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Food fit for your little ones.

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A recent study showed that if you want a smart kid , then focus on their food.  Study finds healthy diet dramatically improves kids’ reading, writing and comprehension skills.

At 5 aday catering   we are advocates of freshly made, well balance meas for pre school children.  After all you want to make sure that your little ones are getting a good start in life.

Children who eat fruit, vegetables, fish, and whole grains in their first three years of school do far better in tests than their peers with poor diets, the study found.

The findings, from the University of Eastern Finland, were independent of children’s socio-economic status, physical fitness, and body type.

The closer the diet followed the Baltic Sea Diet (high in vegetables, fruit and berries, fish, whole grain, and unsaturated fats and low in red meat, sugary products, and saturated fat) the healthier it was considered.

Fresh Vegetables

Fresh Vegetables

fresh fruit

Fresh Fruit

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3787889/Want-smart-kid-Focus-FOOD-Study-finds-healthy-diet-dramatically-improves-kids-reading-writing-comprehension-skills.html#ixzz4ZmTdvoem

 

 

 

Samba Food – The taste of Brazil

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Taste of the World Cup

Taste of the World Cup

Its been a busy few months, hence its been a while since my last post.

 

Since the world cup is now in full swing why not really get in to to the SAMBA swing and try Brazil’s National Dish Feijoada.  There are a number of varieties of Feijoada each region having their own specific take on this classic piece of Brazilian gastronomy. The dish is essentially a stew of beans with beef and pork, and its name derives from the Portuguese word feijão, meaning ‘beans’.

I found this recipe on-line  http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/maincourses/r/feijoada.htm  it sounds delicious, the only down side it takes 15 hours in cooking and preparation time 😦

Or you could try something a little easier, takes hours less time in cooking but is equally delicious.  

Camarão na Moranga (Shrimp in Pumpkin) is a creamy seafood stew served at coastal restaurants throughout Brazil, and traces back to the 1940s in São Paulo. Gloriously presented in a pumpkin, it’s a conversation piece that will impress your dinner guests both for its flavor and decorative flair.  This recipie I found at the Latin Kitchen…

http://thelatinkitchen.com/recipe/camarao-na-moranga-shrimp-pumpkin

 

For all your catering needs contact Paul @ www.5adaycatering.co.uk

 

New Year, New You!!

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new year new you

Over done things this festive season? eaten to much? drank to much? could not be bothered to go to the gym?  Well if your like me, you will be trying to muster up the motivation to start back at the gym and planning a healthy diet for the next few weeks to stop feeling so bloated.

You’ll probably still have things lying around the house and in the fridge, boxes of chocolates, tins of biscuits, cheeses & pates in the fridge…..

 

Why not join the BBC Good Food healthy diet plan? it starts on the 6th Jan giving you a few more days grace to finish off any Christmas leftovers, each week you will get emailed the week ahead meal plan, tips on breakfast, lunch and dinners.

Click on the below link and sign up today and lets all get healthy together…..

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/bbc-good-foods-healthy-diet-plan#mealplans

 

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