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Quick, easy & healthy recipe Tuna and fresh vegetable salad
Dressing: • 5 tbsp reduced-calorie mayonnaise • 4 tbsp low fat yogurt • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar • Salt and Pepper • 12 Cherry Tomatoes, halved • 225g/8oz Whole Green Beans - cut them into 2.5cm/1inch pieces • 225g/8oz courgettes - sliced thinly • 225g/8oz button mushrooms - sliced thinly • 350g/12oz canned tuna in brine, drained and flaked • Chopped fresh parsley to garnish • Salad leaves of your choice and dish to serve
To make the dressing, put the mayonnaise, yogurt, vinegar, salt and pepper in a screw-topped jar and shake together until the ingredients are well blended. Put the tomatoes, beans, courgettes and mushrooms in a bowl. Pour over the dressing and leave to marinate for about 1 hour. To serve, arrange the salad leaves on a serving dish, add the vegetables and then the tuna. Finally garnish with chopped parsley end enjoy! NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Calories Fat
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Sweet Treats Melon and Ginger Sorbet Serves 4 Dressing: • 1 Ripe Melon, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks • 1 tbsp Grated Fresh Root Ginger • 4 tbsp Unrefined Caster Sugar • 1 Egg White, lightly whisked • Fresh Strawberries or Raspberries, to serve
Put the melon, lime juice and ginger into a food processor or blender and process until smooth. Pour into a measuring jug and make up to 600 ml/1 pint with cold water. Pour into bowl and stir in the sugar. Beat in the egg white. Transfer to a freezer proof container and freeze for 6 hours. Serve in scoops with strawberries or raspberries. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
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I hope March and April were great months for you all and you didn’t eat too much chocolate over Easter! My Wedding Day in March went amazingly well, I couldn’t have wished for a better day. The weather was lovely and all went perfectly to plan, I just wish the day could have lasted longer. Jane who made our wedding cake is offering a 20% discount to all SHOUT readers and a free consultation on all cakes, please feel free to contact Jane on 07958 345718. This month I have decided to talk about children and why it is important to look after yourself at a young age. If you’re in your teens, you are just at the right time to start taking care of your face properly. It doesn’t take a lot of time, and it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. We all know that sun screen protects your skin from the sun, and this obviously reduces your chance of getting skin cancer. Did you also know that using sun screen products reduces your chance of signs of early aging? 90% of premature aging is caused by the sun. It may not be something that you are thinking of when
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I’m thinking of all the things I’d really like to spend time doing this weekend. I love pottering, especially outside - I like to lose myself in simple tasks, to mentally relax, to really lose sense of time. At the weekend I try to allow myself some pottering time. When I was a child I spent most of the day outside only venturing back indoors for meals. I had a space to grow things, flowers and lettuce were my favourites. I raided the blooming flowers in Dad’s garden to make petal perfume, I made dens using old bed mattresses stripped of all fabric and materials anyone could
spare, I jumped in puddles and walked in ditches, I made mud pies and leaf plates and left notes for the fairies under bushes. Another thing I loved doing and still do was to cloud gaze, none look like clouds - there might be a dragon, an old woman, a duck, what a fantastic way to develop imagination and visual skills and so relaxing. I still do this with my 20 year old daughter! In our increasingly busy lives I wonder how often we just STOP and let our children just BE. Don’t feel guilty or lazy, just potter together and relax. Allow yourself
to pause and this teaches your children how important it is and they will learn how to do it, it really does matter enormously for all our emotional and mental well being. Less bustle for our children leads to greater understanding of the natural world around them and blissful memories for you and them. I’m lucky as I get to do these things in my daily life, with other people’s children. Give it a try, potter, revitalise yourself, relax and give yourself a break. Katrina Willsher, Red Fox Day Nursery
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Go West with Beverley...
