This is bound to be a winner...

Here is October's archive gem! Sweet potato chips mmmm...

http://myfruitandvegetablefriends.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/chips.html

Delicious and nutritious alternative to fast food fried potato fries and wedges. 

The Truth About Junk Food

Junk food that doesn't even decompose after 1 year?! Is this really what we want our kids to eat on a regular basis? 

One mother in Canada kept a burger and fries for one year and published the results in the press. Here are the before and after photos from the Daily Mail newspaper along with ingredients present in regular fast food burger buns and fries. The fresher the food the quicker it spoils, the more natural the produce the quicker it rots. Do we really want to feed children something that has added colourants and preservatives so that the food maintains its look even after 1 year? 

"If you don't recognise and understand the words in the list of ingredients, then you probably shouldn't be eating it." 

Jamie Oliver 

Chips?!

Who doesn't love sitting by the seaside with some freshly prepared fish and chips from the local chippy - I do for sure...every once and a while. However when fast food becomes a weekly, daily habit it can cause many health problems as well as offering not much nutritional value to keep ourselves and our children going in this ever hectic world of ours. 

Chips are popular with children especially, being (for many years) a staple in school lunches. Thanks to Jamie Oliver and other like minded people/organisations this is starting to change.

So heres an alternative, try cutting sweet potatoes into chunky chip shapes and roasting them in the oven. Just a little olive oil, tiny sprinkle of sea salt and bake until golden and crispy. Delicious and it also counts as one of your kids 5 a day...