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The findings of a recent survey confirm that in households where there is a male/female relationship, the female still cooks the majority of the time.
What does this mean, well if the wife/female doesn’t want to cook and the male partner can’t be bothered or is too scared in fear of being told off then the easiest option is ordering take out/take away food.

So give your partner some encouragement and limit the criticism to get some extra help in the kitchen.

When traveling it’s easy to put our nutrition & diet on holidays or lose focus but by following some simple tips it’s easy to stay on track.

1. Before you go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner, imagine the type of food you will be eating, plenty of fruit & vegetables with less emphasis on fatty, sugary foods.

2. Alcohol, while we associate drinking alcohol with relaxing or winding down, keep it in moderation

3.Keep track of what you are eating, buffet breakfast, lunch & dinners is a definite trap as we can eat until we feel sick.

4.Limit portion sizes, especially in the USA, aim for smaller entree size plates, nor the super size varieties.

5.If you do go crazy eating a less healthier meal, try to make the next meal a cleansing one, plenty of water, fruit and vegetables

6.Eat a variety of foods, not too heavier skewed to heavy meat dishes for example.

7.Avoid getting onto the plane, bus or train ravenous, you will eat everything in sight. Plan to have a pre flight departure meal or snack, maybe a healthy sandwich or roll, soup or salad (no fatty dressings)

8.Drink plenty of water, it’s always a good way to flush out the system and stay hydrated, especially when on long haul flights that tend to have extremely dry air.

9.Avoid coffee when traveling as this stimulate can effect your sleep patterns which may go crazy if you’re crossing into a different time zone

10.Make breakfast the large meal of the day, when traveling you tend to do plenty of walking from dawn to dusk so start the day with a full stomach, try consume some protein as this will keep your hunger under control, lunch and dinner should be lighter.
Most hotels offer a full breakfast with a good variety of muesli’s, toast, fruit, yoghurt and different varieties of cooked eggs.

A great way to bulk buy foods in season and to store them for future use is preserving.
Our grandparents performed this lost art form, often growing their own fruit & vegetables & creating jams, chutneys, sauces and preserved fruits from the abundance of excess fruits & vegetables.

Often families would get together for the annual tomato sauce day where a dozen crates of fresh tomatoes are pulverised to create a 12 months supply of tomato sauce.
Not only is it fun but a great way of bringing the family together with a good old fashioned lunch to help get through the day of saucing.
Similarly I remember my grandmother making fantastic chutneys and preserved apricots and plums from the lovely old trees in her garden.

It’s great cooking those exotic Mediterranean or Asian dishes but unfortunately they equate to spending more $$$ on fancy ingredients that we may never use again.
Look at Shrimp Paste, you cannot buy a small amount, it takes a room in the pantry and the chances of ever using again are extremely low.
On the rare occasion we do chances are they are out of date anyway so keep it simple and don’t go crazy.
Remember this will conserve your panrty space so you can store your bulk bought legumes etc.

One word here, moderation:)))
It’s ok to indulge every now & then but every day can be excessive.