Credit Crunch Lunch - by the Hectic Host: two kids, two lunches, one week; under a tenner.
I t seems that time is not the only thing of which we are all short: If the papers are to be believed we are all feeling the pinch at moment; and some of us in more ways than one – and me certainly more than an inch! As we all know a balanced diet early in life pays dividends in later years. Convenient, but expensive, prepared foods are full of hidden fat and sugar, cleverly piling on the pounds and haemorrhaging them at the same time! Whilst I guiltily packed slices of pizza and chocolate bars into my Godchildren’s backpacks on their last day of term I thought to myself that surely if one did one’s homework one could feed two children quick and nutritious lunches using fresh ingredients, sourced locally, and bring it all in at under £10. I put the challenge to chef and nutritionalist Suné Connell ( www.nutritionredefined.co.uk ) and can you believe it, Suné gave me change from a tenner! The following lunches are nutritionally balanced with good amounts of protein, carbohydrates, fat, ...