Monday, July 31, 2006

Lunch Box Idea: Cream of Cauliflower Soup and Wholewheat bread

A great lunch box idea for a cold winter's morning,  a flask of cream of cauliflower soup and 2 slices of Mary-ann's Never Fail wholewheat bread to dip. Melissa and Kelsey insisted on their strawberries again today so I packed them in their whole form as this is how they most enjoy them. Today for a bit of variety I have included some guava wedges and a whole Granny Smith apple .... what are the chances of these whole apples being eaten?

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Friday, July 28, 2006

Lunch Box Idea: Strawberries and Homemade Trail Mix




Same old lunch box idea. As you can see I have once again included strawberries in Melissa and Kelsey's lunchbox today. Strawberries are definately in at the moment and will be eaten three times a day if permitted. We've had them in fruit salad, juiced, ice lollies, ice cream but their absolute favorite is to eat them as is or as an occasional treat drizzled with cream. For a bit of variety I have mixed them with peeled oranges. We also mixed our own trail mix this morning. This ensures that it is preservative free. I also like to include the girls, and have them add the bits that they really enjoy, as this ensures that the lunchbox comes home empty. They are running in a cross country race this afternoon in their brand new DSG running vests , and I also included a bottle of filtered water which I am sure will be devoured after the race if not before. The extra large kiwis which are imported from New Zealand, I managed to acquire reasonably inexpensively, they have also been enjoyed this week. I have also prepared fruit salad below which will be light on their stomach but will give them enough energy to complete their 2km run. I hope that they have eaten all their raisins as these are also an excellent natural energy source. I'm off to Laerskool Jopie Fourie for the cross country.Enjoy your weekend!

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Thursday, July 27, 2006

All about me

My name is Debbie Langley. I am married to Gavin and have 2 gorgeous girls. Their names are Melissa Chelsea and Kelsey Rebecca Langley. All three of them are keen sporting enthusiasts and enjoy the outdoors. I am a qualified pharmacist and have recently completed Mary-ann Shearers NHN and NHC courses in Natural Health. Working as a pharmacist I quickly came to realise that drugs were not curing any of my patients' medical conditions, many of them were actually suffering from additional side effects. When Kelsey developed a dairy intolerance and I was faced with the choice of feeding her a bright red anti-histamine everyday or change our diet my nutritional journey began. Why the Natural Way? I am now passionate about healthy eating and giving my family the greatest gift I can give them, the gift of a long and healthy life. We have been following the Natural Way program for 3 years now and have never felt better. The comments keep rolling in. I am regularly inundated with requests to talk on healthy lunchboxes and this is why I blogged this site to offer other moms out there some inspiration. I also give various talks amongst them talks on "Healthy Lunchboxes" and "How to Disease Proof Your Child" and "The Parents role in Health, Wellness and Optimum Performance". For further information or to book a talk send an email to dlangley@netactive.co.za. I also offer natural health consultations which are appointment based. Tariffs thereof as follows R500.00 for an initial consultation, R250.00 for an online consultation. Looking forward to meeting many of you along the way on our journey to health. Debbie