The What's For Dinner Show

After growing up in Devon and a career in the MET Police, my guest travelled nearly 13,000km across the world to live and work in The Falklands Islands. What was it like to live, work (and eat) on this remote island during the COVID pandemic? Did school-days Domestic Science lessons help her survive? Or did a life of shift work and it's associated poor eating habits leave Detective Constable Helen Taylor playing 'chicken' to see who in the household was going to cook the next meal?
Michael and I then discuss and applaud the humble chickpea in Nugget of Knowledge and we also taste test some chickpea snacks... are they really an alternative to a bag of crisps?
Guest: Detective Constable Helen Taylor, Stanley, The Falkland Islands
Host: Lynne O'Halloran
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www.bravefoods.co.uk

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Michelle Beck is the founder of the Taunton Independent Market which runs monthly in the town centre. After launching just days before COVID-19 hit the country, it has been a tough journey for Michelle, but persistence and a strong belief in the community's willingness to support local traders kept her going and the footfall for the 60 plus stall holders that visit the town each month is growing. Join me as we chat about fave foods, strange food habits, keto diets and how grandparents play a key role in our early relationship to food.
In this episode's Nugget of Knowledge, Michael and I consider whether we really need to drink as much water as we are led to believe.
Guest: Michelle Beck of Taunton Independent Markets
Host: Lynne O'Halloran
Episode Links
www.tauntonmarket.co.uk

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Maddie Dampier is a young woman with a passion for salads. After growing up eating not much else other than baked beans, she realised that the only way to ensure a healthly approach to her diet was to embark on a 'side hustle' to create and share her unique salad ideas on social media. With a large and growing audience on Instagram, Maddie is forging ahead with her ideas and hopes what she posts will inspire others to a mindful and healthy approach to food. After all, as she says, it is a myth that healthy food is difficult and expensive! On the Nugget of Knowledge I demo one of Maddie's recent offerings and then Michael taste tests if and gives it a huge thumbs up.
Guest: Maddie Dampier of @madeleinesmeals
Host: Lynne O'Halloran
Episode Links
Find Maddie on Instagram at @madeleinesmeals

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In this episode I am joined by youth football coach Mo Hopkins who works for Bridgwater and Taunton College and for Somerset County Schools FA training the future generation of football talent. We talk growing up around football and how Mo fits a healthy diet into his busy and active life. I am then joined by Michael and we discuss the history of fish and chips. Plus we explore the calories involved in that delicious Friday night treat and consider how recent events have impacted the price of one of the nation's favourite take-aways.
Guest: Maurice Hopkins, Head of Football at Bridgwater and Taunton College, Somerset
Host: Lynne O'Halloran
Episode Links
To find out more about football at Bridgwater and Taunton College visit www.btc.ac.uk and for Somerset County Schools FA visit somersetcsfa.org.uk or you can both on Instagram and Facebook.
To read more about the UK fish and chip industry visit www.nfff.co.uk

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Foodie choices were limited for my first guest, Michael O'Halloran, who grew up in 1970s Ireland. Michael is my husband and he kindly volunteered to be my podcast 'guinea pig' interviewee allowing me to test my questioning skills and revealing some suprising facts about his life that I wasn't aware off... his secret desires involving hard boiled eggs for example... you will have to listen to find out more!

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