Not another diet advert...!

Uugh...! Its only 4 days into January and I so sick of all the diet adverts e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e, now dont get me wrong - I do want to shed a few pounds but c'mon now.
 I am not sure that I will slim down by drinking a special elixir in a can, buying specially food that is delivered to my door or swallowing special potions and pills, I want to and need to learn to shop for food in a more disciplined manner and be able to create a meal from that food, food that is healthy for me. I also want to be able to control portion sizes - this also includes me having to learn to eat just my portion and leave it at that instead of finishing off the kids left-overs!!
Talking about healthy eating, 18 months ago we rented a vegetable patch (also called an allotment) which I (we - the girls did their bit too..!) had to give up as I took on a full time job, I might just try and see if we can get another and start growing our own veg again- so that coupled with the shopping I intend to do at the farmers market would be great.
I will never forget though our first attempt at growing our own brussel sprout. The girls were horrified to find out that what they though were cabbages were actually brussel sprouts and this is the reaction to the finding...

Then this happened....literally overnight...

I was mad, the girls found it so so funny....didnt hear the end of it for months!! Oh well if we are able to rent another patch of land , we will definitely be growing some of these as they were a hit on our dining table...