Nov 2008
NEW RECIPE BOOK OUT NOW
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We may be watching our pennies but are we watching what we eat? Both Children and adults are still eating far too much salt which has been linked to higher blood pressure increasing the risk of heart disease in stroke.
And it’s not just heart attacks and strokes that are caused by a high-salt diet. Too much salt is also linked with stomach cancer and osteoporosis and can aggravate the symptoms of asthma. The average consumption of salt in the UK is about 9g a day but many people eat much more than this amount. It is recommended that we should reduce our intake by one-third to eat no more than 6g a day. If we reduce our salt intake by around 2.5g a day it can reduce our risk of having a stroke or heart attack by one quarter. As a population, for each gram of salt that we cut out of our national average intake, we will save over 6,500 lives each year. We will also prevent over 6,500 heart attacks and strokes each year.
With everything we know about the dangers of eating too much salt, we all need to become more savvy at reading food labels, avoid adding salt to food and opting for low salt options. As about 80% of the salt we eat comes from processed foods, ready meals and takeways one of the best ways to cut down our intake is to cook more meals from scratch. But this doesn’t need to mean spending hours in the kitchen or spending a fortune. A new recipe book THE TOP 100 LOW SALT RECIPES BY CHRISTINE BAILEY (Duncan Baird Publishers Jan 2009) shows you how to create delicious healthy meals in minutes with minimum ingredients but maximum flavour. So not only will you save the pennies you will also cut your salt intake and boost your health with just one little cook book.
LOW SALT – THE TASTY, FLAVOURSOME WAY!
Lowering salt intake has never been easier or tastier! This fantastic pocket-sized guide will help you create healthy breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts that your whole family will enjoy.
Eating too much salt can contribute to many health problems, including osteoporosis, certain cancers, kidney disease and obesity, as well as raising your blood pressure and increasing your risk of heart disease and stroke. Governments and health organizations around the world are advising us to cut our salt intake.
However, reducing your salt content doesn’t have to mean bland, flavourless food, or meals that are difficult to prepare. This book shows you how to use a range of exciting alternative flavourings, herbs and spices to create tantalizing, healthy meals. What’s more, all the recipes are rich in essential nutrients to help boost your health and energy levels. Choose from a wonderful range of world flavours from different cuisines, as well as low-salt versions of firm favourites, including burgers, curries, breads, soups and sweet treats.
The 100 mouth-watering recipes are divided into breakfasts, lunches, teas, dinner and desserts. All the meals are quick and easy to make and each recipe comes with nutritional information on health benefits and at-a-glance symbols.
So don’t feel deprived – use this one-stop guide to tasty, delicious low-salt cooking and support your heart and health for the future!
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July 2007
Christine Bailey helps school achieve National Healthy Cooking Award with Sainsbury’s Active Kids Competition ALDRYNGTON’S BIG FAT HEALTHY GREEK LUNCH
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Monday 25th June 2007 was a big day for Aldryngton Primary School, Wokingham. Runners up award for the South East Region Sainsbury’s Active Kids competition teachers and children from the school were invited to a National Awards event to meet Jamie Oliver. Christine Bailey, Freelance food and health teacher, chef and food and health writer instigated the work at the school early in the year, which was to win the award. The Active Kids Competition, run by Sainsbury’s is open to all primary and secondary schools each year. Schools are required to submit examples of healthy cooking and eating projects undertaken by the children including healthy recipes, reasons for choice, photographs of food the children cooked and details of their health benefits. Aldryngton’s award was for their work with Year 3s and 4s in creating a delicious healthy Greek lunch which all the 90 pupils took part in to prepare present and then eat with their teachers. The wonderful lunch was a huge success with the pupils and ended a term project on Ancient Greece.
All the children from 3 classes came together for most of the day to develop a healthy lunch under the guidance of Christine Bailey. The children looked at typical Greek foods, traditional recipes – Ancient and modern before creating, preparing and cooking a range of recipes for their own lunch. All children were involved in preparing, cooking and presenting the dishes.
The healthy lunch included making the following foods and dishes:
Greek style breads olive, mint and feta cheese
Sundried tomato and feta cheese
Greek honey and fruit tea bread
Bean Soup
Avagolemono soup (egg and lemon)
Dips and crudities Hummus and tzaziki with a range of raw vegetable sticks and wholemeal pitta bread
Greek Salad with a lemon oil dressing
Fresh fruit, Greek yogurt and Greek honey
Aldryngton Primary School has already achieved Healthy School Status and the whole school under the guidance of head teacher Mrs Stewart, is committed to encouraging children to adopt a healthier lifestyle including emphasis on their diet.
This project shows clearly how we can link curriculum teaching on Ancient Greeks to food nutrition and developing much needed practical cookery skills. This is not the first time the school has embarked on such a project. In the past Christine has helped them explore new ideas for healthy lunches, tasting new healthy foods for lunch boxes and recently the school has set up its own healthy tuck shop – run by the children. So impressed were local supermarkets with the Greek Day that Sainsbury’s in Winnersh and Waitrose in Wokingham donated some of the food for the event. TOTAL Greek Yogurt also supplied the school with all the yogurt and cheese. In addition a specialist gourmet food company Gourmet Foods part of Worldwide Brands donated some scrummy baklava and a range of antipasto for the children to taste. Four children attended the awards ceremony Nathan Bailey, Ali Khan, Rosie Begg and Megan Johnson where they spent plenty of time chatting to Jamie Oliver who was keen to find out more about their project. It was a wonderful day for the children and the school and Aldryngton has plans to win again next year!! |
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