The Horrors of Trick or Treats!

Last year neither child came home with one piece of fruit or one peanut. Instead they were laden down with chocolates, chewy bars, crisps, candied popcorn and a variety of other high sugar, high fat content 'GOODIES'?

26/10/2012   by Richard Murphy   0 Comments

Kids in the Kitchen

Oops… picture the mess… cracked eggs miss the bowl, flour on the floor, sticky fingers BUT plenty of laughing can be heard. It’s Kids in the Kitchen! 

22/08/2012   by Amanda McCloat   0 Comments

My first day at school

Do you remember your first day at school? I won’t tell you what year it was, but there was a lot of polyester around and most lunches involved salami sandwiches and Blue Riband bars.

14/08/2012   by Aileen McGloin   0 Comments

The power of role modelling

Kids do the funniest things. Especially when they start to mimic those around them. Whether it's their favourite character on television (my 2 and-a-bit year old thinks he is a Fireman), a friend or adult in their lives, children have an ability to ...

18/09/2011   by Dermot Moriarty   1 Comments

Why learning about food should be child's play

The blog is back! Sorry for missing the post last week. I was speaking at a conference we hosted on Thursday in Cork called "Salt: Hard to Shake" which launched new salt research and showed we're still eating way too much salt in our diets. (you can...

08/09/2011   by Dermot Moriarty   0 Comments