When friend and businessman Craig Rennie invited Beverley to join him as a guest at the annual ‘Childish Things’ comedy show in aid of Helen & Douglas House in February 2010, neither could have predicted that just one year on they would be collaborating on a music show in aid of the Hospice. It was Beverley’s visit to Helen & Douglas House shortly after the event that shifted her perception of what a hospice environment can provide, prompting her own fund-raising initiative. As well as the expert care being given to local children suffering from life threatening conditions, the facility supports the families so often exhausted from the provision of full-time care. Having witnessed the passion and commitment to care at first hand, she decided it was time to play her own small part in supporting the work of the hospice. There are an estimated 23,500 children and young people in the UK who will die before they reach adulthood. Some die when very young; others deteriorate slowly over many years. The hospices not only help the child or young person but also support the families caring for them, assisting them through the many difficulties they experience as
a result of their child’s medicallydependent condition. “The ‘Childish Things’ event has been going for seven years now. I really enjoyed the comedy evening and saw an opportunity to do something music related but on a smaller scale” says Beverley. The evening at Wycombe’s Swan Theatre on Sunday May 29th promises to be a lively one, with Beverley performing a range of her lyrically brilliant hits including the much loved and timeless ballad ’Promise Me’ as well as a range of songs including ‘Woman to ‘Woman’, ‘Memories’ and ’Castle in the Clouds’ which draw deeply on her own emotional experiences. ‘Go West’ will bring their own energetic pop anthems including ‘We Close Our Eyes’, ‘Call Me’ and ’The King of Wishful Thinking’ which became an instant hit in both Europe and the US when featured in the blockbuster film ‘Pretty Woman’. Peter Cox of Go West says “We feel very privileged to have the opportunity to do something to support this wonderful facility and the work Sister Frances and her team do to improve the ‘depth of life’ of its guests. We are looking forward to an exceptional night.” Beverley is looking for people to really let their hair down on the night to help raise money for this brilliant charity, “We picked the evening before a Bank Holiday to make sure everyone can have a fun night! My good friend, actor Warren Clarke of Dalziel and Pascoe has offered to MC the
evening and there will be some surprises in store…” says Beverley. The words of Sister Frances Dominica, the founder of Helen & Douglas House help bring understanding and perspective to the remarkable work that they do: “The original definition of hospice is a place of rest and refreshment for people on a journey and these children and families are on a journey and we try to journey with them a little bit’ she says, “It’s not just the length of life that’s important but the depth.” How poignant then that amongst those opening the show for Beverley & Go West as part of ‘Shed@ThePark Theatre Company’ will be Saskia, a 19 year old Buckinghamshire young lady who suffers from a rare chromosome disorder. Both Saskia and her family have benefitted greatly from the care and support that Helen & Douglas House has provided, helping them to make life more ordinary rather than less ordinary.
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Tickets are £20 with a limited number of £40 ‘Golden Tickets’ available, which includes a goody bag and interval drinks & canapes with Beverley & Go West. For further details please contact: Laura McHale - 01865 799150 or email lmchale@helenanddouglas.org.uk Interview requests for Beverley Craven and Go West please contact: Heidi Herdman h.herdman@btinternet.com 01494 765716 11
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Method: First of all you will need a short crust pastry case. You can either buy one ready made or you can make your own. I usually make up a batch of short crust pastry – enough to line about four or five 7/8 inch flan dishes and freeze the others for another time when I don’t have to bother make up just one pastry case for next time! If making your own, bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes and keep to one side. Wash the lemons and grate rind on fine side; cut lemons in half and squeeze out juice and put both rind and juice into a pan to which you add approx 200 mls water and 2 heaped desertspoons of cornflour. Mix with wooden spoon.
