
Chicken nuggets and Kumara chips
One of my childhood favourites was chicken nuggets and chips. As an adult, a Nutritionist and Naturopath, it is pretty disgusting to understand what is actually in them. And that makes me sad. Sometimes you just need those childhood memories to make you feel all warm and fuzzy again. According to Food Matters (2011), McDonalds chicken nuggets are made with the following ingredients; Autolysed yeast extract (compound similar to MSG) Sodium phosphates Sodium aluminum phosphate

Carrot and Zucchini fritters
Zucchini – courgette – summer squash - whatever you like to call it. This vegetable is so versatile and high in yummy vitamins and nutrients essential to good health. Powerful in antioxidants, containing; alpha-carotene and beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin. Interestingly, unlike other foods such as carrots (which are orange) which contain these types of antioxidants zucchini is green. And an unlikely suspect to contain these sorts of ingredients. Thes