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Preparing food is putting Brits off cooking meals at home, reveals research. Image: Thinkstock

Chopping veg puts Brits off cooking at home

Brits are avoiding preparing and cooking home cooked meals because chopping vegetables is 'too tedious' reveals survey.

Only budding chefs and fantastic foodies need apply. Image: Thinkstock

Budding food writers wanted for new recipe book

Want to be the next Nigella or Jamie Oliver? You can have your recipe published in a new book with the New York Bagel Co.

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Four in ten people disappointed with their Christmas dinner

Around 40% of Brits will fail to cook the perfect Christmas dinner this year, according to new research.

Children love to try food they've cooked

Encourage children to try new foods

Lead by example if you want your children to grow up with a healthy appetite and varied tastes. That's the advice of Heart Research UK, who have put together some top tips for family mealtimes to help you navigate the awkward stages.

Meal ideas for busy families

Home-cooked meals can teach children about nutrition

Cooking meals from scratch is a bit of a lost art in some family homes. A new family cookbook aims to teach children and parents how to make home-cooked meals that are as quick, easy and convenient as takeaways or processed foods.

Mustard has a long shelf life

Mustard helps add flavour without added cost

Brits are turning to Dijon mustard to save time and save pennies as the humble condiment becomes a staple in British home cooking, a report says. A whopping 80% of Brits polled admitted to having at least one jar of Dijon mustard in their kitchen.

Get creative with your pies

New tools make it easy to add pastry flourish to pies

Looking to impress dinner party guests or visiting family this easter? New Apple Leaf Cut & Form Moulds designed by Squires Kitchen’s very own master craftsman are perfect for adding pastry apple leaf decorations and flourishes to pies.

Make sure pâté is thoroughly cooked

Beware food poisoning from undercooked pâté

One of Britain’s most popular starters - chicken liver pâté - can be a source of food poisoning if it is not cooked properly, with more than eight in 10 raw pates testing positive for the bug Campylobacter over a two-year testing period.

Stevia is the based for an extra-sweet sugar

Cut calories with extra-sweet sugar

A herb that grows wild as a small shrub in parts of Paraguay and Brazil is a key ingredient in Light at Heart, an ingredient that can help you cut calories in 2012. It is made by Tate & Lyle Sugars and contains half the calories of sugar.

Cheat like Delia to prevent waste

Are celebrity chefs to blame for food waste?

Should we blame Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay et al for the huge amount of food waste in Britain today? Researchers believe they encourage people cook a variety of meals from scratch using fresh ingredients throughout the week, leading to waste.

Mum does the cooking and washing up: survey

Most mums still in charge in the kitchen

The balance of power in the household is still straight from the 1950s - at least when it comes to the kitchen! A poll by Sainsbury’s magazine found most mums are in charge of feeding the family, doing the cooking AND the washing up at home.

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Broccoli helps kill cancer cells

Broccoli helps kill cancer cells

We have long been told about the health benefits of superfoods but now Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli has been proved to selectively target and kill prostate cancer cells, leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected.

Over half of Brits want to shed 'at least a stone'

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The study commissioned by diet aid manufacturer Slimsticks, also discovered that a worrying one in five people have followed an ‘eating is cheating’ starvation diet and one in ten have tried a liquid diet.