Warm slowly over a medium heat stirring all the time, especially when it starts to thicken and cook for 30 seconds. Take off the heat and stir in about 2 tablespoons of caster sugar – taste to see if you need to add a little more sugar according to your palate (but don’t make it too sweet). Leave to cool for a few minutes then add the 3 egg yolks stirring thoroughly to combine and leave in pan. Place the 3 egg whites in a bowl and whisk for a few minutes until the mixture forms peaks. Add 2 tablespoons of caster sugar and whisk in. Add another 2 spoonfuls of sugar and whisk a little more to mix in (don’t over mix). Spoon the lemon mixture into the pastry case and on top spread the meringue mixture making sure there are no gaps between the pastry edge forming a ‘wavy sea’ finish on top.
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nevertheless a beautiful flower with meaning. Chrysanthemum – “you’re a great friend” Often overshadowed by more exotic blooms the good old chrysanthemum not only has a great meaning but it’s a firm favourite of people who like their flowers to last and there’s a colour for every taste from the mini sprays right through to the striking large blooms. Ornithogalum – Star of Bethlehem – “guidance” Working with either traditional or contemporary styles this flower can enhance either type of arrangement with its multiples of tiny white flowers and stark black centres. A beautiful delicate flower and a perfect meaning too. Gentiana – “integrity” and “loveliness” Great meaning and a gorgeous long stem with masses of purple or blue flowers. Bang “on trend” for this season’s weddings with blue being a very popular colour for bridesmaids.
Dianthus – Carnation – “woman’s love”, “pure love” and “fascination” The common Carnation is having a bit of a “comeback” driven by the vast choice of colour and long vase life, this much loved flower has many a sincere meaning as well. So perhaps think before dismissing the common carnation in a bouquet next time! Alstroemeria – “devotion and friendship” My final suggestion is the gorgeous Alstroemeria, available in a multitude of colours from white to red, pink, orange and yellow, this lovely long lasting bloom is perfect for almost any flower occasion, it lasts well and says a lot. So, if you’re getting married in the coming months or planning a wedding next year, perhaps you would like to think about the type of wedding flowers to bring meaning and sentiment to your displays – talk to Floribundi or your chosen wedding florist for advice and guidance. Flowers can build bridges, mark remembrance and celebrate just about any occasion – so make yours special.
Love Flowers
We’re talking flowers again this month and since the last issue we’ve had a busy few months of Valentine’s, Mother’s Day day and the start of the spring wedding season. Not to mention a bit of “royal wedding fever”. This month it’s all about the language of flowers - do you choose your flowers with meaning? The meaning of flowers can be traced back many decades, when species were recorded and a “language or meaning” associated to each – so if you’re choosing flowers for someone or something special – saying it with flowers really could mean saying “something” with flowers… I have suggested below some more unusual flowers alongside good old favourites, all of which can easily be included in gift bouquets or wedding/party centre pieces. Amaryllis – “pride” A stunning large bloom ideal as a single stem, or clumped for striking displays. Makes a great gift, available as a “bulb in a box” or as cut stems. Available in just a few colours of white and red shades but
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May & June in the Garden
....Lupins, Aqualegia, forget me nots, bleeding heart, sounds like a cottage garden made in heaven, and with Aprils warm spell they should be up and flowering good. Let’s hope we get more of the same! Seasonal Top Tips: So the lawn should be taking off nicely now, and if you are a real enthusiast you’ll be cutting it once a week for a while, unless you’ve fed it already then you could be cutting it twice a week, don’t forget it grows like mad in Spring and won’t need all that nitrogen feed till it calms down a little. End of May is time for bedding plants. Try and wait until the far end of May, any last minute cold snaps might kill them or if not can stunt the growth and slow down the flowering. Although they only live one season they can give you the most flowering time during the summer than any herbaceous plant or shrub, so they are worth buying.
