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Your secret ingredient for a Burn’s Night supper! 

Planning a Burn’s Night supper celebration but don’t want the traditional haggis neeps and tatties? A quick and easy Midweek Winter Casserole from Heinz is sure to fit the bill. Use store cupboard, everyday ingredients to create your dish, and then simply add a can of Heinz Scotch Broth Soup as your secret ingredient for a taste of Burn’s Night tradition.

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Daily bread

If the very thought of giving up bread in an attempt to lose weight is just too much to contemplate, then rye bread could be what you are looking for. The Village Bakery, is throwing down the gauntlet with their Try Rye Challenge for anyone who wants to lose a few pounds, but can’t bear to forego a slice of toast in the morning. Their 14-day eating plan simply swaps your usual bread with Village Bakery rye bread instead. Rye bread will fill you up, and keep hunger pangs at bay for much longer, so you are less likely to be reaching for a mid-morning chocolate biscuit. It is also the perfect alternative to anyone who needs to cut down on their wheat intake, and if you team your rye bread up with an egg for breakfast, you will be surprised how full you will feel. Village Bakery rye bread is totally organic, and is in three varieties Rossisky, Seeded and Coriander. Download your diet plan at www.village-bakery.com. Available in Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Ocado ranging from £1.10 to £1.80

Time for tea

We are renowned for our tea-drinking in the UK, and with over 165,000,000 cups being drunk in the UK every single day of the year it’s not surprising! But how often do you think about how that tea bag in your kitchen cupboard got there, or where it started its journey?

Williamson Tea have been growing tea in Kenya for over 140 years and are the first major tea farmers in the world to be Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ-certified (UTZ is one of the largest sustainability programmes for coffee, cocoa and tea in the world). Not only committed to sustainable farming there are also ensure they share the farmland with the local wildlife and have created special ‘monkey corridors’ through the tea gardens for the Colobus monkeys to travel from one side of the forest to the other in safety. Their teas are also grown with no pesticides and sometimes used in tea production, making them the cleanest and healthiest around. Williamson’s Pure Green Tea, their newest tea, is perfect for a January detox; rich in anti-oxidants and can also help lose weight by boosting your metabolism and burning fat, as well as a whole host of health benefits including lowering cholesterol.

So next time you are buying tea, make sure you check the box for the Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ marks to ensure your cuppa is not only benefiting your sense of wellbeing, but it is also benefiting the local communities who live near, and work on the tea farms. Williamson Teas are available in all major supermarkets. Pure Green is available online at www.willimason.tea.com

Super duper!

It can take a while to get in to the stride of healthy eating and dieting, so anything that makes it less of a shock the better! Linwoods Healthy Super Foods are just the thing to ease you in to your new regime, by simply adding two dessert spoonfuls of their Super Foods to a meal each day.

Each pack is full of organic sees and berries and with nine different varieties you are bound to find one (or two) to suit you. Sprinkle Organic Hemp to porridge to boost your Iron intake or add whole Sun-dried Goji Berries to cereal to help your immune system; you can add all the Super Foods to salad, yoghurt, even smoothies. They are all gluten free, have no added sugar and are a rich source of selenium and magnesium. Cold-milled to protect the essential fatty acids, means they are absorbed immediately into your body. What an easy way to do yourself good with very little effort!

Available from independent health food stores, Holland & Barrett, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and online at www.linwoodshealthfoods.com Approx £5 per (360g) pack.

Sweet nothings

Introducing Truvia, the first completely calorie-free sweetener available in the UK. Made from stevia leaf extract - one of the chrysanthemum family - Truvia has the crunch of sugar so is perfect for sprinkling on cereal. It’s zero calorie content, means it is ideal not for those wishing to lose a few pounds, but for anyone with diabetes and is also suitable for vegans, vegetarians and gluten-free.

Available from all major retailers in packs of 60 sachets £2.29; 120 sachets £3.99 and a spoonable jar £4.99

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