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Everyday Eating

What Is a Good Afternoon Snack? The One You Can’t Resist

What is a good afternoon snack? One you actually want at 4pm. Discover fifteen ideas, sweet and savoury, and one very sticky teaspoon.

24 September 2026 11 min read

Everyday Eating

Best Snacks for Energy: Hungry, Tired, or About to Run

Best snacks for energy, minus the macros lecture. What to eat, what to pair it with, and why the worthy one is still sealed at the back of the cupboard.

20 September 2026 10 min read

Everyday Eating

Best Filling Snacks: What Actually Holds You Till Dinner

The best filling snacks aren't the most virtuous ones. Protein, fibre, a bit of bulk, and one small sticky thing that makes 4pm worth waiting for.

16 September 2026 11 min read

Ingredients & Nutrition

Are Sesame Seeds Healthy, and Are You Eating Enough?

Are sesame seeds healthy? Fibre, iron, calcium, the lot. Plus the jar where sesame meets grapes and somehow ends up tasting like caramel.

14 September 2026 11 min read

Food & Inspiration

10 Sourdough Toppings, Sweet to Savoury

Sourdough toppings for a loaf you went to some trouble to get. Butter done properly, the sweet one nobody has met, and the four o'clock slice.

13 September 2026 11 min read

Ingredients & Nutrition

Is Tahini Good for You? The Sweet Side Nobody Mentions

Is tahini good for you? The nutrition, the portion, the allergen, hummus versus peanut butter, and the jar that changes everything on toast.

10 September 2026 11 min read

Ingredients & Nutrition

Fruit Spread vs Jam, and the 60% Rule Behind It

Fruit spread vs jam, minus the guesswork. The 60% rule, who really has less sugar, and one jar made of grapes and sesame that tastes like caramel.

09 September 2026 12 min read

Everyday Eating

Healthy Snacks for Work That Survive a Desk Drawer

The best healthy snacks for work are the ones you want at half three. Ten that live in a drawer, and the sticky bit that makes an oatcake worth it.

08 September 2026 11 min read

Food & Inspiration

How to Make a Protein Shake Taste Better Without More Sugar

How to make a protein shake taste better, minus the sweetener arms race. Eight things worth blending in, one of them made from grapes and sesame.

06 September 2026 10 min read

Everyday Eating

Make Breakfast at Work Properly Delicious

Breakfast at work, but delicious. Seven ideas sorted by kettle, microwave and fridge, plus the dark glossy swirl that turns plain porridge into a treat.

05 September 2026 11 min read

Everyday Eating

Healthy Snacks for Busy People, Ranked by Effort

Healthy snacks for busy people, ranked by how little you have to do. Plus how to make a plain yoghurt taste like pudding in about five seconds.

03 September 2026 8 min read

Ingredients & Nutrition

Tahini vs Peanut Butter, and the Jar in the Middle

Tahini vs peanut butter, settled without a macro lecture. What each one tastes like, where tahini wins, and the sweet trick that fixes a dull jar.

02 September 2026 8 min read

Snacks

Fancy Little Messes: Peanut Butter Cup Caramel Dates

Dates are technically a snack. Stuff them with silky Messyface spread and a peanut butter cup, cover them in chocolate and suddenly they’...

16 August 2026 1 min read

Breakfast

Hot Mess: Raspberry & Pistachio Granola Yoghurt Bowl

Weekend breakfast. Working-from-home breakfast. Running-out-the-door breakfast. This is the bowl that works every time: Thick vanilla yog...

14 August 2026 1 min read

Breakfast

Berry Messy: Strawberry Caramel Overnight Oats

Creamy vanilla overnight oats, juicy strawberries and thick ribbons of Messyface spread bringing all the caramel-like indulgence. Mix it ...

12 August 2026 1 min read