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One of my red / beige flags definitely is that I keep buying butternut squash and then not use it or only use a small piece for a recipe and leave the rest.So when my husband was mocking me about buying a new squash AGAIN, I swore I’d use it this time, no really! IContinue reading “Butternut Squash “Risotto””

Another quick and easy recipe from my instagram – and one of my favourite ingredients -Feta Cheese. You’ll need 1kg of carrots, washed, 1 pack of feta cheese – the real one, not the cows milk salad cheese, half a container of sour cream (200ml), 100g cream cheese, 1 lemon, 1 bunch of parsley, garlic,Continue reading “Whipped Feta & Roast Carrots”

… when feeding a toddler. If you are a parent and your child has recently started weaning, or is in nursery you have probably done a quick google search on what your toddler should and shouldn’t eat. And as usual when it comes to anything to do with children, the opinions, covered as “professional advice”Continue reading “10 foods to turn to”

Summer is finally here and this weekend was a “Scorcher” – as usual, the British Media is surprised by warm temperatures and absolutely everyone is immediately topless and heading to the beach. If you’re looking for something easy to prep for the beach day or the evening after, your search is over. For this gorgeousContinue reading “roast pepper pasta salad”

This might sound like Clickbait, but I don’t bake. I hate baking and everyone in my family is mediocre at it at absolute best – apart from my nan. She’s a great baker and makes amazing biscuits, however, that might just be what nans do?! Both my mum and me are famously terrible with bakingContinue reading “Strawberry Cheesecake”

… when feeding a toddler. If you are a parent and your child has recently started weaning, or is in nursery you have probably done a quick google search on what your toddler should and shouldn’t eat. And as usual when it comes to anything to do with children, the opinions, covered as “professional advice”Continue reading “10 foods to avoid …”

This is a repost from my instagram @janajarrettnutrition : Cooperation Pebbles is a term I use with my clients that comes from the spoon theory: According to spoon theory, people wake with enough spoons to tackle the expectations of the day. They can tend to self care, home, job or studies or social plans andContinue reading “Cooperation Pebbles”

Always coming up with new dishes or innovative ways to make your children eat veggies or fruit can be exhausting. Things that work one day will be refused another day, things that are inhaled one one day will be the most disgusting thing (“and I have never liked this!!”) once you finally bought enough toContinue reading “3x 10 Minute Meals for Children”

Easter is near and I am putting an Easter Brunch together – pretty flowers, some sweets, candy eggs and lots of boiled eggs and carrots of course. I spent last Saturday morning the morning prepping, cutting, grilling and baking away, and among the bread muffins with egg-frosting, summer rolls with egg and crunchy vegetables andContinue reading “Coronation Carrot Bunnies”

Quick recipe time for a vegan three bean chilli I cook for the children at the nursery group I work for, one of my all time favourite and really easy! We don’t always need “fancy” ways to guarantee protein intake, as beans have 24g protein per 100g of dry beans. Beans are an excellent lowContinue reading “3 Bean Chilli (Nursery)”

Woodland mushroom Carbonara – I recently had a conversation with one of my colleagues about forest nurseries and schools and what a wonderful opportunity they are for children of all ages to learn more about nature and survival. In the context of this we were talking about how you can cook anything on the fireContinue reading “Woodland Carbonara”

The other month me and my husband went to an expensive supper club – and although I’m not particularly picky, I didn’t like it very much. During the evening I suggested to do our own dinner party and sent out invites to six of our friends. Well excited I decided to ask everyone for theirContinue reading “Dinner Party”

One of the reasons I chose the name “The Alternative Nutritionist” apart from me being non judgemental about people’s nutrition and diets no matter what they chose for themselves is the reason that I am very heavily tattooed and alternative looking. The picture on the right is merely five months old and not up toContinue reading “Nutrition & Tattoos”

When I moved out at the age of 19 I was the only person in my friends circle who had their own apartment, let alone the ability to cook. After a few teething problems I started working at a local restaurant and when I wasn’t working, I constantly had people around. The main dishes weContinue reading “quick and easy pasta salad”

The field of nutrition and nutritional coaching is full of self proclaimed experts, coaches and health gurus, all giving “essential”, sometimes contradicting, sometimes dangerous advice. The title nutritionist or nutritional coach is not regulated in this country or in Germany, where I received my qualification and that means, it’s opened to everyone coming up withContinue reading “Essential Nutrients and how to find them.”

So, last week it was my husband’s birthday and without any communication between us, all friends and family settled for the topic “cheese”. I had bought him some axes (yes, I know, no, I actually mean axes) to cut cheese, his aunt had bought him a beautiful cheese board – although you won’t be ableContinue reading ““Cheeseboard” Gnocchi”

I did a thing – a very exciting thing as such. For my employer “Dicky Birds Nurseries” and “Kiddi Caru Nurseries” I have been allowed to be working on a very exciting project. Over the last year they have published a curriculum with programs for children between 2-5, called “Foundations for the Future” – itContinue reading “Foundations for the Future”

Easter Brunch is a tradition in our family. We used to all go to my nan’s house, where you would get “Easter Lamb”, a sponge cake shaped as a lamb and lots and lots of other tasty treats. See, if you spent the Saturday and Sunday before Easter to blow out eggs, boil them toContinue reading “Feta Dip with Sesame Carrots”

Cross contamination, what does it mean? Here is the definition: “The process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance or object to another, with potentially harmful effect.”But I’m always working clean, you might say! And you probably do, but you can never be sure, that everyone, every supplier, every otherContinue reading “What is Cross Contamination”