Calorie Count (approx): per packet with 180ml skimmed milk – 223kcal Fulness Factor: 4/5 Time: 2 minutes (microwave) Price: £2.45 Tesco (10 per pack) Thank you for voting for porridge to be reviewed on The Breakfast Affair, it is certainly a good choice for warming you up before bracing the cold winter weather. For breakfast…
Unfortunately, 1 in 7 children in the UK and Ireland go to school without breakfast every single day. This has a very negative effect on their education and makes the child’s life a lot harder. A hungry child finds it difficult to concentrate at school making them restless and fidgety, which can be distracting for…
1. In Peru, BBQ guinea pig is a breakfast favourite as they are high in protein and low in fat. But don’t be fooled, it’s not just a leg or breast, they eat the whole thing! 2. Some Aborigines in Australia eat raw crocodile eggs for breaky. They simply knock it back as you would an oyster.…
It’s Christmas! And although the most prestigious meal of the day is lunch, we can’t forget breakfast. After all, we need all the energy we can get to open all those presents and laugh at those hilarious cracker jokes. The reindeers might have grass, bird eggs or wild mushrooms for breakfast, whilst poeople in Alaska might…
THE RESULTS ARE IN FOR THE BREAKFAST BEAUTY CHALLENGE! Last week, The Breakfast Affair set B’s Beauty Box a challenge. We asked her to come up with an organic beauty product using breakfast ingredients. The challenge ingredients were: Eggs Mayonnaise Honey Yoghurt Weetabix Bacon or Sausage B’s Beauty Box accepted the challenge and has been…
A recent scientific study has concluded that regularly eating a full English breakfast can help you lose weight. The Breakfast Affair delves a little deeper into the greasy truth and asks the questions: 1. How can you make a full English breakfast healthy? 2. Can claims like this be dangerous to a society…
Ever been to a cafe for breakfast and wondered how they get such hot, delicious food out so quickly? These are a few snaps from behind the scenes at Cafe 37. All picture credits Emma-Louise Pritchard If you are…
EXCITING BLOG POST COMING SOON The Breakfast Affair has teamed with B’s Beauty Box to bring breakfast and beauty together in harmony The Breakfast Affair has challenged B’s Beauty Box to make a beauty enhancing, skin satisfying FACE MASK OUT OF BREAKFAST INGREDIENTS, some of which you might expect to see included but also some…
CLICK THE BODY… then select the icons to reveal different snippets of info Click on this figure to find out how breakfast benefits different parts of your body. For example…did you know that a big breakfast can boost fertility? Or that breakfast can improve relationships? Related articles Benefits of Brekkie! (whatieat2013.wordpress.com) Lose Weight by Eating…
The Breakfast Affair has launched a YOUTUBE CHANNEL to bring you all things breakfast by video! To celebrate…here is the first How To video from me to you, giving you a healthy but indulgent option for a weekend breakfast. Related articles Does Breakfast have to be so boring? (cakepansandclothespins.com) Sunday Brunch: Smoked Salmon and Egg…
Calorie Count (approx): 2 x 31g portions with skim milk 300kcal Fullness Factor: 2/5 Time: 1 minute Price: £2.69 For breakfast last week, I had a bowl of Special K Chocolate with skimmed milk and here are my observations… It was tasty and quick It was disappointing on the fullness factor The box was…
If I was to tell you that someone was wearing their breakfast, I’m sure most of you would conjure up an image of some poor soul with their breakfast poured down their front…with egg on their face. However, in this instance I am referring to breakfast inspired clothing. Currently on display at the V&A in…
Review: Hot Cross Buns Calorie Count (approx): 2 buns with margarine at 190kcal each – 380kcal Fullness Factor: 4/5 Time: 3 minutes Price: 1 pack of 6 buns 50p Asda For breakfast this week, I have had 2 hot cross buns with butter. I know that some people’s initial thoughts may be that hot cross…
Jam…a British breakfast favourite and a sweet, flavoursome crowd pleaser…but for how long? This week, there has been a debate in Westminster over the revision of Jams and Similar Products (England) Regulations 2003. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has ordered a reduction in the permitted sugar levels in jam, jellie and…
I asked 25 people on the 5:2 diet what they have for breakfast on their fast days. The results were really interesting. A bit of background… You may have seen the BBC2 Horizon Eat, Fast and Live Longer, aired in August 2012. It was this documentary that sparked interest in the 5:2 diet, which is now…
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