Just stick to the basics and water before you plant them, right after you plant them, and during the summer. Dead head Geraniums especially to promote more flowers, and don’t let the weeds take over. Oh, and slugs & snails love French Marigolds. Finally box hedging. Where bedding plants don’t like being planted before the frosts, box hedging doesn’t like to be clipped, and it can make the ends go brown and unsightly. So as a rule of thumb this should be done after Derby Day, as recommended by Alan Titchmarsh! Favourites: How about adding a little height in the garden. If you have a small garden and you fancy a tree that won’t get much more than a few metres wide, how about the slim ornamental cherry, Prunus ‘Amanogowa’. The branches tend to grow quite upright without spreading too far from the main stem,
producing a tall column shaped tree. Being an ornamental cherry you have the typical floral display of pinky white blossom in Spring before the leaves appear, and being narrow doesn’t cast much shade. One more absolute favourite for this time of year is one of the primroses. There are so many different types and many enjoy the wild yellow primrose that once cultivated comes up just about anywhere in your lawns and borders. But my favourite is the drumstick Primula, with a globe of lavender colour flowers on a 3” stem. Five or six of these dotted closely in between other plants at the front of a border gives a great early display, and particularly suited to woodland areas in semi-shade. Dave Dunbar (Ornamental-Landscapes)
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Assertiveness is that wonderful skill of being able to stand up for your own personal rights, expressing your thoughts and feelings in a way that is open and which allows your own needs to be met without violating the rights of others. You’d be surprised how many people struggle to do this in their daily lives and the amount of anxiety and low self esteem that it can lead to. Many of my clients say things like, ‘I want to tell my relative how their actions make me feel, but I don’t want to upset them ....’ So the unfortunate person carries on feeling angry, frustrated or anxious about a situation they wish to change, but are too afraid to do so for fear of upsetting others. Over time, this can lead to an erosion of confidence, self respect, self esteem and increasing personal tension and stress. So why do people struggle with being assertive? In essence, we learn to behave this way through our
experiences and this learning process can be traced back to our early childhood. Think about this – small babies have no inhibitions – they cry and smile openly and are very good at getting their needs met. However, children quickly learn to adapt their behaviour according to the responses they receive from those in their immediate environment – very often their parents or main care givers. So children’s behaviour becomes shaped from early years by the responses they are exposed to e.g. some children are encouraged and rewarded for expressing their thoughts and feelings openly, whilst others may be discouraged from doing this, or only praised when they express thoughts, but suppress their feelings. The good news here is that we have all learned to be the way we are and so, with effort, we can all learn to behave differently. If you are unsure how assertive you are in daily life, answer these questions and then ask yourself, ‘Is my response one that I am really happy with? Is my response allowing me to say what I need to assertively and behave in ways that are conducive to me achieving the outcome I desire without violating the rights of others?’
1. At work, how do you respond if you are unfairly criticised? 2. At home, how do you respond when you don’t want your in-laws to visit? 3. In public, how do you respond when somebody barges in front of you in a queue? 4. With friends, how do you respond when a friend makes a request that you consider as unreasonable? Do you need some assistance to help you increase your assertiveness; to learn how to be assertive, not passive or aggressive? Then Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) offers you a very accessible way of doing this. CBT is based on the principle that our behaviour is learnt and so unhelpful behaviour can also be ‘unlearnt’, putting in its place more adaptive and functional ways of behaving that will help you achieve your goals.
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Renovationg an old, tired, worn-out lawn? Over the last two winters lawns have suffered terribly from frost burn and moss plus thatch.
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Mosses, like most lawn weeds, primarily take advantage of bare areas but do not kill out existing grass as some people believe. Bare areas in lawn can be result from several causes. Unsuitable grass varieties, poor drainage, drought, soil compaction, excessive shade, thatch accumulation, poor fertility, diseases, improper mowing and other cultural practices are common reasons for turf failure leading to moss or other weed problems. Improving these factors to encourage thick, healthy grass is the key to long term prevention. The following steps will generally control thatch, existing moss and discourage it in the future: 1. Use a moss control product to kill existing moss in autumn or early spring, generally both. 2. Scarify out dead moss and thatch.
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