From teenage body angst to pioneering modern-day salads with @madeleinesmeals, plus a recipe demo and taste test!

08/08/22 • 37 min

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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Football, food and feeling good with Mo Hopkins and a deep dive (!) into fish and chips.

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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Guest: Michelle Beck of Taunton Independent Markets
Host: Lynne O'Halloran
Episode Links
www.tauntonmarket.co.uk