When you have a sweet tooth it is extremely difficult to just ignore it, I find that I just have to dig into the cupboard and find something to satisfy those cravings. No matter where you go you are confronted with the words low fat, less sugar, no added this and that, as if that is meant to make you feel any better about the fact that you have just devoured a half a packet of low fat biccies.Many of my friends love the Go Ahead range but I don't find them very appealing. I love digestive biscuits, the nutty McVities digestive biscuits are marvellous dunker's, they are gorgeous with a hunk of cheese and I find that they are quite filling. In our ...  Read the complete review

For most of this year, I have been becoming intimately acquainted with the downright pain in the arse (or more accurately, pain in the right upper quadrant) that is gallstones. I won't go into the gory details here, except to say that one impact this has had on my life is to make me cultivate an intimate knowledge of the fat content of everything in the supermarket. Gone are the carefree days of chocolate and pizza. Hello to foods whose names contain the words "Diet", "Light" (or "Lite"), "Good for you", "Healthy choices" etc ad infinitum. My dietician gave me a very simple instruction: aim for foods with no ...  Read the complete review