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    5 flirty foods for Valentine's day

    • Feb 09, 2024
    • by Anne Finch

    Will you be sipping on bubbles and slipping down oysters to get in the mood this Valentine’s day? I'm going to let you in on some good news and some bad news...

  • Snack plate dinners

    Snack plate dinners for those days you don’t feel like cooking

    • Feb 05, 2024
    • by Gael Myers

    Sometimes, life happens, and we don’t always have the energy or time to make a capital m ‘Meal’. While the dinner purists may turn up their nose at the idea of an odds and ends snack plate, I would like to sing its praises.

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    Unconventional breakfasts

    • Dec 04, 2023
    • by Anne Finch

    Whether you’re looking to save time in the morning, don’t enjoy cereal/ toast, or would like to expand your breakfast horizons, we’ve got some off-beat brekkies that are fun and delicious.

  • Sharing lunch

    Men's Health Week 2023

    • Jun 09, 2023
    • by James Stevens-Cutler

    Eating salad, turning down a beer, talking about your feelings, and going to the doctor when you’re sick could all get you called unmanly. And it has to stop!

  • Cost of sandwiches for a week

    How to eat well on the cheap

    • Jun 05, 2023
    • by Anne Finch

    Cooking at home is a great way to save money, and can be really simple! We’ve put together some of our team favourites, and have costed them out to share our brekkie basics for around $1.50 per serving, and low-cost lunches for around $2.50.

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    Eat well for less: Tasty dinner recipes for less than $3 a plate

    • Jun 02, 2023
    • by Gael Myers

    Help your food budget go further with these tasty meal ideas that come in at under $3 per person.

  • Grocery staples

    Grocery staples for cheap and cheerful meals

    • May 28, 2023
    • by Gael Myers

    Reduce your food bills and avoid extra trips to the supermarket with our cheap and cheerful meal ideas using grocery staples. Most of what you already have in the pantry and fridge, with a few simple additions, will get you through for longer than you think!

  • The $100 trolley

    • May 26, 2023
    • by Anne Finch

    How far can $100 stretch? This trolley has the main ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 4 people, for 5 days.

  • Spice rack

    Pass the salt: LiveLighter’s top tips to reduce your sodium intake

    • Mar 29, 2023
    • by LiveLighter

    Found in salt, sodium is a mineral that our bodies need to regulate healthy blood circulation, muscle and nerve function, and to balance fluids. But we need to be careful about how much we consume.

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    The best eggs you'll eat this Easter

    • Mar 27, 2023
    • by Anne Finch

    As Easter chocolate starts to find its way into our homes and workplaces, LiveLighter dietitian Anne Finch recommends we embrace a different sort of egg – the chicken kind.