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Posted by kathryn in Breakfast, Dairy, Grains, Labels & advertising and Junk Food
- Overseas action on junk food advertising to kids: tomorrow the UK parliament is having its second reading of a bill aimed at preventing the advertising on TV of foods high in fat, sugar and sodium before 9pm (when in theory young children have stopped watching and gone to bed).
- According to Rudd Sound Bites, Starbucks in the US is about to make reduced fat milk the standard in a lot of its drinks.
- I like this breakfast smoothie from Mostly Eating: a rhubarb and ginger thickie!
- Having mentioned quinoa this week in Q & A Thursday it reminded me of my intention to make this " lemon scented quinoa salad ":http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001493.html from 101 Cookbooks.
- DietMotion compares fast food salads and burgers – showing that the salad is not always the lowest fat (or kilojoule) option. The Taco Bell salad has 45g of fat.
- There’s a surprising number of unlikely foods that contain meat and fish, as the Herald calls it sneaky meats and furtive fish. However there are also a number of meaty sounding foods that are vegetarian – Masterfood Bacon Chips anyone?
- In a good example of how to lower the fat and hide more vegies in a standard meat-based dish, Tara from Should You Eat That performs a makeover on meatballs. Each portion gives at least half your daily vegie intake and nobody will notice.
08 June, 2007
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Hi Kathryn,
Thanks for the link to my post! Just found your site and am loving the accurate health information on here, it is wonderful to see. Love your work, I am adding your link to my sidebar.
Thanks Tara. I’ve also been eyeing off your recipe for curried lentil burgers recipe – looks delicious.
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