Portion Size?

26th June 2016

Bonus Q & A. This week you asked mostly about Portion Size. And ladies and gents – SIZE MATTERS. How many? How much? What weight? How many grams is that? How big a handful? Is that enough? Am I putting in too much? …..etc…..

You asked in relation to our recipes/ideas/creations. When sharing my ideas I need point out its usually instant so I can give you a list of ingredients, BUT I know, I don’t usually tell you how much to use, so I wanted to address this question of portion size firstly in relation to our “recipes” and secondly in general.

PORTION SIZE in our creations:

The simple, honest, no nonsense answer as to why we don’t usually include a weight or measurement is because

A) We don’t usually weigh or measure our ingredients. *

B) Because the recipes or ideas we share are usually a one off/first time/instant/this is what I just made and its great – kind of thing. So making it again could mean we use a different portion size of each ingredient or other ingredients!

C) Also, we don’t TELL you how much because we try to EMPOWER you to make your own decisions and creative choices when it comes to food. You might not like one of the ingredients we use, so you can try the recipe and leave that out/substitute it. You may love something in there, so want to include more. And that’s fine.

(* Can I just add we haven’t really attempted baking yet in any pro manner – baking will and does require more precise measurements and when we cross that bridge things may become more precise – for now a cup means use the same cup for all cupfuls in this recipe, a handful means your own hand size, table spoon is the one in the drawer next to the knife and fork, tea spoon is the one your stir the milk in with)

more “Portion Size?” …

Positive Steps

Hands up – who wants to walk with us? Who wants to cheer us on? Who wants drinks and feeding after the event? We are taking part in the Positive Steps 15km charity walk for MIND in Croydon (Sunday 26th June 2016) and inviting you to come along and get involved!

Positive Steps is a 15km WALK – no running required – around Lloyd Park in Croydon to benefit the Mind in Croydon charity. Mind is a charity and resource for better mental health and positive steps is the walk we can do to help raise awareness of the charity and of mental health in Croydon.

If you want to take part, support the charity and raise awareness, plus get your waking in, have a gossip and a laugh on the way round, and eat and drink afterwards……you can register for the walk, for a minimal entry fee (that goes straight to charity) with MIND in Croydon. You can fund raise too – maybe we can do that part together too? But you don’t have to, its the taking part that counts as far as I’m concerned, so come walk with us – I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

To register: http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/positive-steps.asp or simply email me: info@nitakothari.com for registration and event info.

For more details about MIND in Croydon: http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/index.asp

Complete the Cook – week 1

23rd June 2016

Welcome to the first in a series of Complete the Cook posts, where we share our favourite product recommendations that work in what we are eating / cooking / blending and creating now! This is without money changing hands, no endorsements etc just what we use, find helpful, cheap, easy – what makes sense, comes in on budget, tastes good and of course is pretty healthy too! This should help you create your shopping lists if you want to try any of these no nonsense meal ideas too!

Full Complete the Cook blog CLICK HERE but here are the bones of it for you:

3 recipes this week:

Breakfast – with the “Straight Up” yoghurt pots from The Collective Dairy

Strawberry Salad – with the “Perfectly Imperfect” range from Tesco

Green Smoothie – with chopped mango chunks from Tesco

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Positive Steps Walk

20th April 2016

Positive Steps walk details……read on …..

We do nutrition – you know that, so why am I telling you again. Well we talk a lot about food and drink and what we consume on a daily basis, but what we don’t mention as much, although we think about and practice a lot, is feeding the other aspects in our lives as well as our bellies – ie our minds, our relationships, even our finances and career. You may have come across the concept of PRIMARY FOODS – its been knocking about in a few different guises so we have more details and a great exercise for you to focus on your own primary foods coming in the next blog.

In the meantime though, talking about feeding the mind, I wanted to let you now that I’m taking part in a charity walk for Mind in Croydon the mental health charity and resource. I’m bringing it back to my roots and walking, not running, Sunday 26th June. If you want to join me on the Positive Steps walk let me know by emailing me here: info@nitakothari.com and I will send over the details for entry. Rain or shine, I imagine it will be quite a laugh if we get a group together… drinks and a good feed afterwards as well anyone?

Who’s IN ??????

MORE INFO: The Positive Steps walk is a 15km WALK (no running) around Lloyd Park in Croydon to benefit the Mind in Croydon charity. Mind is a charity and resource for better mental health and positive steps is the walk we can do to help raise awareness of the charity and of mental health in the Croydon borough in general. You can register with MIND in Croydon for a minimal fee and if you want to you can fund raise for the event too. Its the taking part that counts as far as I’m concerned though, so come walk with us – I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

See our EVENTS calendar on June 26th for more info or visit: http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/positive-steps.asp

To register or find out more about our plans for the day simply email me: info@nitakothari.com

For more details about MIND in Croydon: http://www.mindincroydon.org.uk/index.asp

You can also find details over on our Facebook page