by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 24, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Lazy food for Summer My favourite hotel in Rome is the Hotel Quirinale, one of Europe’s Grand Hotels, with its cool garden (above) that was a haven in the noise and heat of a Roman summer. Sitting on the restaurant terrace, overlooking the garden, my favourite...
by Verite Reily Collins | May 21, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Summer food When the sun finally appears, no-one wants to waste time cooking big meals when you can be outdoors. Take a tip from the Greeks, Italians and the rest of the Mediterranean, and serve up big platters of cold salads, with hard-boiled eggs, cold sausages,...
by Verite Reily Collins | May 3, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Summer Salads are here! Verité Reily Collins © Tis the season for fresh, crispy salads. Which is a lovely way to eat healthily, lose weight and get a big dose of Vitamin ‘C’. If you are suffering from fatigue, Salads are very ‘accommodating. They...
by Verite Reily Collins | Mar 13, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Easter food For centuries, Easter was the time when people feasted. It signified the end of Lent, Spring fruit and vegetables were coming through, and all sorts of goodies were in season. Easter Sunday Lunch Traditionally, this would have been lamb – but as a...
by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 28, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Comfort food for Winter In winter Vegans and Vegetarians come into their own when it comes to cooking healthy, comforting and warming meals. Fresh British vegetables are in the shops, with no worries about shortages in case Brexit might have closed borders. For lucky...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jan 29, 2021 | Nutrition, Food & Exercise
Easy cooking for Winter These two seasonal recipes, one for a basic inexpensive mince recipe that can use up left-overs, and the other for marmalade using Seville Oranges in season, can be made in stages; do as much as you want, then come back to them a few hours...
