Last month Jo and I ventured up to the BBC Good Food Eat Well Show, in search of new and exciting products. We expected to find a lot of 'energy' balls, breakfast bars, dried fruit and free-from treats. What we didn't expect was to find, and try, a range of insect snacks, including crickets!
The Paleo Diet has become hugely fashionable over the last few years and involves going back to basics; the simple version is along the lines of eating only meat, fish, vegetables and fruit - and excluding most dairy, cereal products and processed food from the diet. So what to eat when it comes to breakfast?
As a Paleo eater I must admit, the thought of meat substitute food really doesn't get me excited but after a week of Fry Family Food I have to say the resulting meals were not quite what I expected.
Last year a selection of health-focussed, energy bars made with cricket flour was launched nationwide. Crobar is the first food product to retail in the UK that uses insects as an ingredient and the bars are billed as a healthy source of vitamins, antioxidants and protein - as well as being gluten, soy and dairy-free.
Farmhouse Kitchen was created in 2001 by Steve, Pip and Mo, out of a sense of exasperation at not finding good quality jams, chutneys and marmalades without additives and preservatives being offered at a reasonable price. Based at The Old Piggery in Canterbury, Farmhouse Kitchen are part of Produced in Kent.
Founded in 2001 by father of three, Angus Olipant, Miniscoff is aimed at busy mums like me. From the beginning, I will say I wish I had known about this company back in 2001/02 as my children and I too, were denied!
