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How to avoid a hangover

August 19, 2008

Just for today I’m not hanging out here at Mostly Eating but am over at nutritionist Kathryn Elliott’s blog, Limes and Lycopene, where I have written a guest post as part of her really excellent 31 days to a better diet series.

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Squash and chickpea salad with orange, ginger and black pepper dressing (or how to eat four portions of fruit and veg in one go)

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Last week while I was busy not blogging I got predictably excited about an idea on Culinate for a breakfast salad.  The said salad can be prepared the evening before, kicking the day off to a great start with two portions of veg taken care of before even leaving the house

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Meal planning for a very busy week

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For the next two weeks I am going to be commuting from Oxford to London every weekday, a journey that takes about two and a half hours each way when everything goes smoothly and a fair bit longer when something goes awry. While eating healthily is very close to the top of my priority list I also know that exercise
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How to make a healthier muffin

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These are a few really easy ways to make any muffin recipe a little healthier.  Many of these are tweaks that won’t be detectable in the finished product. 

Add some wholegrain goodness
I love a proper muesli-fied bran muffin with carrots or apples in it and maybe a few sultanas or pumpkin seeds, but not every time – sometimes you

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