ever measure anything! (I miss those days)

This is one of my absolute faves (it's not quite galiat bandura Arab friends hence the name). The longest part is chopping the tomatoes and if we're really honest you don't have to cook them to pile them on to whole grain toast and have a super yummy breakfast/lunch/starter/snack. NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW TOMATOES are mostly known for their antioxidant properties; they are an excellent source of vitamin C promoting a healthy immune system, biotin (key roles in fat and sugar metab

This is not a recipe it's more for inspiration and salad encouragement! I'm not insinuating that you need encouragement, I'm looking at myself here. I adore salad (if the dressing is right) and just need to be reminded that salad doesn't need leaves. My favourite salads are often the ones that use up the left-over veggies and almost always involve the bag of frozen sweetcorn kernels! Sweetcorn doesn't have much in the way of nutrients as the body doesn't digest it very well (

It's been a tough few weeks here in the Afifi household, Mish Mish is teething. Her mouth has decided that all her molars should to arrive together so night times have been, let's say...tough? Day times have been full of mistakes and each day has rolled in to the next rather messily. It's times like this where I need to step back and look at how I'm eating because this is when breakfast gets eaten at lunch time and is not sufficient to carry me through or give me the strength

The holy grail of salads has arrived. This, my friends, is the gateway salad that will suck you in and make you truly believe that salad is your friend. Well, it tastes good anyhoo... NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW Eating a rainbow means you're taking in a broad range of essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals which in turn will help your body fight off infection, help boost your immune system and help balance your mood. Each colour vegetable is packed with different nutrients servi